the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
- 19,937
- Dec 20, 2003
ok, we'll destry her first 
What If...?
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Not if the USS Washington got to her first or a Russian Submarine!
Im just giving you a hard time Lanc!
Im just giving you a hard time Lanc!
delcyros
Tech Sergeant
I can really see both of you sitting in an BB + a sub and trying to sink GZ... -
No because of family history I would be on the GZ.
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
Aren't they all fantasy apart from the Gotha?
I don't think so... Germany was interested in UFO technology...and with a leader like Hitler, who stopped at nothing an by the end of the war he had gone desperate, the project was given green light... Tests have been carried out with different engines and fuselages
Most of the things you see are infact not real, however there were thousands of designs they were working on including flying disks. The problem with any of these designs is that they would have been powered by existing jet engines which had to replaced after only 10 hours of flight time which would have limited there effectiveness. This would have been the case until they could design better jet engines. A good site to see some of the experimental aircraft is: http://www.luft46.com/ and a good series of books to check out is the Luftwaffe Secret Projects written by Walter Schick and Ingolf Meyer. The books are a series each one covering bombers, fighters, ground attack, etc. All can be bought from Amazon.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
- 19,937
- Dec 20, 2003
it wasn't the design of the engines that limited their use to 10 hours, it was the fact that Germany had run out of the right metals to use in the engines, so they had to use other metals that couldn't take the heat that well............
delcyros
Tech Sergeant
And the fuel. They couldn´t even provide fuel for all jets, not to mention the prop driven planes. Don´t take the Ufo´s seriuos, please. Schriever, Habermohl, Bellunzio and Miethe never succed to build a free flying one. Just some sketches and a very few R/C-planes, only.
The idea was running through many peoples heads but it never materialized.
It never materialized to this day... The topic was "What If?", wasn't it? I never meant to be made fun of... But think at the fact that germany had some of the most brilliant scientific minds of that era... And also concider the fact that most inventions(transport, protection, distruction) were made during/befire/after wartime... so it wouldn't have been such a wonder to acheive that goul... I'm sorry I was found amuzing...
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
You weren't, i've just never heard of those sorts of planes
hellmaker said:It never materialized to this day... The topic was "What If?", wasn't it? I never meant to be made fun of... But think at the fact that germany had some of the most brilliant scientific minds of that era... And also concider the fact that most inventions(transport, protection, distruction) were made during/befire/after wartime... so it wouldn't have been such a wonder to acheive that goul... I'm sorry I was found amuzing...
Sorry if we made you feel like we were making fun of you. We were not, just stating facts, you are correct this is a "What if...?".
No problem.
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
Okay, here's one, what if the type XXI U-Boat was operational in 1942/3?
Would the convoys still have got across the Atlantic?
Would the convoys still have got across the Atlantic?
Probably... Given the right strategy... U-Boats are vulnerable to air attack... so if the convoys would have been supported by air they might have had a chance... From the air they would have been easily spotted, and sinking to avoid detection they wouldn't have been able to engage de convoy... My guess...
I think it would have made an impact at first but eventually the allies would have found a way to counter it and the convoys would once again come across the Atlantic. I think that in order to stop the convoys and win the Battle of the Atlantic, the Germans would have needed to have a larger surface fleet to accompany there U-boots. They needed for Schlachtschiffen, Panzerschiffen, and they needed to have Flugzeugtraegern from the very beginning.
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
Sorry to ask, but what do Schlacht and Flugzeugtraedern mean in English?
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