Russia's 'Blackjacks' fly again

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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The success rate would probably have been rather higher had
a jammer for the radio control system not been rushed into
operation.

Which led to the first use of wire guided variants, IIRC--without really
changing the success rate.


The Hs-293 which did indeed have a wire guided version which was
not terribly successful.

In the case of Fritz-X development of the The Duran/Detmold FuG 208/238
wire control system was abruptly curtailed by the destruction of the
factory in an air raid.

For both weapons wire guidance reduced further the range of the weapon
requiring the aircraft fly much to close to the target than was healthy once
proximity fuses were available.

Keith

:... though I am unaware
f any German scientists being used by the US to develop PGM's--do you have
:any evidence of that?

There weren't any.


My acquaintance wasn't a scientist, but he was an engineer at GD for over 30
years after a somewhat shorter career in the German jet programs of late WWII.
He was featured in a local newspaper article with a B-24 bombardier that bombed
his barracks in 1945 - the two worked down the hall from each other at General
Dynamics working on the Tomahawk (?) or somesuch.

"Krztalizer" wrote in message
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| :... though I am unaware
| f any German scientists being used by the US to develop PGM's--do you
have
| :any evidence of that?
|
| There weren't any.
|
|
| My acquaintance wasn't a scientist, but he was an engineer at GD for over
30
| years after a somewhat shorter career in the German jet programs of late
WWII.
| He was featured in a local newspaper article with a B-24 bombardier that
bombed
| his barracks in 1945 - the two worked down the hall from each other at
General
| Dynamics working on the Tomahawk (?) or somesuch.



That's when you call him up on the phone and go....


"left a bit, ...... left ...... a bit more ...."






Cheers


Dave Kearton

That's when you call him up on the phone and go....


"left a bit, ...... left ...... a bit more ...."

Actually, the newspaper arranged for the bombardier to meet with Mr. B. at a
restaurant, so he could "replace" the bottles of wine that he destroyed when
his barracks got pasted. Fitting, I thought.

yf
Gordon
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USN SAR

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