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Posted: 1/19/2014 6:23:06 PM EDT
Obvious answer- Garand.
Maybe the P-51D? |
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Long range/heavy bombers?
I'm not sure but I don't think the Germans had anything very good like that. |
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I bet when it's all said and done we'll do Fascism a whole lot better.
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Pretty much everything. I think the official number given by the GI's themselves was 80%.
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Quoted: Long range bombers? I'm not sure but I don't think the Germans had anything very good like that. View Quote Could reach the US. But not worth building given their situation when it was developed in '42.... |
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Battle Rifles
Heavy Machinguns Fighter Planes Night Fighters Light bombers Medium Bombers Heavy Bombers Transport Planes Battleships Aircraft Carriers Radar Nuclear Weapons Honestly, it would be easier to list the few things that the Germans produced that were superior. Assault Rifles Light Machine Guns Torpedoes Medium Tanks Heavy Tanks |
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The German technology for refining gasoline from coal was actually pretty impressive, technically speaking. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Gasoline The German technology for refining gasoline from coal was actually pretty impressive, technically speaking. I thought our gas was much better because the US oil stock at the time was the best in the world. The krauts were also forced to make synthetic oil that was vastly superior to just about anything. |
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Long range/heavy bombers? I'm not sure but I don't think the Germans had anything very good like that. View Quote No, they had no long range bombers. They coulda used it on the Eastern front. They did have a few experimental prototypes, including one that flew to new york and back. |
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Battle Rifles Heavy Machinguns Fighter Planes Night Fighters Light bombers Medium Bombers Heavy Bombers Transport Planes Battleships Aircraft Carriers Radar Nuclear Weapons Honestly, it would be easier to list the few things that the Germans produced that were superior. Assault Rifles Light Machine Guns Torpedoes Medium Tanks Heavy Tanks View Quote Night Fighters and Light Bombers are debatable. The Ju88 was a versatile and impressive airplane. Fighters as well, the Fw190 series was impressive enough that the War Production Board held it up as an benchmark (Grumman built the F8F using the Fw190 as the template). |
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Quoted: Battle Rifles Heavy Machinguns Fighter Planes Night Fighters Light bombers Medium Bombers Heavy Bombers Transport Planes Battleships Aircraft Carriers Radar Nuclear Weapons Honestly, it would be easier to list the few things that the Germans produced that were superior. Assault Rifles Light Machine Guns Torpedoes Medium Tanks Heavy Tanks View Quote |
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I thought our gas was much better because the US oil stock at the time was the best in the world. The krauts were also forced to make synthetic oil that was vastly superior to just about anything. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Gasoline The German technology for refining gasoline from coal was actually pretty impressive, technically speaking. I thought our gas was much better because the US oil stock at the time was the best in the world. The krauts were also forced to make synthetic oil that was vastly superior to just about anything. Our petroleum based gas was naturally superior but the process the Germans used to make gas from coal was impressive. |
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Long range and medium range bombers, CAS planes, fighter planes, Rifles, Carbines, Radios, Ships, Trucks, Armored Cars (half tracks), air dropped ordnance (to be fair. the krauts were using slave labor), fuel..
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Wasn't tanks. View Quote View Quote We outclassed them in numbers. So did the Soviets. With a better tank. |
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I always wondered if our pineapple grenade was better than their potato masher
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Garand, Thompson SMG, and 1911 pistol were all superior to their German counterparts (KAR-98, MP-38/40, P-38) IMHO.
They sort of had us in missile technology though. |
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Night Fighters and Light Bombers are debatable. The Ju88 was a versatile and impressive airplane. Fighters as well, the Fw190 series was impressive enough that the War Production Board held it up as an benchmark (Grumman built the F8F using the Fw190 as the template). View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Battle Rifles Heavy Machinguns Fighter Planes Night Fighters Light bombers Medium Bombers Heavy Bombers Transport Planes Battleships Aircraft Carriers Radar Nuclear Weapons Honestly, it would be easier to list the few things that the Germans produced that were superior. Assault Rifles Light Machine Guns Torpedoes Medium Tanks Heavy Tanks Night Fighters and Light Bombers are debatable. The Ju88 was a versatile and impressive airplane. Fighters as well, the Fw190 series was impressive enough that the War Production Board held it up as an benchmark (Grumman built the F8F using the Fw190 as the template). JU88 was outdated by Barbossa. |
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Long range and medium range bombers, CAS planes, fighter planes, Rifles, Carbines, Radios, Ships, Trucks, Armored Cars (half tracks), air dropped ordnance (to be fair. the krauts were using slave labor), fuel.. View Quote Fw190, Ju87 and Hs123 were all very effective CAS platforms. The He51 in the Spanish Civil Was was the grand-daddy of all CAS AC. The Germans had impressive half-tracks - the Sk250 was kept in production long after the end of the war. |
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Semi automatic infantry small arms like. The Garand and Carbine.
They didn't have anything to directly compete with the BAR. Shotguns too. Winchester 97/12, Ithica 37, Stevens 520/620. |
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Here are a few usually overlooked:
Food rations cigarettes dog tags |
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I believe our medium tanks were at least as good as their medium tanks. The problem was our medium tanks were what we put up against their heavy tanks. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Wasn't tanks. Sherman was built with the Panzer III and IV in mind and could handle those easy enough. Panther and Tiger were a whole different story, that's why we designed the M-26 Pershings....they just got into the war too late |
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I believe our medium tanks were at least as good as their medium tanks. The problem was our medium tanks were what we put up against their heavy tanks. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Wasn't tanks. Yep the M4 Sherman was the equal of the Pz4. |
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if the kill and maim radius was similar and the reliability was similar.. it would go to the pineapple for being smaller View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I always wondered if our pineapple grenade was better than their potato masher +1 |
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One Tiger tank was the equal of five Shermans.
But the Americans always had a sixth Sherman. The Germans didn't |
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