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    Yeah, Peasant doesn't seem to really know about fighter maneuverability and assumes since the Zero has a very good sustained turn rate, but the Zero has pathetic high-speed turning ability. above 250 MPH, all the American fighters you listed can out turn and roll the Zero, and as long as they turn just long enough to get the shot, then extend to gain speed, they can and did outmaneuver zeros. The Zero was a very good aircraft for a very short period of the war, then the Allies learned fighter tactics, and the Japanese never improved, the equipment had little bearing on things. Had they had actually good aircraft, like the Hellcat or Corsair, their training and tactics would still have doomed them to failure. By 1945 the US was training combat pilots so well, they rivaled the Japanese at their BEST. And speed is the number one factor in WWII fighter performance, because it lets you chose to fight or not, or escape if things go wrong. Everything else is nice to have, good climb, range etc, but most of that stuff can be trained around. I think all Japanese stuff is overrated, but they did pretty well considering how shitty their gear, tactics, and leadership was.
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    Except every mark of hellcat was faster than any production zero. Speed is the most important fighter factor.
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    The zero crap is almost as bad as his bb fantasy lol. Leave some scraps I can't do a real responce from my phone.
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    Ok so some thoughts. First, everyone put in a lot of effort, and it was a hard call to have to eliminate the ones that didn't meet the requirements. My pics would have been different, had there not been the problem with dimensions and or armor that if feasible seems like the kind of thing that would cause production delays and cost overruns. On the Mediums I was disappointed theSturgeons got eliminated, it was a cool design, and would have been competitive. Very cool looking too! For Toxn, what I really liked was the idea that the design was the same for the light and Medium, with minor changes and a switch in armor material. It seems like that would give you a lot of options to improve the vehicles, with parts from the other version. NLMs design seemed like the best balance of tech/armor/gun and just edged Toxn out in my mind. I liked his design approach, of just fixing and improving all wrong with a solid design. Now the lights I have to say my considerations were a little different because I think Sturges light was a little better than Toxn's but Toxns has the advantage of the factory being able to produce a solid medium if the need arises, or a highbred light/medium. NLM and light proposal was not brought over by enough three breasted hoo- Assistants for serious consideration! I was disappointed no one came up with a multibank motor!
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    Back in the day, you used to be able to convert the AC Compressor into a pretty damn good Air Compressor, hide 10-gallon tank somewhere and you can run air tools... I don't know if the more modern AC compressors can do this though.
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    We all believe in kooky stuff, I mean take Don, he still likes lever actions and revolvers...
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    It seems kind of funny, on a drawing that is meh on dimensional accuracy, has so many little details, the rotor sight, and counterweight, but not the return rollers? Still, cool find.
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    Interesting, as Walt indicated, Zaloga says a handful were made, I never actually noticed the counterweight in that pic before. The Sherman Militia site says 40 were made with the early rotor sight, I wonder if all those got the M2? Image linked from Sherman Minutia Is your Sherman pic in one of the books you just got EE, can you see if has the rotor sight?
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    I can dig up the section on it in the manual later this evening.
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    So update, certain key officials have gone missing. We are not sure if they have been kidnapped, and or if it was the California Crazies, or desert cultists, or corporate shenanigans. No body has been found at this time. We will keep you posted. FAX# 555-LUV-3TIT with any info on officials.
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    I have this, it's from the ORD 9 SNL G-205 parts catalog for the M4A3 ' And this slightly different one from the ORD 9 on the M4A2
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    The only Sherman I know of that, shipped with an M2 was the first production model delivered the to the Brits, they still have it too, it was named Michael, but at some point during the war it had an M3 installed. It was not used in combat.
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    That's a nice haul! Gotta love old books like that!
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    Isn't it both, some must actually believe their bullshit right?
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    Let me say, this has been a scandal-ridden procurement program! There have been safety problems, gross violations of the required stats, and rumors of bribery! Also, the "marketing proposals" were disappointing, and the synthetic refreshments at the conference were very low energy and the three-breasted "hosts", were possibly disease-ridden and confirmed radioactive! AND someone may have leaked this info to the crazies in California, and they may be coming up with some insane super tank! The world has gone MAD!
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    We should have results soonish. Just an FYI.
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    Yeah, how is she this dumb?
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    It's the BEST cat!
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    SO MUCH WINNING!!!! https://www.npr.org/2018/10/15/657653080/federal-judge-rules-in-favor-of-trump-in-stormy-daniels-defamation-lawsuit A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against President Trump by adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who claimed the president had defamed her earlier this year on Twitter. The lawsuit was filed over a tweet Trump sent in April suggesting Daniels was lying about being threatened in 2011 not to go public with her story of an alleged sexual encounter with Trump. "A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!" the president tweeted. https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/cherokee-nation-issues-statement-on-sen-elizabeth-warren-s-dna-test-results Warrens DNA test shows maybe some south American in her so far back it doesn't matter, but she still claims she an Indian! "A DNA test is useless to determine tribal citizenship. Current DNA tests do not even distinguish whether a person's ancestors were indigenous to North or South America. Sovereign tribal nations set their own legal requirements for citizenship, and while DNA tests can be used to determine lineage, such as paternity to an individual, it is not evidence for tribal affiliation. Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong. It makes a mockery out of DNA tests and its legitimate uses while also dishonoring legitimate tribal governments and their citizens, whose ancestors are well documented and whose heritage is prove. Senator Warren is undermining tribal interests with her continued claims of tribal heritage." - Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin, Jr.
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    Was he the one going around and finding all the sunken planes and ships?
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    EE did you mean M2 machine gun or the Short M2 75mm gun that some Lee and Grants got?
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    Well, the left will stop bitching about that now.
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    Yeah, almost like bad "journalists" are the enemy of the people.
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    Yeah, doorknob Five-Two, was the first adult book I ever read, I read the version know as Kohn's War. I loved the book, and was really disappointed to find out the Author had made up a bunch of stuff up about himself. The mechanics who kept aircraft like the P-38 flying, often in terrible conditions, and through the night, were the unsung heroes of the Air War. When you read about the 5th Air Force in the dark early days of 1942, into 43, was so low on airframes and spares, they were putting aircraft together from 3 or 4 wrecks! Every P-38 the 5th Fighter command lost in 42 into 43 was a HUGE loss, and when they wanted to do an all P-38 Air Group, (the 475th), they had to take away all the 49th Fighter groups and others P-38s to do it, and the Air Force couldn't send new pilots or maintainers so he had stripped the pilots, and take people from his non combat staff! He was able to do this because they found a large number of Chinese refugees(if I recall right) being held by the Australian Government, and was able to use the suitable ones in some staff and housekeepings roles, freeing up GIs. In my opinion, George Kenney was the most brilliant Air Force Officer of the war.
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