JayJay_H
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Siiiiiilent Niiiiiight, Hooooly Niiiight!
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transatlantic armistice and soviets continue fighting the occupants with guerilla tactics. Agreed. I voted for that in a previous thread, that means, after USSR surrendered in SC, the Germans still should have to deal with partisans.Originally posted by Compassion:US and Germans would have agreed to an armistace, I think.
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You didnt mention building of fortifications. Should be enabled, but suck up tons of mpps.
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Have to disagree with you Carl - All my Pbems werent readable anymore after inst 1.06
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By then (late 40's) Germany would have even be able to introduce the rest of their secret weapons (which they had in the drawer) to the battlefield. To name a few:
Surface-to-Surface Missiles
Fieseler Fi 103
Also known as the V-1 or FZG 76, this was the
first practical cruise missile.
Rheinbote
The Rheinbote was a four-stage, unguided long-range artillery missile. (Range of 215km.)
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Air-to-Surface Missiles
Blohm und Voss Bv 143
Glide bomb for anti-ship use, accelerated by a rocket engine.
Blohm und Voss Bv 246 Hagelkorn
The Hagelkorn was an unpowered long-range glide bomb. It had an excellently streamlined fuselage, and wings with a very high aspect ratio. Construction of the wings was unusual: The aerofoils were made of concrete, around a steel core. Range was up to 200km if released from 10,000m. Several guidance systems were tried, including the Radieschen radar homing system. This made Hagelkorn one of the first anti-radar missiles. Over 1100 were produced before the project was cancelled.
Friedensengel
The Friedensengel was a set of wings and tail surfaces, designed to extend the range of a standard 765kg air-launched torpedo.
Fritz-X
Fritz-X, also known as FX-1400, was the first successful guided bomb. It consisted of a 1400kg armour-piercing bomb, fitted with four wings in a cruciform arrangement, and a tail ring with spoilers for control.
Henschel Hs 293
This was the first guided missile that entered service in large numbers. The Hs 293 was a glide bomb of aeroplane configuration, with a underslung rocket engine. The sloop HMS Egret, on 27 August 1943, had the dubious honour of being the first ship sunk by a guided missile. Many other victims followed, including five destroyers. Over 2300 Hs 293 missiles were fired.
Henschel Hs 294
Derivative of the Hs 293. It was intended as a anti-ship weapon, travelling to final trajectory to its target underwater.
Henschel GT 1200
The GT 1200 was a powered glide bomb for use against ships. It was designed to dive into the water at the end of its trajectory.
Zitteröschen
Zitteröschen was the first supersonic, winged, and guided missile. Intended for use against ground targets, it had small triangular wings and two rocket motors. It did not enter production.
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Surface-to-Air Missiles
Feuerlilie
Anti-aircraft missile.
Hecht
Surface-to-air missile.
Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling
Of all experimental surface-to-air missiles, this one came closest to an operational weapons system. At the end of the war it was in production, but it was never operationally used.
Rheintochter
This was a large anti-aircraft missile, rather crude in design.
Taifun
This was an unguided anti-aircraft weapon. Taifun was accelerated to Mach 3+, and could reach altitudes up to 15000m. It was intended to fire salvos of 30 missiles.
Wasserfall
The Wasserfall SAM was developed at Peenemüde, and was based on experience with the A-4, also known as V-2. It was smaller, but of similar shape and also powered by liquid fuels. The operator used input from radars tracking both the target and the missile to steer it, using a radio command link. A proximity fuse would ignite the 235kg warhead. The program was cancelled in February 1945, when it was close to the production stage.
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Air-to-Air Missiles
Henschel Hs 298
The world's first AAM.
Kramer X-4
R4M
Me 262 could carry wooden racks with twelve R4M missiles under the outboard wing panels. With a range of 1500m and a warhead of 0.5kg, they were very effective against allied bombers. There was also a version with an armour-penetrating shaped-charge warhead. The R4M was not used on a large scale, but after the war many airforces introduced folding-fin aircraft rockets (FFAR) based on the R4M.
