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mikebatzel · #10 (**permalink**) June 8th, 2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain_Ordo

The Gewehr 43 semi-automatic rifle came to service 1943. The STG 44 came into service 1944. The King Tiger Tank (Tiger II) also came 1944. What if the whole Vergeltungswaffe project started in 1939? What if Germany attacked Poland with all of this technology? How would the course of the war differed?

I honestly think the war would have quickly ended in Germany's favor. With the 262's and Salamanders (and of course the Komets), Germany would have invaded Poland faster, which would have sped up the invasion of France. A similar thing would have happened in North Africa. Russian T-34s would be no match for Tiger IIs, and with the V4s, England would have been hammered to dust. The US would put up a fight, and in the end America and Europe would be mostly destroyed.

I agree with Wolfy. Warfare is a series of action and reaction. With all the top notch German equipment many feel were war winners, if they had been placed into production earlier. This would not have been the case. The Tiger II’s had all sorts of different problems that, as has been pointed out, caused as many to be abandoned as were destroyed in combat. Specifically weight was a great issue. Most of the mechanical breakdowns were caused by the tanks being so heavy. They also consumed a great amount of fuel. A resource Germany was lacking.

The Me-262 also had many problems of its own. There was also a fuel consumption issue, as well as numerous issues with the engines. The Historical allied response to these planes was swift. The allies began to determine where these planes where stationed and thus bombed them. On occasion it would take a tremendous amount of AA cover as well as conventional fighter cover, just to allow these planes to take off and land. A waste of good fighters just so a faster fighter can take off unmolested if you ask me.

I think the T-34 would have held it’s own until the Soviets could make better tanks, same with the US and Britain. They would have worked day and night to come up with an equivalent. Same can be said with any technology put into the field.

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Originally Posted by Heidi

Disaarrge! It wase high tech cause America ande russia wase so desperate to get thee german advaces into there own couintry.
America wase not that high tech in ww2,America however had some importance designs,whiche germany cuolde have used for herself.

But back to thee topic! Those jets ande helicoppters thate germany invented at thee near ende of ww2,America 100% arm forces are full of these products!
All these equipment if germany had built earlier during ww2,wuolde yuo say won;t make a difference at all during ww2??? but america hase use these weapons for the there high tech defence force!

Heidi, don't confuse not placing them into production as not having the capacity. The US's first jet fighter, the P-59 Airacomet, made its first flight only three months after the Me-262. To make such a large change in production would require extensive time to re-tool machines and other necessary changes. It was a calculated risk in that quantity outweighed the need for quality. The knowledge was there, it just wasn't used to its full potential.

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