[central_va]

We are discussing specific aircraft.

As usual you are unable to discuss anything in a academic context which leads me to believe you are basically lacking in formal post secondary education. I am not calling you stupid but you lack a curiosity to explore detail and the hypothetical.

[jmacusa]

No General. I have made WW2 history a life time study. From books to accounts of veterans themselves and that included members of my own family(now departed) who served in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps in the ETO and the Pacific. Again., the Zero was a good fighter plane- for a time. The Betty was a good bomber. “Detail’’ and ‘’the hypothetical’’ LOL! Really? Do realize what you just said? You're a hoot. Here's some ‘’detail’’ for you dude. When it came to their Arisaka rifle, their Nambu machine gun, their side arms and their tanks, they positively, absolutely SUCKED at making those.