RE: Lately stuck on WW2 history.
December 6, 2018 at 3:54 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2018 at 3:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
BnZ, Low yo-yo, Thach Weave, equals dead zero.
They got outplayed before they were outmatched, but that followed very shortly after. Had to be disheartening considering their early success. Hell, one of japans most famous aces was shot down by a fuckin two seat bomber. Zero couldn't take that hot ass canopy mg fire. If he'd executed the same attack in a p40, the engine block would have prevented his injuries at the very least.....and it's highly unlikely that it would have done significant damage to the aircraft, either.
Heres something fun he had to say about a wildcat
They got outplayed before they were outmatched, but that followed very shortly after. Had to be disheartening considering their early success. Hell, one of japans most famous aces was shot down by a fuckin two seat bomber. Zero couldn't take that hot ass canopy mg fire. If he'd executed the same attack in a p40, the engine block would have prevented his injuries at the very least.....and it's highly unlikely that it would have done significant damage to the aircraft, either.
Heres something fun he had to say about a wildcat
Quote:I had full confidence in my ability to destroy the Grumman and decided to finish off the enemy fighter with only my 7.7 mm machine guns. I turned the 20 mm cannon switch to the 'off' position and closed in. For some strange reason, even after I had poured about five or six hundred rounds of ammunition directly into the Grumman, the airplane did not fall, but kept on flying. I thought this very odd — it had never happened before — and closed the distance between the two airplanes until I could almost reach out and touch the Grumman. To my surprise, the Grumman's rudder and tail were torn to shreds, looking like an old torn piece of rag. With his plane in such condition, no wonder the pilot was unable to continue fighting! A Zero which had taken that many bullets would have been a ball of fire by now.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai
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