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Old September 7th, 2001, 01:30 AM
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In my post I stated at the beginning of the war. The AFV's are not listed in "World War II, by the Numbers" by John Ellis, which has listings for Hungarian, New Zealand, even Finnish conversions, so Im not convinced as to their existance. IAR's didnt go into action until well into 1942. The IAR sucked hard by 42 standards. They made 180 of them. The IAR's engine was imported IIRC. They made 4,100 MG's between '40-'45. Whoopee. About the only they could build was ammo, and even that, not fast enough.
I'm in no way saying they were pussies. They were some fierce fighters at the odds they usually fought. They just dont have the numbers of men and equipment to fight the Sov's without some major backing, an amount an attacked Germany could ill afford.
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