To: xkaydet65; Grey182
Imagine how much better they would have done with the F4F instead.
40 posted on
02/16/2021 3:01:24 PM PST by
Chainmail
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To: Chainmail
The original F4F that competed against the Buffalo, was a biplane... the Buffalo was far superior. So, I guess the Navy did the best it could.
41 posted on
02/16/2021 3:53:15 PM PST by
Grey182
(Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
To: Chainmail
Sorry post 41 was incorrect. The Navy did choose badly.
42 posted on
02/16/2021 3:57:38 PM PST by
Grey182
(Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
To: Chainmail
The Dutch took out the .50s and replaced them with .30s and carried half the fuel. This improved performance markedly and made combat vs the Japanese Army Oscars doable. Unfortunately they had neither the numbers of planes or pilots to affect the outcome. And when the Zeros arrived...game over.
49 posted on
02/16/2021 5:23:54 PM PST by
xkaydet65
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