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Nearly as good (or bad - depending on your point of view!) as the early Napier Sabres and R-R Vultures! And I don't recall the R-3350 have the best of reputations for longevity in their early days either.
If one looks at the many poor decisions made by Herr Hitler, this would really be a minor one.
Nice try 3456, but war is a bit more sophisticated. 3 miles? Mortars could hit that airfield!
If you wanna hang bombs on something that's got jet engines, do it with an Ar 234, that's what it was designed for (and it wasn't much slower than a -262). The Me 262 was designed, from the outset, as a bomber destroyer, pure simple, not a fighter/bomber.
If memory serves (which it probably doesn't) the 50mm cannon was shown to be so prone to jamming that it was basically worthless. Plus the strain it put on the airframe was incredible. Or am I thinking of another big cannon they mounted to an airframe.
Heck, I can't remember. Someone help!!!!!!
Nice try 3456, but war is a bit more sophisticated. 3 miles? Mortars could hit that airfield!