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Evidently the sources used for the history channel were wrong, and it won't be the first time. I bet if one was to pull the Unit history of the squadrons operating the Me 163 I think it will be clear their total attrition rate was a lot lower than 80%.I was watching the history channel when it listed the loss rete of them. The next time its on I will record and post it on.
Their was only 46 of the komet and their is 7 that survived
Evidently the sources used for the history channel were wrong, and it won't be the first time. I bet if one was to pull the Unit history of the squadrons operating the Me 163 I think it will be clear their total attrition rate was a lot lower than 80%.
So I figure just over 15%? That's not that bad considering.....As I already have shown. JG 400 had 91 aircraft and 14 were lost.
How many sorties did they make?
I haven't read about this specifically mentioned on the P-39, but the US 20 mm was genuinely unreliable, the M1 version would have been the one used on the P-400/P-39D-1 (and optionally on the D-2 irc). Some sourses say the M2 version was worse, others that it was better but still much less reliable than the British Hispano Mk.II. So, with the ejection chute fixed, the M4 37 mm cannon would be more reliable.
On the issue of the power of the 37 mm shell, it should be noted that the German 30 mm mine shell carried ~60-85% more HE filler than the 37 mm did. (73 or 84 g opposed to the 37 mm's ~45 g)
Wow!
Were did you get those numbers? They are wrong.
Aprox. 400 Me 163s were built with a little less than 300 actually seeing combat.
Your number of 7 surviving is wrong as well. Aprox 30 were shipped out of Germany in 1945 to various countries for testing.
There are 10 examples in Musueums around the world today (which is more than your claim of 7 surviving):
Preserved Axis Aircraft
I think you might want to actually research the Me 163 a bit.
Facts:
Aprox. 400 were built.
About 300 saw combat.
95% did not get shot down or destroyed in the war.
10 examples, not 7 have survived in museums today.
Just because 10 survive today, does not mean that only 10 were not shot down in the war.
Despite losses, the Ju 52 performed well and met or exceeded its design expectancy. The Breda BA.88 didn't come close to doing that.I'm not saying that its a bad aircraft as such, but the JU52 at one point in the war around 1942 they were losing more of them than they could replace. Something like 500 lost in a couple of months as opposed to 400 being built. It was a bit of a deathtrap i think. Does anyone have any more info on this?
I'm not saying that its a bad aircraft as such, but the JU52 at one point in the war around 1942 they were losing more of them than they could replace. Something like 500 lost in a couple of months as opposed to 400 being built. It was a bit of a deathtrap i think. Does anyone have any more info on this?
I'm not saying that its a bad aircraft as such, but the JU52 at one point in the war around 1942 they were losing more of them than they could replace. Something like 500 lost in a couple of months as opposed to 400 being built. It was a bit of a deathtrap i think. Does anyone have any more info on this?