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To: kearnyirish2

Yup. Going back to the U-boats as this thread appeals to my WWII history nerd, can you imagine if they had unleashed the B-25’s on the U-boats early in the war? The B-25 made a great gunship. They could have replaced the bombs with a few thousand pounds more of fuel and both the range and ability to observe U-boats would have been very effective. One strafing run from those and a U-boat would likely be done if they had gone with a faster firing “main gun” (40mm range) than the 75mm (? I think that is right) cannon.


38 posted on 07/12/2020 11:02:12 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: volunbeer

It would have been interesting; if you see maps showing the dwindling areas the U-boats were safe from airplanes, it really looked pretty bleak.


43 posted on 07/12/2020 11:27:30 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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