Good catch. I was looking at it in a different way. That the concussion warhead could do some damage to the LST's in the Normandy area. I would...
Some interesting reading, an account of a LST crew during the Normandy operation. Some large swarms of V-1's were seen on occasion. And the real...
I'll answer my own post(partly my own) on fitting a torpedo to the V-1. It doesn't look too likely, at least not with out major modifications. The...
Takao, Yeah, I had seen that V-1 capability with the air launch. It could bring the rocket closer to the target area, but with increased risk to...
The mine post by MineRex got me thinking in those lines. Thanks for those details. I guess it's conceivable that could be done with a relatively...
That is some fine information, thank you for posting that. From that perspective, you begin to limit the amount of available AA that would have be...
Definitely an interesting thought, sneaky. As is, I would think the high speed would be a problem. On the other hand, thinking about a 'ribbon...
I'd tend to credit the 2nd Wiki in this respect. Those are relatively easily verified claims. The 2 don't completely contradict, the 1st one...
I'll just post another piece of errata on this topic, the V-1 was a bitch to shoot down. It really needed to have a close hit to take it out. This...
That is likely true, but all tactics have a limited 'surprise' time. New tactics evolve in response. So let us say we launch a V-1 swarm at the...
Reading over the proximity fuse and radar information and the V-1, here is what I see. The great success in shooting down the V-1 by AA/proximity...
I appreciate the replies. At this point, I'm fuzzy on what happens to the V-1 warhead in the case of the proximity fused shell bringing a V-1...
My understanding is it was more likely to bring down a V-1, and then it would detonate on the ground. They setup the AA in the countryside on the...
As far a guidance, I was thinking you got what you got. Germany's resources were pretty much tapped out at this point. So ones or twos wouldn't be...
Thanks for all the feedback, interesting thoughts and I had thought of some these myself. Here's a list in no particular order on some of these....
Those are reasonable thoughts. Sadly(from the German perspective) reason had gone out the window quite a while ago. The Germans did have some good...
Interestingly, that parallels some of my thoughts. I was thinking up to a light cruiser would be hard hit. Accuracy is everything here. Now I...
I had read about that, in the 'too strange' category. If I recall, it was a B-24 bomber that was passing by. I wonder if this happened as they...
No question this was not money well spent. But that is in retrospective. It came too late. On the spotting of V-2's. That was something that was...
Hours to prepare? Not at all, 90 minutes after the missile erection. And if you use certain time critical staging, even less. There were failed...
