Focke Wulf FW200 Condor anti-shipping bomber in action

[cochranexyz]

I just love the wistful, waxing romantic bullshit of ignorants talking about the war.  It's fucking war. Nothing romantic about it.

[EarlofCrawford]

If the Luftwaffe had committed to building large four engine bombers in significant numbers early in the war, it COULD have had a significant impact on the outcome of the war.

They would have been able to bomb Soviet production when it was moved east of the Ural mountains.

They would have been able to hammer London and the rest of Britain, possibly ending the war before America could get in it.

[DeathToLiberalism]

My uncle shot down a FW200 in WW2, flying a P-38.

[nfinnnn]

@DeathToLiberalism lol, your uncle died in omaha beach as many americans

[DeathToLiberalism]

Um no, he survived the war, dipshit.

[nfinnnn]

he died in vietnam anyway

[DeathToLiberalism]

You really are an imbecile.

[harrow233]

I built the air fix modle of this plane brilliant fughter

[hudson501]

@harrow233 I think you mean the old Revell FW 200 kit as Airfix never produced this aircraft as a model kit. 

[daggers93]

The fw 200 was prone to breaking up because of stress on its frame only 280 odd planes were built.They were effective until the catapult launched hurricrane were brought into service.

[jmbrosendo]

Given the amount of resources devoted and tied to its neutralization, it was a quite efective weapon.

[daggers93]

I wonder if the germans had developed a proper anti shipping bomber to replace fw 200 by 1942 1943 .How the battle of the alantic would have been affected?

[BuddyFantastic]

@daggers93 Plus it also had a dodgy breaking system that usually set the wheels on fire. This particular incident is shown in two newsreel films of Hitler visiting his then Finnish Ally, Marshal Mannerhiem. The German film shows two Luftwaffe men rushing towards Hitlers Condor with fire extiguishers, whilst the Finnish newsreel footage shows the Condors wheels smoking away.

[adiespeleta56]

Excuse me, what is the title of the song used toward d end?

[BuddyFantastic]

@adiespeleta

I think it's called Bomben Auf England (if i've spelt that correctly)

[phillipaj]

makes me think it was an inspiration for the PC3 Orion

[BDNeon]

This is some brilliant footage, truly the germans were masters of the art of combat filming.

[fortlansing]

In military development, it was designed as a four-engined long-range airliner, the fw 200 was adapted to fill a Luftwaffe requirement for a maritime patrol aircraft. The awesome looking aircraft was only built in small numbers though, but the fw 200's effect on Allied shipping earnt it the sobriquet "Scourge of the Atlantic."

[elroto]

Stupid krauts, what a waste of talent.

[N9155E]

you're truly right, mate!

[grazyarnie]

great airplane...poor mission...what wings could have that bird have earned if it wasnt a high range reconnaisance and bomber plane...This plane could have been I great passenger plane in ntercontinental air traffic...but that insane Hitler and his tools must have started that WW2 cruelty...it looks good in camouflage...but its missions wasnt..the missions were stupid

[majormannfred]

Some great action footage. The Condor also used as Hitler's personal plane.

[fortlansing]

Yeah, Hitler in fact used the Fw-200 V# Immelmann III