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@kluurs If there was a full blown war between US and China (which I think would never happen based on international/economic pressure), you are right, it would be flush with drones, heck even satellite-based warfare, and hopefully the avoidance of nukes.
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@mik said in Most Kills:
A couple things - first, that chart really shows the material destruction that was WWII.
Second - the Finns must have been desperate. Would you go to war in a Fiat fighter plane?
Finns used any and all aircraft they could get their hands on- German, British, Soviet and apparently, Italian. Not sure if they had any US aircraft. I doubt it. I know the Brits shipped them a number of Hurricanes and they captured quite a few Soviet aircraft. Germans supplied some after June 1941.
‘a-blowe yow and be-kele yow wel, and comyth up all with your ease’ ~ attributed to Henry V
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@renauda said in Most Kills:
Link to video@mik said in Most Kills:
A couple things - first, that chart really shows the material destruction that was WWII.
Second - the Finns must have been desperate. Would you go to war in a Fiat fighter plane?
Finns used any and all aircraft they could get their hands on- German, British, Soviet and apparently, Italian. Not sure if they had any US aircraft. I doubt it. I know the Brits shipped them a number of Hurricanes and they captured quite a few Soviet aircraft. Germans supplied some after June 1941.
I think he's got four or so follow-ons, but you get the gist...
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I stand corrected. I had forgotten about the Brewster Buffalos entirely. Pretty sure that the Soviets had a few early on after June ‘41. I think the Brits transhipped them to the Russians as the RAF found them unsuitable to the high altitude war it was engaged with the Nazis. In any case the Russians much preferred the P 39 Airacobra supplied through Lend Lease. The US supplied close to 5000 of them to the USSR.
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How about the American plane the Soviets had significant input for design mods?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_P-63_Kingcobra
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@jolly said in Most Kills:
How about the American plane the Soviets had significant input for design mods?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_P-63_Kingcobra
Interesting. We are familiar with the aircraft:
https://albertaaviationmuseum.com/2019/08/01/p-39-update-one-volunteers-lifelong-dream/
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The Airacobra is a neat aircraft. One the Soviets made work, after the British and Americans thought it was a dog. The Kingcobra, after Soviet input, was a bigger, better plane. With the Merlin, it was a 400+ mph plane at altitude.
I disagree with Copper. This is not an ugly airplane...
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Nah, some of us just like WW2 history. In fact, several of us.
Another really, really interesting Soviet aircraft, that came about because the Americans wouldn't Lend/lease them any...Which is understandable, since we paid more to develop and build it than we spent on the atomic bomb.
