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tater · 09-27-10, 06:29 PM

The F2B did great for Finland. For kill to loss ratio arguably one of the best planes ever, actually.

F2Bs were not great, but they suffered from the primary problem of aircraft at the very start of the Pacific War. Lack of numbers. The Zero is too often credited with being grossly superior to what it fought. It was not. Often it was the better plane, but what drove the lopsided victories was simple NUMBERS. "Firstest with the mostest."

The IJNAF and IJAAF put many planes at the sharp end at once. In the NEI and Malaya, literally many dozens of japanese fighters with 2, 3, or 4 Brewsters to hold them off. It could have been 4 F6Fs, and they'd STILL have been slaughtered.

Quantity has a quality all its own.

09-27-10, 06:29 PM	#107
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	The F2B did great for Finland. For kill to loss ratio arguably one of the best planes ever, actually. F2Bs were not great, but they suffered from the primary problem of aircraft at the very start of the Pacific War. Lack of numbers. The Zero is too often credited with being grossly superior to what it fought. It was not. Often it was the better plane, but what drove the lopsided victories was simple NUMBERS. "Firstest with the mostest." The IJNAF and IJAAF put many planes at the sharp end at once. In the NEI and Malaya, literally many dozens of japanese fighters with 2, 3, or 4 Brewsters to hold them off. It could have been 4 F6Fs, and they'd STILL have been slaughtered. Quantity has a quality all its own.