Watch out for windows buddy.
Also excuse me Mr Minister you have a message from the great beyond:
Also excuse me Mr Minister you have a message from the great beyond:
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For India specifically, I hear of them buying oil.That sounds like bullshit. Got a link?
This doesn't seem to be in keeping with isolating Russia.
Russia, India discuss joint production of weapons amid Ukraine war
India’s foreign minister praised the “all-time high” trade turnover between the two countries, which he said exceeded $50 billion in 2022.www.defensenews.com
Nice idea but property laws in usa is stupid. If you destroy someone's drone over your own property you are responsible for the damages (to the drone). go figure.So for less than $50k, I could have anti-drone capability for my home? Hmm.
No, they just don't talk about it. Whole thing was whitewashed in ritual glorification of their victory. The only person of major import to actually note it afterwards was I think Khrushchev in his memoirs. He did so at length and extensively praised both the volume and quality of US products, reinforcing how absolutely essential they were to the Soviet war effort.
Did you not mean P-39?This.
The only other reference to this I can think of was in Chuck Yaeger's book, where he talked about meeting old Soviet pilots and they were so thankful. Toasted FDR, Studebaker 6x6s, and the P-40 Kittyhawk, which although meh by US standards, was strangely much loved by the Russians. They "didn't think it was a dog" was the way he put it I think.
Pretty amazing to think there was a time when the US sent Russia 12,000 tanks.
i have never seen the P-39 described as a bad aircraft. it had a 1300mi combat range and really high ceiling and most overlooked centre mounted machine guns which made if very effective in air to air combat. P-39 is the unsung hero of the pacific campaign.Yeah I had second thoughts right after I posted that, then edited, then saw your reply. I'd have to go find his book to be sure. Russia got both models, used both effectively so I guess it doesn't matter much in the long run. Not exactly Mustangs and Corsairs, though having a 37mm onboard is pretty cool.
the soviets got a little bit of everything during lend lease: P-40s, p-47, P-39, P-63, spitfire, hurricanes, a-20, b-25, c-47, M4 sherman and M3 lee. the british stuff was their old worn out planes whereas the US was sending brand new units. the reliability of the american stuff was effectively light years ahead of the soviet units. the Lagg-3 was nicknamed the flying coffin due to it killing more pilots in landing/takeoff vs those lost in combat.Yeah I had second thoughts right after I posted that, then edited, then saw your reply. I'd have to go find his book to be sure. Russia got both models, used both effectively so I guess it doesn't matter much in the long run. Not exactly Mustangs and Corsairs, though having a 37mm onboard is pretty cool.
the airacobra and kingcobra were saddled with the allison engine which never had the sought HP at altitude. the US sent them to russia where most of the combat was at lower altitude so there were no issues.i have never seen the P-39 described as a bad aircraft. it had a 1300mi combat range and really high ceiling and most overlooked centre mounted machine guns which made if very effective in air to air combat. P-39 is the unsung hero of the pacific campaign.
Thanks, I knew it was something like bad engine pairing, not a bad aircraft, per se.the soviets got a little bit of everything during lend lease: P-40s, p-47, P-39, P-63, spitfire, hurricanes, a-20, b-25, c-47, M4 sherman and M3 lee. the british stuff was their old worn out planes whereas the US was sending brand new units. the reliability of the american stuff was effectively light years ahead of the soviet units. the Lagg-3 was nicknamed the flying coffin due to it killing more pilots in landing/takeoff vs those lost in combat.
the airacobra and kingcobra were saddled with the allison engine which never had the sought HP at altitude. the US sent them to russia where most of the combat was at lower altitude so there were no issues.
the allison was actually ok but was hurt by 1930's thinking. the army never thought that combat would take place much above 20000 ft so they didnt tune the engine or the supercharger for those altitudes. the jump in engine tech changed everything in a very short timeframe. the allison does fine at 20k ft but needs a 3 stage supercharger or a turbo supercharger like the one on the p-47. the german bf-109 had a similar problem in that they were tuning the performance for 10k-30k ft and the p-51 and p-47 were expected to cover the bombers at 40k ft.Thanks, I knew it was something like bad engine pairing, not a bad aircraft, per se.
As a side note, the P-51 mustang originally was fitted with an allison; if not for the British Merlin, it would have had a very different outcome.
As it is today the Russians jsut supplied the endless man power with no concern for the multitude of 'peasant' deaths. I'd hate to have a war with China - they are a lot like the Russians with 10x the man power.Thanks, I knew it was something like bad engine pairing, not a bad aircraft, per se.
As a side note, the P-51 mustang originally was fitted with an allison; if not for the British Merlin, it would have had a very different outcome.
Actually, operational altitude was it's Achilles heel, due to the space constraints of it's mid-engine design. No room for a really good turbo-supercharger. It was well suited for how the Russians used it, though.i have never seen the P-39 described as a bad aircraft. it had a 1300mi combat range and really high ceiling and most overlooked centre mounted machine guns which made if very effective in air to air combat. P-39 is the unsung hero of the pacific campaign.
i have never seen the P-39 described as a bad aircraft. it had a 1300mi combat range and really high ceiling and most overlooked centre mounted machine guns which made if very effective in air to air combat. P-39 is the unsung hero of the pacific campaign.
This doesn't seem to be in keeping with isolating Russia.
Russia, India discuss joint production of weapons amid Ukraine war
India’s foreign minister praised the “all-time high” trade turnover between the two countries, which he said exceeded $50 billion in 2022.www.defensenews.com
the soviets got a little bit of everything during lend lease: P-40s, p-47, P-39, P-63, spitfire, hurricanes, a-20, b-25, c-47, M4 sherman and M3 lee. the british stuff was their old worn out planes whereas the US was sending brand new units. the reliability of the american stuff was effectively light years ahead of the soviet units. the Lagg-3 was nicknamed the flying coffin due to it killing more pilots in landing/takeoff vs those lost in combat.
the airacobra and kingcobra were saddled with the allison engine which never had the sought HP at altitude. the US sent them to russia where most of the combat was at lower altitude so there were no issues.
How many Russians have to die for the war to end - 1 if the right one; otherwise 20 million.Reaching for half a million dead comrades. For nothing.
There is going to be so many cheap whorehouses in Russia in a few years.
“There was no first line of defence. We saw it. The Russians just walked in. They just walked in, without any mined fields” he says.
He shows me video from a drone feed taken a few days ago of small columns of Russian troops simply walking across the border, unopposed.
He says officials had claimed that defences were being built at huge cost, but in his view, those defences simply weren’t there. “Either it was an act of negligence, or corruption. It wasn’t a failure. It was a betrayal”.