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Anti-tank Missiles
Kramer X-7 Rotkäppchen
Wire-guided anti-tank missile.
Pfeifenkopf
This anti-tank missile used electro-optical guidance.
Pinsel
Used electro-optical guidance either.
[ December 21, 2002, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: JayJay_H ]
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This was a proposal for a New York bomber. The flying wing format allows for large amounts of internal fuel as well as a large bomb load. Had the war continued into he late 40's one of these may have been able to deliver an atomic bomb on New York, Boston, Washington....
Arado E555
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Dont intend to drive the discussion away from the original subject, but i also dare to see climatic conditions added to the game, especially the russian winter for more historical accuracy. V. 1.06 makes it much harder to conquer mother russia, what i do support, but generals winter & mud are still missing. Hopefully theyll be included in SC2, along with a world map.Originally posted by JerseyJohn:The North Atlantic, weather and especially the Russian Winter follow closely behind.
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Yep, manpower should indeed be limited. At least so and so many armies per year, if not per war like in real life. There once again foreign volunteers come into play.Originally posted by Compassion:But then I try to work in my manpower whinge when talkingabout things to clean up in the next version anyway.
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HarrrrrrrrrrrrOriginally posted by JerseyJohn:[...]the pilot didn't sit, he lay on his stomach viewing things through a plexiglass panel. The mixture activated itself exactly between his legs!
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Terrific pics of the mighty Yamamoto, Jersey! Always great to make the subjects more graphical :cool:
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In fact, i think my dad would be the one who would be really qualified on that subject, like he is with everything related to german navy. Actually, i got loads of work on my hands with map- & scenario design for a different strategy game, if i can spare the time from work for the University. So at this time - no way. I also have my doubts the Z-Plan is something everybody dares to see reflected here, especially in reference to SC.Originally posted by JerseyJohn:Still wish you'd start a Z-plan forum; everyone would enjoy it and from I can see you're definitely the most qualified.
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*LMAO*Originally posted by JerseyJohn:"Yes I would give part of Caucasus to America. In exchange they return Alaska and California and -- I will compile a list. Send in Scorpion with my directory of choice gulags. This Scorpion fellow, a little like Trotsky, don't you agree? Is unanimous then!"
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Yes, would like to try it out, availability?
[ December 21, 2002, 12:41 PM: Message edited by: JayJay_H ]
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Great Thread, interesting points from everyone here. Some previous thread proposed to make jet research somehow related to rocket technology - Would be very accurate, IMO
Messerschmitt Me262
There is no doubt that the Me262 jet fighter was an amazing and awesome aircraft, far beyond its years, and devastatingly destructive. The origins of the Messerschmitt Me262 were born out of Germanys need to evaluate other forms of propulsion other than the piston, when the Treaty Of Versailles forbade Germany from developing further aircraft technologies. Rocket and jet propulsion were not clauses in the treaty due to be thought of as folly; only past-times for the rich and eccentric, hell-bent on danger and publicity seeking. Indeed, many early developers of such powerplants became unfortunate victims of their own curiosity, as many were killed during their "experiments."
Me 262 in flight
Vergeltungswaffen , Hitler's personal wonderweapons , his last kick before the Reich crumbled .
This weapons were mainly used at the end of the war , as a form to try and give the allies a last blow .
The V-1 is probably the most known, then comes the rocket by von Braun or the V-2 and last but not least, Cönders weapon : the V-3.
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Nver heard of Mr. Torriero's StratComm HQ ? Strategic Command HQ
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Yep, you can even reinforce some transport that suffered losses and bring it up to full strength in a friendly port without unloading. Nice feature, IMO
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Yep, they never got finished indeed even though they were about to get ready for action.Originally posted by JerseyJohn:Terrific pic, only one I've seen of the Graf -- saw a second German Carrier, the Peter Strasser listed in Jane's Fighting Ships where they use the same photo and both ships were set in 1938 but never finished.
