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Old 07-16-2019, 11:14 AM  
Grapesoda
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Battle of Briton

saw a great doc on netflix... for instance the RAF used carburetors on their planes while the Germans used fuel injection. every time the blokes would dive the engine would stall...

the blokes had 14.7 seconds of continues fire from their guns while the Germans had 47 seconds. AND the Germans had 20mm canons while the blokes had 303 machine guns.... a really big difference...

the Germans could out maneuver, out gun the blokes and lost anyway... one guy said that Hitler was the best general in the British army. one thing interesting is the Germans had 12 fighters in a group and the blokes had 20, so the Brits over estimated the German air power with the Germans underestimated the British air power. Pretty wild for sure.

an other thing is the Germans had radar, more advanced radar and thought the Brits radar was shit. but the Brits were waiting above them in the sky when they showed up... and the Germans only had 10 minutes of air time over England due to fuel.

and this was interesting, Hitler order his guys NOT to bomb London, some guys fucked up and dropped a load of bombs on London causing the Brits to bomb Berlin. Hitler got pissed and started the bombing raids on the cities. SO the attacks against the RAF airfields stopped. allowing the RAF to stay healthy ... wild stuff, well worth watching
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