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The Quality of Luftwaffe aircraft declined as the war progressed. I am not saying that the Germans were incapable of making quality machines but the lack of raw materials made for using materials that normally would not be used.
I would say for the most part the allies quality remained about the same throughout the war. Having said this they had the raw materials to do so.
I do however agree with Njaco that you can not really pinpoint it because different companies were making the same aircraft and the quality could vary from company to company.
Either way this is going to make for an interesting discussion especially with some of the members here.
Chris - you don't really think there are members with strong opinions on this subject do you?
drgondog said:I would speculate with some proof that nobody mass produced with quality like we (US) did.
drgondog said:Having said that the He162 is an example of German capability also
drgondog said:As to specific unit quality - interesting question with too many variables largely time based. On one hand we started w/all man force and quickly trained new workforce with no prior skills including black and female and turned 'em out. On one hand Germany started with highly skilled labor and gravitated to slave labor whose enthusiasm for quality may have been 'suspect'.
Jes my thoughts
I would speculate with some proof that nobody mass produced with quality like we (US) did.
And the T-34 was not reliable ... it was just easier to fix.