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Title: Nothing to see here, move along
Post by: Excel1 on December 25, 2008, 02:31:13 AM
See Rule #4
Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: Bruv119 on December 25, 2008, 02:34:46 AM
my troll dar just pinged,

The Few/ Hurricane/ Spitfire won WW2  you all know it.

The US thought the mustang wasn't up to it, til us Brits popped some 20mm on it and went a blowing stuff up.


oh god pass the popcorn!   

This thread is sponsored by Bruv's big book of WW2.
Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: SectorNine50 on December 25, 2008, 02:36:56 AM
See Rule #4
Pony is considered a war winner because of it's amazing distance ability allowing the U.S. to effectively bomb it's enemies into a pulp.  The aircraft is excellent at altitude where it was used, and if you keep your speed up, it's hard for a spit to compete.

I agree though, Spitfires are excellent aircraft simply because of how easy they were to fly.  Took next to no training, they had great flight characteristics.  This is very apparent in-game, usually why people call Spits dweeby.

Annnd then the rest of your post just didn't make sense.
Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: Excel1 on December 25, 2008, 03:33:54 AM
See Rule #4
Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: Scherf on December 25, 2008, 03:35:54 AM
Later, the Spit grew a pair and became a Mossie.

Oh yeah, it's ON.

 :rock
Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: Bruv119 on December 25, 2008, 03:39:48 AM
See Rule #4

I read it aswell I was trying to get the view from "the other side"  but it read like a load of luftwhining we shoulda coulda won !!!

hence my quote   spitfires won ww2 i agree !  Just don't forget the trusty hurricane.
Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: 1pLUs44 on December 25, 2008, 03:40:28 AM
Spitfire isn't a war winner, if you think about it defensively, it is. Offensively, where it needed lots of range, it was terrible. Thats where the Jug, P38, and P-51 beat it at.
Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: Bruv119 on December 25, 2008, 03:43:09 AM
no point in having a long range plane with nowhere to fly it from.  "We owns all your bases"

   If Churchill went for peace after dunkirk the world would as we know it would be a very different place.
Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: Excel1 on December 25, 2008, 04:25:05 AM
I read it aswell I was trying to get the view from "the other side"  but it read like a load of luftwhining we shoulda coulda won !!!

hence my quote   spitfires won ww2 i agree !  Just don't forget the trusty hurricane.

spot on bruv, that's the same impression i got from  galland's book. what really annoyed me though was galland’s biting criticism of u.s bomber crews in their perilous daylight bombing missions in a war that a-holes like galland almost treated as a sport. i thought it was a pretty good insight into his true character






Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: Excel1 on December 25, 2008, 05:08:04 AM
Spitfire isn't a war winner, if you think about it defensively, it is. Offensively, where it needed lots of range, it was terrible. Thats where the Jug, P38, and P-51 beat it at.

but the spitfire, along with the hurri, did win the war

when the spitfire was winning the war those other planes hadn't been invented yet...as far as the war was concerned anyways.



Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: Bruv119 on December 25, 2008, 05:14:25 AM
need some more spit options,

Extra boost for perks
Spit Mk XII,  XXI we have no 1945 spit  :cry,  Seafire III
Clipped wing tip options,
Didn't one of the wing designs have 4 x 20mm?  :t

Then lets be hearing them whines  :D
Title: Re: the spitfire won ww2
Post by: Ghosth on December 25, 2008, 06:52:56 AM
(sniffs bait)

naw