Top ten regretables in WG-related history

Started by FierceKitty, 05 May 2018, 01:54:53 AM

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fsn

08 May 2018, 06:24:50 PM #30 Last Edit: 08 May 2018, 07:34:40 PM by fsn
Yers. I had the Mosquito and Lancaster in the list ... then wanted to put in the Tempest and the Beaufighter and the Corsair and the Avenger and the Mustang and the Liberator and then edited myself.

Quote from: Raider4 on 08 May 2018, 05:44:21 PM
Jerry just stuck to the AFVs.
... and for the Italians it was mostly the uniforms.
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Ithoriel

Oh, per-lease!

Me 109, FW 190, Ju-87 Kanonenvogel, Me 162 Komet, Me 262 Schwalbe, Arado AR 234, Horten Ho 229 and the world's first cruise missile! Toys so cool they should be kept in a fridge :)
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Orcs

Quote from: FierceKitty on 08 May 2018, 12:38:30 PM
This wasn't a "what if" thread!

Come now FK, you have been a member long enough.  Did you really expect the thread not to get Hijacked? :)
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fsn

Quote from: Ithoriel on 08 May 2018, 07:46:24 PM
Oh, per-lease!

Me 109, FW 190, Ju-87 Kanonenvogel, Me 162 Komet, Me 262 Schwalbe, Arado AR 234, Horten Ho 229 and the world's first cruise missile! Toys so cool they should be kept in a fridge :)
Nah. Fw189 Uhu, Me321 Gigant, Bv141, Hs129 with 75mm, Fw200 Kondor. They're cool.

OK. They're FSN cool.

Which probably means they're just a bit weird.


Actually, I think a lot of the Italian A/c were very elegant designs ... just under powered and under armed.
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Quote from: fsn on 08 May 2018, 09:40:12 PM

Actually, I think a lot of the Italian A/c were very elegant designs ... just under powered and under armed.

I believe if you look closely at early marks of the AB41 Armoured car you could often distinguish the words "Fray Bentos" on the armour.  :D
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