Author Topic: Best Attack Aircraft (Read 1139 times)

midnight Target · « **on:** July 10, 2002, 05:28:45 PM »

Discovery Wings channel did it again. Their panel of experts decided on the best "attack aircraft of the various eras. Here is their choices:

1939 - 1942 Stuka
1943 - 1946 P-47
1946 - 1961 A-1 Skyraider
1961 - 1971 A-4 Skyhawk

SELECTOR · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2002, 06:05:48 PM »

ive seen the programme too... dont agree with all choices but that just opinion and ive never flown any of them..hehe..

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2002, 06:07:42 PM »

discovery wing is a bit to popular

Virage · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2002, 06:36:41 PM »

... and the winner for all time was the P-47. I was scratching my head too.

funkedup · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2002, 06:54:00 PM »

I don't see how they can pick any of those WW2 planes over the Il-2 and Il-10.
Skyraider was a worthy choice though.

Innominate · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2002, 09:07:24 PM »

It's not "best", they're looking for the ones that had the greatest impact.

Tony Williams · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2002, 01:04:47 AM »

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Originally posted by Innominate
It's not "best", they're looking for the ones that had the greatest impact.

I find it hard to imagine that 36,000 Il-2s had less impact than the P-47...

Tony Williams
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Karnak · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2002, 01:40:53 AM »

Tony,

Yes, but in the US, I think in the UK as well, the East Front is pretty much dismissed by the popular culture and this show was aimed at popular culture.

Most Americans think that the USA won WWII with some help from the Brits. They have no comprehension of the scope or significance of the Eastern Front.

In my opinion, Russia defeated Germany, with support from the USA and the UK and its Commonwealth. The USA defeated Japan, and had some support from the UK and its Commonwealth.

What D-Day really accomplished wasn't defeating Germany, that was already inevitable, but rather allowing the western part of continental Europe to remain free of Soviet control.

Hooligan · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2002, 01:56:57 AM »

P-47 is a lot faster and carries a lot more ordnance than either the IL-2 or IL-10. That makes it significantly better in my mind.

Hooligan

Karnak · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2002, 02:20:53 AM »

Hooligan,

The show was apparently not talking about the individual capability of the aircraft, but how much affect it had on the course of events.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2002, 02:46:16 AM »

Russia could not have defeated Germany without Britain still being in the war by 1941.

whgates3 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2002, 04:21:26 AM »

thats a tough call - the commies did a real good job of shifting their industrial production east of the Urals, and they were never hurting for population to fight the war...hiltler vs. stalin head to head match up - flip a coin, i say

Masherbrum · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2002, 05:05:45 AM »

Winner of all time A-10

The P-47 was one bad motherf.......

Masher

Hey, they're both Thunderbolts!

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2002, 05:15:56 AM »

The russians won the ground war

The allies the airwar

Thanks to endless bombing of the german industries

the russians found less resistance in armour

The fact that germany lost their desert war made them on the lose to ( no oil)

Also not being able to invade england at the beginning of the war
is a milestone to

Russia made pacts with germany and japan, they where not out there to save the human race. It more looks like they wanted to conquer the world to.

None of the less their effort was a great help beating the axis.

The allies just had more fronts to fight on

-ammo- · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2002, 05:38:44 AM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
Hooligan,

The show was apparently not talking about the individual capability of the aircraft, but how much affect it had on the course of events.

Evidently that is not true..the title says "the best". I agree that the P-47 is a better choice than the IL-2. Event eh AH population agrees with that:)