Parmigiano
Senior Airman
Hmmm Curzon, for the sake of our 'virtual pub' I have to disagree!
If we apply your logic all discussion are over before start: we all know the outcome of the war, so with your rule all Allied and Russian aircraft are superior to the Axis types. Example 'the IL-2 was ultimately superior to Bf109 and FW 190 because Ivan produced so many crates and pilots that no matter how many were shot down the IL2 always succeded in crushing the German army'
I think that if we want to continue our discussions about 'which is the best' we should try to 'filter out' the things related to external factors, like achievements heavily related to pure numerical superiority or special tactical situations (like kills obtained on landing aircrafts)
If Maradona was playing as n.10 in my pub soccer team and we lose 10-0 with Liverpool, that does not mean that the n 10 of Liverpool is better than Maradona...
If we apply your logic all discussion are over before start: we all know the outcome of the war, so with your rule all Allied and Russian aircraft are superior to the Axis types. Example 'the IL-2 was ultimately superior to Bf109 and FW 190 because Ivan produced so many crates and pilots that no matter how many were shot down the IL2 always succeded in crushing the German army'
I think that if we want to continue our discussions about 'which is the best' we should try to 'filter out' the things related to external factors, like achievements heavily related to pure numerical superiority or special tactical situations (like kills obtained on landing aircrafts)
If Maradona was playing as n.10 in my pub soccer team and we lose 10-0 with Liverpool, that does not mean that the n 10 of Liverpool is better than Maradona...