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A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
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By 43 the 109 was basically obsolete. The FW 190 was getting obsolete..the later variants tried to make up for it.
You fight your battles using the attributes of your weapon system and not the attributes of your enemies system.
If I had to fly a fighter plane in ww2. The Jug or Thunderbolt would be it. You could shoot the he11 out of it and it would get you home. The p51 being water cooled was susceptible to hits in the engine. The Bolt was good when you bounced your enemy from on high diving through them blazing away with 8 50 cals..the speed it picked up in a dive was unmatched. It was also good right on down to the deck..as a ground attack fighter it was better than the 51 because of the punishment it could take..
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