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Offline Rino

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« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2007, 01:30:05 PM »
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The French tanks were better on paper than in real life. They had excellent armour but were very slow and had lousy range. The main problem though was the crew layout. There was only one guy in the turret, who had to load and fire the gun as well as commanding the tank. Most French tanks had no radios either. The best tank in France was the British Matilda Mk II but only a handful were available.

Its a mistake to focus on weapons though. The German army was the best in 1940 because of its better  training, leadership, tactics and coordination with the air force.


Ironically it was the Brits who developed the theory that lead to the panzer
division concept and the US Navy's experimentation with naval dive bombing
that was adopted by the Germans for the Stuka tactical support aircraft.

Got to hand the Germans credit, they sure got the mix right.
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« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2007, 05:35:03 PM »
See Rules #2, #5
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« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2007, 06:47:29 PM »
See Rule #2
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« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2007, 10:13:21 PM »
Anyone that really wants to know what happened to France in 1940, I suggest reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Republic. The politicians lacked the will to fight and the generals were planning to fight WWI all over again. The regular French soldier was well trained and well equipped...to fight WWI.

To be fair, none of the Allied armies were prepared for WWII and only 2 of the 3 Axis armies were prepared.

BTW, if you are an American, I also recommend the above book as reading for comparison to the political and social mindset in the USA today. Frankly, the parallels scary.

...and now...back to your regularly scheduled thread.....:)
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« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2007, 12:13:40 PM »
Thanks for highjacking my thread..........if you do not have anything positive to add then please use this analogy "It is better to remain silent , than to speak up and post and lose all doubt of being stupid"

truely thanks for those who offered up plane types

I myself would like to see the D. 520 and also the Beaufighter

we already have some planes with different country skins ( ie spitfire, F6f5, Bf109, etc.... what I was wishing for was NEW plane types that are from other countries that have not yet been acknowledge as Karaya has posted the D. 520 for the French...

please take your political views to the officers club forum where your trash belongs.........
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« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2007, 02:30:42 PM »
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some of the most heroic and devastating battles of WW2 were fought by British and French troops long before the yanks finally waltz over and claim 'victory'.


the french deserve a plane or two, imo.


                           Sorry, your right. I have no right to hijack the thread.
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« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2007, 05:22:22 PM »
personally i'd rather have the french special forces covering my back even though they did supply missiles to argentina. Oh and US sky hawks that fired them......and were shot down....
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« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2007, 02:31:10 PM »
See Rules #2, #5
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« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2007, 02:41:52 PM »
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« Reply #24 on: October 29, 2007, 09:34:27 PM »
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« Reply #25 on: October 30, 2007, 04:55:09 PM »
See Rules #6, #2
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« Reply #26 on: October 30, 2007, 05:12:33 PM »
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Geez, another post from a rocket scientist!!! You might be dangerous if you had a clue. As it is....just another wank that can't spell.:lol
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« Reply #27 on: October 30, 2007, 05:33:18 PM »
Hi TC!

IMHO, these would be essential:

Fighters:
Bell P-39 Airacobra, Curtiss 75 / P36 Hawk, Dewoitine D520 and Polikarpov I-16.

Special models:
Fairey Swordfish, Fiat CR42, Gloster Gladiator and Polikarpov I-153.

Transport models:
Junkers JU52

Light Bombers:
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Medium Bombers
Bristol Blenheim, Heinkel HE111, Mitsubishi G4M "Betty", B-25 Mitchell, Petlyakov PE-2, Savoia-Marchetti SM79 "Sparviero" and Tupolev TU-2.

If these models were introduced, AH planeset would be able to cover the whole 1939 to 1944 period, giving the Finnish, Soviet, Italian, French and Japanese airforces a better setup for historical setups. It would also give to British, German and American airforces some important models, closing many gaps, like the lack of the HE111 or the Hawk.

As you may have noticed, since I formulated this wish, we allready got the B-25. Only 16 to go... :D

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« Reply #28 on: October 31, 2007, 12:56:01 PM »
Gentlemen, we have an international community here.  I strongly suggest you leave your bigotry and hate at the door, or the next time, we will be happy to make sure the door is closed for you.

Do not respond to this unless it is a contribution to the intent of this thread.
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« Reply #29 on: November 01, 2007, 02:29:03 PM »
See Rules #2, #6, #5 (your last warning)
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