Hahaha
A fine fighter, thank heavens we figured out they could be shot up nicely from behind
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Jahled Three shades of black,
Mon 23 Apr 2012, 21:09,
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Ta
something about shooting up models from behind...
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El Cid ...wing attack plan R...,
Mon 23 Apr 2012, 21:22,
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The Pilot's seat lacked some otherwise standard piece of metal or something
that would have afforded the pilot protection from bullets, for greater agility. The Allies sussed this and shot them to pieces at Midway
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Jahled Three shades of black,
Mon 23 Apr 2012, 21:25,
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I'm suspecting the whole plane "lacked metal"
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discomeats This canoe,
Mon 23 Apr 2012, 21:37,
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and from the front, if a Tamiya examination of one at the imperial war museum to get measurements was anything to go by, they were actually surprised.
very thinly armoured around the the front roundy bit.
/obscure geekery with slight memory loss blog
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discomeats This canoe,
Mon 23 Apr 2012, 21:31,
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Moments like this
we need Max Hastings to be a b3tan and clarify these things once and for all
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Jahled Three shades of black,
Mon 23 Apr 2012, 21:36,
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yes, and not the mentally diseased ramblings of people who vaguely remember stuff but erm.. what was I saying?
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discomeats This canoe,
Mon 23 Apr 2012, 21:39,
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