GregP
Major
So, what exactly is a Valentine?
I mean other than for Valentine's Day.
I mean other than for Valentine's Day.
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This is a Valentine, of the Canadian variety. It is these, and Canada's Hurricanes that I want to ship to North Africa and/or Malaya instead of to Russia.So, what exactly is a Valentine?
You want figures, but the official Wright Field tests are somehow wrong. And there were two P-39N tests that verified those climb numbers, one at WEP and one without. No WEP available over the critical altitude anyway. POH climb rates are always lower than comparable tests, for every AAF plane. POH was a guide for the pilots, not the results of an official test.It didn't HAVE that climb rate uless they ran extra MAP. Use the POH climb rates for U.S. sevice airplanes abd service MAP levels. It sure isn't even 3,000 fpm in climb, especially at 44" MAP, and P-39s typically took off at about 8,000 lbs, not 7,500 lbs.
The statement was made that the P-39 shot down more enemy aircraft than any other American fighter in Soviet service. So, how many did it shoot down and what is the source for that statement. I have certainly seen the statement in print, have repeated it myself, but have also seen no victory figures with sources to back it up. So, its basically an unsupported statement.
Enough round words of greatness, what are the figures? I hope they imclude sorties, too. including action and non-action sorties.
They all took off on internal, cruised out on external and came back on internal.Yep and none of them used the procedure you outlined.
They all took off on internal, cruised out on external and came back on internal.
If any go to Malaya it's a prewar deployment.The Japanese were very proficient at sinking cargo ships, too...
The Canadian Valentine was still pre-production by 1941If any go to Malaya it's a prewar deployment.
If we can't get any before hostilities begin they should go to North Africa. As for the Canadian-made Hurricanes, they could have been railed to Vancouver throughout 1940 and 41.The Canadian Valentine was still pre-production by 1941
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a small, slow, not very well armed tank with thick armor, was more reliable than many British tanks though.
Noway - StuG III for the win!As long as we're off thread, Sherman "Firefly" rules.
Ah yes, the "StuG life".Noway - StuG III for the win!
Might be both. Here's a proposal by Raoul Hafner, to fit a rotor to the Valentine tank. The prototype was tested as the "Rotabuggy", by which time the concept was superseded by the Hamilcar transport glider.When you guys mention Valentine, are you talking about the tank or yet another airplane I never heard of?