LW in 1946?

[Hard Sarge]

roger TS

they had some interesting Ground to Air stuff, one hassle with the Germens, they kept wanted perfect, when, shoddy or decent would of been very nasty

but I was meaning the Air to Ground stuff they already had working

could you see what a 1000/2000 HE warhead set on a controlable rocket would of done ? (they were glide bombs, but they were powered, not sure they could of gotten the Height needed to have it glide into the formation, but...)

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge

Dixie

well, not so sure it was really a bad idea, the Idea itself is pretty good, getting it to work, now that was a different story

a small, light, cheap reuseable weapon, that wouldn't take much of a trained person to use, massive firepower, something that didn't really need to aimmed correctly, to have a chance to hit something

hassle is, it is a rocket, attached to a plywood frame, kind of ruff to have a good mission, when take off, tended to kill the pilot

(I think they tried to use some of those features in the F-104, that didn't work out too well either)

still don't understand why they never went with the air to ground missles they already had (of course, I would hate to be the guy in the He 177 or Do 217 trying to fire and guide one into a Bomber formation)

Not sure it's a bad idea? [X(][:D] What would you say if someone said they wanted to strap you into a SAM and launch you at a formation of enemy aircraft before you had to parachute to safety [:D] Assuming that you made it to height without your ride breaking up or the rocket motor playing silly buggers [:'(]

[Hard Sarge]

well, again, is it the idea that was bad or getting it to work that was wrong ?

as I said, the US and Germens tried something of the same idea with the f-104, and had much of the same troubles, and that was a soild/good aircraft

I did say they had trouble keeping the pilot alive