@SuperbattleshipYamato hard to argue against any of this really. The IJN was so far gone by this point in the war that there’s not really much they could have done to salvage their situation one way or another. The bit about the allies not having many LSTs in general is something I never knew before though.
He-100
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Twenty five of these planes saw production only to be used in a propaganda photograph.
This plane was fast at a max speed of 430 mph.
The range of this fighter was twice of the famous Me-109.
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I had forgotten about this Fighter, so thank you for reminding me Worsham.
If te range really was double the 109, I cannot see how it can’t have helped in the early years.
I am thinking more of the Battle of Britain, where the 109s could not fly very far, or dogfight very long, over Southern England.
Looks disturbingly like the 109, doesn’t it?
I missed the armament. Had that been decided? -
I don’t claim to be much of an aircraft buff, but as a mechanical engineer, the cooling system on the HE-100 both fascinates and scares me. It seems like if you hit this thing just about anywhere it would pop! :-o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_100
As a side note, I was browsing this site:
http://www.luft46.com/
and some of the late-war German aircraft development projects are pretty crazy; not to mention eerily similar to some of the fighters seen in the Cold War and even after that! Definitely worth a browse. -
The added range would have made all the difference in the world. Had Germany flown He-100s not Bf-109s in the Battle of Britain remember the 109s only had enough range to fight over England for 5 mins.
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The added range would have made all the difference in the world. Had Germany flown He-100s not Bf-109s in the Battle of Britain remember the 109s only had enough range to fight over England for 5 mins.
Excellent point.
To be honest, I hadn’t heard about this plane until Worsham posted his thread.
I encountered the following sentence:
The maximum speed of the F-1 and F-2 was 615 km/h (382 mph) at rated altitude.
That’s slightly slower than the HE-100. However, the above is in reference to the BF-109F; whereas the main plane Germany used in the Battle of Britain was the slower BF-109E. Had Germany upgraded from the BF-109E to the HE-100, not only would it have gotten a longer-ranged aircraft, it would also have gotten a faster plane. Maybe something as good as the Spitfire. I don’t know whether this would have helped enough to open the door for Sealion, but it would have made a difference.
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The added range would have made all the difference in the world. Had Germany flown He-100s not Bf-109s in the Battle of Britain remember the 109s only had enough range to fight over England for 5 mins.
Excellent point.
To be honest, I hadn’t heard about this plane until Worsham posted his thread.
I encountered the following sentence:
The maximum speed of the F-1 and F-2 was 615 km/h (382 mph) at rated altitude.
That’s slightly slower than the HE-100. However, the above is in reference to the BF-109F; whereas the main plane Germany used in the Battle of Britain was the slower BF-109E. Had Germany upgraded from the BF-109E to the HE-100, not only would it have gotten a longer-ranged aircraft, it would also have gotten a faster plane. Maybe something as good as the Spitfire. I don’t know whether this would have helped enough to open the door for Sealion, but it would have made a difference.
The only problem with making the switch is the stoppage of production to make the change at the factory level. It’s why the Russians stuck with the T-34 and KV-1 as long as they did.
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Imagine had the He-100 fighter been in production during the prewar years, a good many very talented German fighter pilots would not have been restricted behind the controls of the Me-110 over Britain.
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