Author Topic: New Bomber (Read 316 times)

NOD2000 · « **on:** February 26, 2002, 12:08:45 PM »

have u guys ever heard of the fugaku a japanise plane with 6 engines i only saw a brief picture of it on the history channel and it looked like it had one top turrent one back and one bottom turrent have u guys ever heard of it?

Mobius · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2002, 01:43:59 PM »

I saw a History Channel show that showed that bomber the other night. It was going to be used for bombing the US with biological weapons. I didn't know anything about Japan's germ lab - they had some nasty stuff, and there are parts of China that still have high mortality rates from bubonic plague and the other agents that Japan tested against the Chinese.

They didn't give much data on the plane, though, so it would be hard to model with any accuracy at all.

It would be nice to have an Axis uber-bomber to shoot at, though, and would make for some interesting "what-if" scenarios.

metronom · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2002, 03:25:45 PM »

This is so about everything whats out there about this plane. It never leaved the drawboard.

http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/g10n.htm

metro

superpug · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2002, 05:34:17 PM »

GESE

That thing is like a b-29 on steroids. it could almost fly as fast as a p-38!!! But it would be cool on HTC.

Red Tail 444 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2002, 05:44:18 PM »

That buff was designed to hit the continental United Stated with Biological weapons, using with unlimited range, and an operational ceiling of about 38,000 feet.

Most likely it would have been poorly armored, and not as capable as the B-29, despite its clear advantage in range to target, had they come into service. I'm glad it's not in AH, nor should it be. If it does get in, perk the ba-jeezees out of it

As for Japans Biological weapons program, they were the frontrunners in that area. Josef Mengle gets all the notoriety, but Japan was clearly the frontrunners in this area during that time.

Karnak · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2002, 07:42:54 PM »

Red Tail,

Mengle gets the notoriety because he didn't do actual research. He simply performed horrifyingly bizzare tortures on people and called it research. Thus we didn't want his data and he was charged with war crime. Unfortunately he escaped.

The Japanese guy was performing actual research and got actual results. Thus he had a bargaining chip when Japan surrendered. We wanted his data so we gave him immunity in exchange for the data and classified the whole thing. Thus word never really spread.

I think that it is a black spot on the honor of the USA that we did that. The Japanese guy should have been tried and then hung.

M.C.202 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2002, 08:24:21 PM »

Karnak said:
The Japanese guy should have been tried and then hung.

That is "hanged" not "hung".

But I think the old Brit "Drawn and Quartered" was called for in that case.

Mitsu · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2002, 02:08:14 AM »

It is the final fantasy.

-Mitsu

Red Tail 444 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2002, 08:52:38 AM »

Thanks for the clarificationn but do you knoe the true origins of Bayer Medical Laboratories? I heard, several years ago, there is a link to WW2 German experiments.

Anyone else hear this ?

(and, yes, I am wayyyyyyyyyyyyy off thread...

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SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2002, 03:26:27 PM »

Anyway, the Fugaku looked really good on History Chanel

qts · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2002, 03:57:31 PM »

Quote

Mengle gets the notoriety because he didn't do actual research. He simply performed horrifyingly bizzare tortures on people and called it research. Thus we didn't want his data and he was charged with war crime.

This is not true. Data obtained by him is still used. The example I remember is survival in freezing (eg Arctic) water.

I have absolutely no doubt that Mengele was utterly evil. I am not going to comment further.

Tac · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2002, 06:07:53 PM »

"I think that it is a black spot on the honor of the USA that we did that. The Japanese guy should have been tried and then hung."

CC same as Von Braun. Damn V2's.

illo · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2002, 07:31:01 PM »

...yes and that apollo project

Glasses · « **Reply #13 on:** March 01, 2002, 01:05:38 AM »

well I'd think Mr Von braun helped the US space program quite a bit if that was the case then Mr Willy Messrchmitt should have been hanged also becuase he built the damned 262s to defend his country no?