Originally posted by bunch
He219 was a dominant nightfighter & the Do335 was faster than the FW190...i didnt mention the 410 but that didnt stop you from basing more than half of your response on the Hornisse. A dayfighter He219 would had outperformed that dog
219 was a dog and barely made it into service.
do335 never made it into service. Even if it had by late 1945 it would have been outclassed by the P51H and P47M both of which were faster, more maunuverable, climbed better etc.
In contrast the FW190C would have been available in early 1943 and would have bben the worlds undisputed best high alt air dominance fighter for about a year until the allies developed Spit 14, Tempest, and the P51B became available in number. Even then the early 43 intial Fw190C would be faster than all of them, and thts not even consideing upgrades it might have had to improve performace in its firsty year,
But yea, go ahead and say that 2 twins that saw virtually no use late in the war, when the issue was cleraly decided aginst the LW were more worthy than a fighter of the FW190c caliber which was ready to be avilable in quantity in early 43 - a perriod when the wester airwar was still in play...
As for the 410, it was the real reson db603 was diverted from fw190c. It went into production at the same late 42 early 43 timeframe and the rLM gave it priority over 190C and so it got the engines and fw190c was done. Thats why I wrote about it.
