Sunderland Vs Catalina

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but that doesn't mean it was the best, it means it was used more/was made more/had better crews..............

 

[Lightning Guy]

So give a reason why you think the Sunderland was better.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it was stronger and better armed.................

 

[Lightning Guy]

I don't really consider it better armed. The Cat had 3 .50cals and 2 .30cals in defensive postitions plu 4 .50cals for strafing.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the sunderland had 10-12 .303 and the cat wouldn't always have the defensive guns..............

 

[Lightning Guy]

Each .50cal on the Cat was roughly equal to 2 .303s so the difference isn't that great. And besides, it's not as if either plane was going to run into many German aircraft over the Atlantic.

 

[plan_D]

I wouldn't say one .50cal is equal to two .303cal. So, the Sunderland is stronger, and better armed. The Cat had better range, better combat record and more versatile.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i'm sure the sunderland could have been as versitile if it needed to be, but they didn't need it for anything else.......................

 

[cheddar cheese]

yeah, we had the roc for everything else

 

[plan_D]

The B-25 Roc was the greatest plane of the war, without a doubt. No other plane could have served as better target practice to the Luftwaffe.

The Cat still had longer range, and better combat record. And all these could haves, they didn't though did they?

 

[cheddar cheese]

no, because it wasnt need for them.

and the reason why the roc was so great was because it was a decoy, the 190's would all go after them whilst we came behind them in our hurricanes and spits and shot the hell out of 'em

 

[plan_D]

The Cat still had a better range and better combat record. The Cat was better at U-boat sinking, which was the Sunderlands role.

That's a nice thought on the Roc but Luftwaffe pilots weren't tunnel sighted. And it would have been a very awkward manuver with the slow speed of the Roc, it would be there long after the Spitfires and Hurricanes, not an effective decoy.
I wouldn't like to be the bait though.

 

[cheddar cheese]

you might not be the bait though, you could be a roc ace

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

And it would have been a very awkward manuver with the slow speed of the Roc, it would be there long after the Spitfires and Hurricanes, not an effective decoy.

the brits would proberly be so ashamed to fight on the same side as the Roc that after they'd shot down the germans, they'd start on the Rocs............

 

[cheddar cheese]

the rocs would have to survive the germans first though

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well of orse they could survive the germans, they were amoung the best fighters of the war..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

yup, rocs are nothing compared to Fiat G.50's or Breda 65's though

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

now there's an interesting dogfight..............

 

[plan_D]

Could we call it a dogfight? You'd expect exciting twists and turns, speed and high Gs in a dogfight. With them you'd have slow moving planes, with a 5 mile turning radius ( ). More like a tortoisefight.

 

[cheddar cheese]

nah, they'd probably disintegrate before they even encountered each other