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Started by 11B4V, April 22, 2013, 11:07:30 AM

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Ed Anger

Quote from: Razgovory on April 22, 2013, 05:48:49 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 22, 2013, 05:31:43 PM
Quote from: mongers on April 22, 2013, 05:30:10 PM
No love for the Beaufighter, Typhoon or Sunderland ?

Love the typhoon. Saw the beau fighter at the AF museum an it struck me as 'meh'.

I was too busy jacking off to the German shit there.

The Germans make videos for that now.  You don't have to to a museum to do that anymore.

I like the National Musuem of the Air Force. I get the giggles near BOCKS CAR.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

PDH

Quote from: mongers on April 22, 2013, 05:30:10 PM
No love for the Beaufighter, Typhoon or Sunderland ?

I always loved the look of the Beaufighter, at least the ones without the thimble nose.  Whispering Death.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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-CdM

mongers

I'm not sure what favourite means in this context, if it's the 'beauty' and technical achievement of the machine then I'll go for the likes of the Mosquito.
But my preferred way to look at it, is from the perspective of being impressed with the courage men had to have to fly or fight with some rather substandard equipment in the early years of the war and yet they still did it.

So my respect goes to those who fought in these:

Light bombers - Blenheim, an very large number of these were built and many had no option but to fly this inadequate bomber.

Heavy/Medium bombers - Whitley, Hampdens with along with the Wellington formed the bulk of bomber command for the first 2-2.5 years.

Ground attack/light bomber - Fairy Battle, around a thousand of these aircraft on strength at the start of the war.

Fighters - Gladiators, Defiants

Maritime patrol - Swordfish, Ansons

Plus the various not successful types which we bought/received before the US aircraft industry got into it's stride.


"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Ed Anger

#63
For tanks, I'd like to add the Brit crusader tank.  And the frog Souma.
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mongers

Quote from: Ed Anger on April 22, 2013, 06:18:52 PM
For tanks, I'd like to add the Brit crusader tank.

Al a my list ?

If so yeah, there were some pretty desperate British tanks, though I think one or two of the classic cruiser tanks were adequate. 
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Ed Anger

I think the Crusaders are pretty.
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Neil

I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Razgovory

Quote from: Ed Anger on April 22, 2013, 05:51:29 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 22, 2013, 05:48:49 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 22, 2013, 05:31:43 PM
Quote from: mongers on April 22, 2013, 05:30:10 PM
No love for the Beaufighter, Typhoon or Sunderland ?

Love the typhoon. Saw the beau fighter at the AF museum an it struck me as 'meh'.

I was too busy jacking off to the German shit there.

The Germans make videos for that now.  You don't have to to a museum to do that anymore.

I like the National Musuem of the Air Force. I get the giggles near BOCKS CAR.

I got to walk aboard the Enola Gay when it was at the Smithsonian.  Fucking Sweet.  Shortly afterword some jackasses vandalized it.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Drakken

Friggin' Yamato-class super-battleship trumps all, for me.

Drakken


Neil

I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

mongers

Ships -

Patrol - the several thousand fishing vessels taken over to become escorts, rescue, anti-sub vessels etc - some heavy losses, nowadays overlooked.

Corvette/Escort - Flower class, a good choice by Neil.

Destroyer - I rather liked the Tribal class, in action all over the place and so high losses.

Cruiser - The Town class/sub classes

Battleship - If it's not Warspite, then HMS Rodney.

Aircraft Carrier - Illustrious

"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

PDH

I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the Rodnol and the Nelsol.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

-------
"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Neil

There's also a case to be made for Renown.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

11B4V

Quote from: derspiess on April 22, 2013, 04:30:23 PM
Tanks: Panther (nothing comes close in my book)
Assault Gun: ISU-152 (big gun = good)
SP AT: Jagdtiger (not really a practical weapon system but cool as shit), honorable mention to the Hetzer
SP ARTY: Hummel
Armored Car: SdKfz 234
APC/Half Track: Sd.Kfz. 251 (you could mount about any weapon to it)

I think we should have at least 3 categories for tanks.

DS here's some good JTiger footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq32AjE9oMU
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