tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post6354557307927121958..comments2024-03-27T22:43:37.276-05:00Comments on Military Analysis: Antwerp II.Albert E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07277015142536922401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-53607467809535410072013-08-06T00:26:01.856-05:002013-08-06T00:26:01.856-05:00Forced to correct ME 262 bomb weight.
A bomb by we...Forced to correct ME 262 bomb weight.<br />A bomb by weight of 2 x 250 kg.<br /><br />Hitler said this will be my new vengeance weapon, the flash bomber.<br />This Swalbe (swallow) became Sturm Vogel (Storm Bird)maximexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096663908456909910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-20967376206197028662013-08-04T10:17:05.084-05:002013-08-04T10:17:05.084-05:00There is so much nonsense here that one hardly kno...There is so much nonsense here that one hardly knows where to begin.<br /><br />First of all, the wartime Reichsmark was not a convertible currency, it was for internal accounting only and worthless outside of Germany, therefore cost comparisons between national currencies using nominal expenditure are meaningless. When the Reich needed to buy raw materials, for example, from neutral countries, the payment was in gold and only gold.<br /><br />The Luftwaffe did not lack for combat aircraft, nearly thirty thousand were produced in 1944, what was missing as with all the service branches was the fuel to train and conduct missions. After the devastating Leuna and Ploesti raids in the first half of 1944, the Reich simply ran out of gas, a fact that has been confirmed by every scholar and participant since the war.<br /><br />Finally, the whole V1/V2 narrative has been completely distorted by post-war commentators with an agenda other than historical accuracy. “V” stands for <i>Vergeltung</i>, “revenge”, these were psychological weapons first and foremost, a means, however insignificant, for Germany to strike back at the Allies after, for example, the conventional bombing of Great Britain had ceased years before while the round-the-clock pounding of the Reich continued and intensified.<br /><br />As for the oft-repeated death toll of the “slave” workers engaged in the production of the V2, how is it that these sophisticated weapons, arguably the most complex machines produced by any nation ever up to that point, were built not only at gunpoint but by presumably skilled workers who were then murdered after the tasks were completed? The fact that such questions are never asked by respectable historians speaks to the neo-Soviet climate of opinion under which we labor.Steinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-3606670580061736872013-08-03T09:06:33.687-05:002013-08-03T09:06:33.687-05:00The Polish campaign take Germany to half (50%) of ...The Polish campaign take Germany to half (50%) of the airplane bombs, so the German's own warehouses were really small, the scale of all war.<br /><br />LT F Torbedo weight 750kg.<br />Torbedon airplane as raw material usage.<br />51.3 kg of chromium, aluminum, 114 kg, 78.6 kg of lead, tin 55 kg, 374 kg of copper<br /><br />Repair JU-88 weight gain of the original.<br />Horizontal Bomber weight of 7000 kg<br />Scuba diving bomber version of 12.000 kg.maximexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096663908456909910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717793725263190225.post-223696399114313542013-08-03T08:49:16.158-05:002013-08-03T08:49:16.158-05:00German raw material shortages of all. Only lignite...German raw material shortages of all. Only lignite was enough throughout the war.<br />All German raw materials had to be imported from somewhere.<br />German innovatio was great. Many of the machines, such as the Junkers 88 and ME 262 Production was delayed for months, and their production started slowly as the Ju88 was to change the dive. Previously it was a horizontal plane bomber. In this case, a weight gain of over 30% achieved a similar benefit. Similarly, the ME 262 wide introduction of delayed almost a year, when Hitler demanded the machine portable 2x500 kg bombs in the UK.<br /><br />The same lack of material related to engines. The Allies built a light (weight) engines when there was a lot of materials. When the German built by the same power, the engine became very heavy, due to lack of materials, the structure became thick (strong) as the FW-190 BMW engine models, etc ...<br /><br />The biggest deficiency was by German (1 ball-bearings) a mixture of metals, which are needed for hard and tough steels manufacture.<br />Nickel was one of the crucial material, as many of you know the purpose of<br /><br />1943 Finland sent to Germany from using 85% of its nickel, 23% molybdenum. In addition, copper and delivered, and vanadium.<br />Pechenga mine 1943/7899 tons, 151 tons of Mätäsvaara.<br /><br />Similarly, Finland was entirely dependent on the German food supply.<br />1942 Finnish imports 93% came from Germany.maximexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096663908456909910noreply@blogger.com