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The "Floats My Boat" KM Carrier Concept Response - Part Three 1930s – The Nazis and the reality of competition for KM Carriers. IRL...
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The KM did have a hilariously badly adapted "training carrier", I think I even had a bit of video on it. Now no one can say the KM...
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They actually had no clue as to B&T's purpose, nor for the Hippers or CVs, and that is the point of this thread, what if the KM stopped...
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The KM did have a core of experiences naval fliers from WW1, many aces, torpedo planes were used in WW1 too... until Göring took the...
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The "Floats My Boat" KM Carrier Concept Response - Part Two The 1920s, setting a start line. Next is the historical context presented...
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Building a different aircraft for the same mission is not a case of limited resources, it would have been CHEAPER to just use He 111s...
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I stand corrected. Attached lines from the Wikki page are presented. "The 13 Beaufighters from No. 30 Squadron RAAF approached the...
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Note on the tactics employed FYI. The Beaufighters had been frequently employed in preceding months in the role of torpedo bombers...
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The RN didnt have much escorts available until 1943, any RN convoy would be a free lunch for a KM carrier early war, unless escorted...
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Look here for the exchange of notes after the AGNA was signed. https://naval-arms-control-archive.site123.me/documents/-page/3...
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The "Floats My Boat" KM Carrier Concept Response - Part Four Marching to the Beat of their Own Drum – KM Style. I’m including this...
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Yep, plenty of undefended convoys on the sea, why bother? The Germans bought 3 torpedo bomber types, they just were so dysfunctional...
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The "Floats My Boat" KM Carrier Concept Response - Part Five Carrier Employment Doctrine – KM Style. Fundamental to the previous...
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The problem is, by then it was more or less clear that a large carrier was better per ton than a small one, otherwise the KM could have...
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That is 3 years into the war, the same aircraft using the same torpedoes could have been available in 1939... how would a far less...
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