On November 16, 1935, Deutsche Werke Kiel AG was awarded the contract for the first carrier which was given the construction designation "A". Design director for Germany's first carrier was Naval Chief Architect Dipl. Ing. Wilhelm Hadeler. Work on what would be later named Graf Zeppelin began only in December 1936 because the shipyard's spliways were full to capacity with battlecruiser Gneisenau, cruiser Blucher, four destroyers (Z1-4), four submarines (U13-16) and supply ship Franken. Graf Zeppelin was launched on December 8, 1938. When WWII broke out in September 1939, the carrier was 85% complete. Works however would be soon delayed and then halted in order to build badly needed submarines which had proved to be the most effective asset in the hands of the Kriegsmarine. Towed to Gotenhafen first and then to Stettin, the carrier was deprived of her 15cm guns (became coastal batteries in Norway) and used as a floating warehouse. On May 13, 1942 Hitler ordered the carrier completed and the Zeppelin was towed back to Kiel where works resumed seven months later.
According to the builder, the carrier would be ready for sea trials in late 1943 but on January 30, 1943, Hitler suddenly decided to decommission all large surface units and the Zeppelin would never be completed. In April 1943, Zeppelin was again towed to Stettin where she was scuttled on April 25, 1945 to prevent capture by the Soviets. However the Russians did refloat the carrier in 1946, loaded her with war booty and in 1947 towed her to Leningrad.
Graf Zeppelin class fleet aircraft carriers - The nearly identical 'Peter Strasser'
Peter Strasser had a short career. In the year between her sister's first appearance and her own, the "Happy Time" of easy German naval successes had passed, and the production of Allied warships had far surpassed the ability of the Germans to keep up. Peter Strasser's aircraft fought the Soviet Navy and scored multiple hits on the battlecruiser Tretij Internacional in the Baltic. When the Strasser headed North with the main German battlefleet to intercept a Murmansk-bound convoy, the Allied fleet was ready. Good Allied air cover prevented Strasser's aircraft from approaching the convoy, so they had to attack the nearest Allied ship or turn back. The ship below was a strange configuration of carrier deck and large gun turrets, and was reported by the German pilots as the Dutch Molucca. Though similar in appearance to the Dutch ships, these were actually the British Lion class of hybrid battleships with a more powerful armament and better armor, but with slightly fewer aircraft. The encounter ended in defeat for the Germans, and the damaged, planeless, and retreating Strasser could neither outfight nor outrun the British hybrids. In a sinking condition when the Lion caught up to her, the Strasser was sunk by 16" shells at point-blank range.
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In my experience, ive never seen a carrier taking any causalties from attacking landunits. Only exceptional case is if an enemy airfleet interferes. That obtains for axis carriers as well.
Carrier Graf Zeppelin as launched
(Bundesarchiv)
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One more post referring to von Brauns WonderWeapons. Originally shown up in the context of whether 'Nazism' is finally defeated. Dont believe the hype
Immagini di repertorio su UFO e fenomeni paranormali
-6 As you arrive at HQ, you are hurriedly congratulated by your commanding officer and whisked by car to a nearby airstrip, where you and he board a specially modified JU-88. The plane quickly takes off, your destination, Switzerland, and then beyond. As a high ranking and decorated SS officer, you are the benefactor of a special "postwar" plan. The weather in Buenos Aires is very pleasant this time of year.
[ December 19, 2002, 10:02 PM: Message edited by: JayJay_H ]
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Dont you mess with Wernherr v. Braun - you dont know what your dealing with *G* even though you already have limited information about the secret flying saucer program
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'Endsieg' can even be gained in every campaign up to Fall Blau 1942 (German Victory with UK in the back) Why not? Everything is possible after USSR surrendered. Just a matter of time then until the nice little brittish empire will collapse
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Of course she can!Originally posted by Sven1969:Germany cannot win the war with England in the back.
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