If you make a list of all the things that should have been destroyed it becomes a job for 1000 four engine bombers.The Japanese also failed to destroy the oil reserves at Pearl Harbor- no oil, you have crippled the Fleet-big time! Hansie
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If you make a list of all the things that should have been destroyed it becomes a job for 1000 four engine bombers.The Japanese also failed to destroy the oil reserves at Pearl Harbor- no oil, you have crippled the Fleet-big time! Hansie
Or jobs for the 6th and 7th strikes to be flown on Dec 8th
Destroying bunker fuel for ships is a lot harder than destroying gasoline. The stuff only flows somewhat better than roofing tar and is going to need a lot better ignition source than machine gun bullets.
Given the greater viscosity of bunker fuels, once ignited, would they not tend to burn like napalm, rather than flash like high octane aviation fuels?Or jobs for the 6th and 7th strikes to be flown on Dec 8th
Destroying bunker fuel for ships is a lot harder than destroying gasoline. The stuff only flows somewhat better than roofing tar and is going to need a lot better ignition source than machine gun bullets.
Given the greater viscosity of bunker fuels, once ignited, would they not tend to burn like napalm, rather than flash like high octane aviation fuels?
Great post SR Hard to tell from the photo but from my experience on tank farms the retaining walls are on top of berms so the tanks are actually sunk by several meters in the ground, it seems the same in the photo. Also I was in Saudi Arabia when a fuel tank was blown up.Please see the photo of the tank farm posted by Pbehn, each tank was surrounded by a retaining wall. Blowing open one or two tanks and setting them on fire does NOT result in a lake of burning fuel lapping up against the other tanks. A lot depends on the damage control/firefighting capabilities on site or nearby.
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Plain and simple the day of the slug-fest battlewagon vs. battlewagon was over. It always seems like the military is fighting the LAST war and has to be dragged into the present. Weapons will always (eventually) outpace armor.
The German approach to Tanks is a perfect example and just as self-defeating in the end