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I would say that your belief about the primary advantage that the US had during WWII is pretty much fact.Now the Axis could have countered this early in the war which the Japanese in particular set out to do of course they failed to do maintain the advantage that they initially gained now had the Axis been able to mount some sort a sizable dual front action against the US that would have been interesting.Just as the capture of Moscow in 1941 by the Germans most likely would have dealt a crushing blow to the USSR.Of the topic of strategy during WWII is another can of worms. EDIT: Well a quick look int the back of a book about late mark Spitfires(VII-IX) has an index that includes a 1942 evaluation of a IX Spit vs. a captured FW190A.It goes into much detail but basically says that IX Spit can out turn a 190 and that climb is about equal though at higher levels the Spit is superior under all conditions the 190 had better acceleration.It does state that it was felt that the 190 was able to well evade a Spit when the Spit tried to get onto the 190's tail in this case the 190 could easily flick roll and evade especially in a negative G turn where the Spit could not follow.This disproves the data i read on the net claiming the 190 had better sustained turn abilities this can not be possible when the Spit had better turning and better climbing rates. The XIV Spit was found to superior to a FW190A is most all respects except rolling this test was done in 1944 a few months before the 190D9 came into service the RAF took an educated guess on its performance they thought it was going to have a DB603(the Dora actually had a more powerful Jumo213A).I can post both evaluations in their entirety if anyone is interested. |
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Yes the merit of fw190 was its toll rate and heavy armament.
While reasonable turning ability was important in some situation most kills had been made on opportunity targets or zoom fights with unsuspecting enemy. It seldom came to duels most victims did not see what hit them. |
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When I was young, I thought the Corsair, the P-38 Lightning, and the P-47 Thunderbolt were my favorites. Probably because I had some pretty sweet Diecast models of all three.
Now though, I really love the P-51, and ME-109, and the FW-190D (Was it the D? Im thinking of the very stubby fuselage one, not the elongated one) This is based on just looks however. In my short time playing Il-2, I also highly enjoyed the Spit, was a bit tough to handle but still nice. And the Sturmovik, that things a tank. |
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