On Sat, 08 May 2004 16:49:49 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:


The problem was that the thing had enough armor on it to shrug off most
light/medium rockets,

Dunno about the HVAR, but AIR the 60lb RP used by the UK came in two forms,
one with a HE warhead and the other was solid originally intended for tank
killing, but ended up doing sterling work for anti shipping.

and would certainly have been tailed closely by a
flock of AAA in the "Whirlwind" category.

True, however it couldnt be any worse than sending P47s against LW bases.

Of course, it was big enough
to be a target for the Tallboy or Grand Slam bombs.

Slight overkill LOL. Both the US and UK had 2000LB class AP bombs intended
for anti ship use which would have been more than adequate.

Wouldn't you like
to have some film of *that* little scenario?

One assumes that that 12 inch 'tiny tim' RP as used on Okinawa would have
been available for dealing with such eventualities. Of course aiming it
accurately enough would be another matter.




greg



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