I need a german!

[ATI_7500]

[quote]Gef

[expat]

[quote][quote]Gef

[H]

"Hurrikane sind auch doof."
...but smart enough for a 13 to 1 kill ratio in the Battle of Britain -- and over two-hundred 109Es shot down (by a hybrid construction from the biplane era).

8-)

[ATI_7500]

...but smart enough for a 13 to 1 kill ratio in the Battle of Britain -- and over two-hundred 109Es shot down (by a hybrid construction from the biplane era).

13:1 sounds good, but against the background of easy targets like german bombers, Me-110s and Stukas and Me-109s which had to stick closely to their bombers and were always in danger of running out of fuel...

[H]

13:1 sounds good, but against the background of easy targets like german bombers, Me-110s and Stukas and Me-109s which had to stick closely to their bombers and were always in danger of running out of fuel...

[color=#003300]That response has always reminded me of an incident in our "camp" wars.
The confederation of Wopa Cila (C = English Ch) was in a secession battle against my own camp, Bexlahim (x = th), to whom they'd refused to pay retribution costs for repeatedly spearing our main tent. They'd dug three small breastworks where they'd stored their main ammo -- apples; two full barrels and a large pile of apples were at their main breastwork, the left position of their line. In the final assault up the hill (my shield, fashioned from a 15" automobile hub cap, pinged off the few missiles I failed to dodge -- not one struck me), the breastwork was secured for Bexlahim, its defenders retreating to what had been the center breastwork. After a mutual barrage, they were infuriated by being struck with what had been their own arsenal and made a full-force counterattack (5:1 in their favor) and dumped all their apples. Their leader sat on the ground, apples all around and a pile he'd pulled between his legs; pointing at the small pile I yet had behind me, he yelled, "Look, that's all he's got."
Scowling, I whispered, "But who's were they?
What were the Me-110s and Me-109s of G

[ATI_7500]

I don't quite get what you're pointing at.

Straight to the point instead of embedded in a confusing story would've been more useful for me. ;P

[H]

Straight to the point instead of embedded in a confusing story would've been more useful for me. ;P

How German of you.
The point of the story is that the intent was to disable their defense and their job was to stop that objective. Their abondonment of their remaining supply pits in an all-out attack to destroy what had been captured from them (which, admittedly, was more than what remained in their other two pits) was only an admission of failure to stop that main objective, no matter what excuses they gave, true or not.
Me110s failed to adequately protect their bombers, Me109s failed to adequately protect either. Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons could also claim that they had little or no sleep when they were sent right back up to engage again, running short on ammo, etc. Both sides had their problems, even truth to the excuse. It's moot -- somebody made a costly miscalculation on the eastern side of the Channel (such as a rather large fellow -- whose name starts and ends with a "G" -- who was trying to impress a smaller fellow with a mustache).

8-)

[ATI_7500]

Yeah.

The RAF was better off on that one. If the pilots were shot down they could just hitch a ride back home. If the germans were shot down they were either lynched or spent the next few years in an ugly place (Wales?? ).


P.S: Don't take a look into the freeware screenshots forum. You won't like what I posted there.

[Jared]

a need a swedish chick! oh wait...nvm....