ME262 Jet

An American B17 Bomber Crew's First Encounter With the New German Jet

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• ME262
• B17
• Jet
• WWII

[GordonFreeman95]

Say what you want about the Germans in world war 2, but damn they new how to make planes

[msp1865]

@arthuro13 "If if if"... If I could shit gold bars I could quit my job too.

[takagusxd]

can anyone translate what he says please?

[1WildlandFirefighter]

@BASSALINAS

Hitler was smart...the V1-V2 saved lives for the soldiers to where if they were in jets it would be iffy.

You can take out an enemy with a rocket vs you sacrificing a jet that could not make it back and lose a soldier

The v1-v2 gave way for NASA and other space exploration and missles today

[BASSALINAS]

@Artaxeus Yes he did... he directed the money to the V-1 and V-2 project instead of theese magnificent jet-planes.... Think, if Hitler could have used these planes alot earlier in the war, im sure it could have change it....

[Artaxeus]

Germans had awesome technology in WWII, but Hitler screwed it -_-

[TalonMercenary]

@AudieHolland haha and knowing the Germans, they could still have launched a perfectly good counter attack into France with those gearboxes! Just kidding :-)

[AudieHolland]

@TalonMercenary

Ah, the Mp44, now you're talking...

Instead of massproducing medium quality machines, they wasted time and resources on Panther gearboxes that were built to last years when any tank's life would be measured in days, weeks or months at best. At least, the German engineers could boast that the gearbox would still be working after the rest of the tank had been blown off.

[TalonMercenary]

@AudieHolland Well the Red Army and the Allies were closing in on Berlin by this time. A "wunderwaffe" truly could have reversed this though, i mean, just look at the Mp44!

[AudieHolland]

The ME 262 was an amazing feat of German engineering.

However, the ME 262 had unreliable jet engines that would at best had a life expectancy of just 27 hours!

The Germans should have mass produced Panzer IVs and FW190s instead of diverting money and resources into so-called 'wonder weapons.' Don't need those to win a war. Just decent average weapons and a LOT of 'em.

Had the Germans built masses of U-boats instead of 'pocket battleships' they would have won the Battle of the Atlantic

[porsh24]

@MrSpiderNETZ Well yeah i'm sure you would of been to, they have never EVER seen a jet aircraft before and they are in a bomber, they are very helpless, the thing was 150 mph Faster than their escorts, anyone in there position would shit bricks if that happened