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Thank goodness. There seems to have been a major outbreak of stupid in Chat at the moment and I was afraid that the contagion had spread to post-1900.I am not![]()
Thank goodness. There seems to have been a major outbreak of stupid in Chat at the moment and I was afraid that the contagion had spread to post-1900.I am not![]()
One problem with this: the poor quality of WW1 a/c engineering, glider or no... For this mission, you'd be better advised to use paratroops & forget gliders.WW1 drop could be ideal for landing gliders with fast cars etc behind enemy lines
... For this mission, you'd be better advised to use paratroops & forget gliders.
That said, if you accept something like Jeeps & the Rat Patrol types, what about dropping them right behind the trenches on the Western Front to achieve a breakthrough? Germans don't have tanks to speak of...so maybe this can sub?
the standard german machine gun of the period weighed 100 pounds... putting that on a glider, with ammo; no thanks
What if Manstein led the operation, with baby skorzeny along for uber German super power?
Doesn't Manstein render logistics irrelevent?
What if Manstein led the operation, with baby skorzeny along for uber German super power?
Doesn't Manstein render logistics irrelevent?
The OP is for WWI, a little early for either of them. And no, Manstein is not some superbeing immune to physical laws; his troops needed to be supplied, just like everyone else.
the glider (towed by what?... a gotha bomber?) would crash like a stone with Captain Manstein and his single machine gun crew... the aviation technology was just too immature
there is a difference between pushing your logistics to the limits or even going beyond them to the point of failure, and the plane not getting off the ground![]()
What kind of german are you? All questions of logistics are subordinate to the operational plan!!
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