Allied Doctrine split: U.S. & Commonwealth

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    • I consider myself well read in the technical-tactical characteristics of second world war equipment. However, RAF level bombers is something I am relatively ignorant in. In my cursory research, I wasn't able to find much "outstanding" with regards to RAF level bombers in comparison to their peers in other nations. If I am incorrect, and there is something noteworthy, then I admit that I missed it out of ignorance.

      A 100% bonus to the attack bombers (which, for the commonwealth, would be things like the Hurricane C and D models and later the Hawker Typhoon with rockets) would still give them relatively poor attack/defense statistics against aircraft. The current Allied level 1 attack bomber, for example, currently does 1/0.3 damage to enemy aircraft. With the 100% bonus, it would go up to 2/0.6. The interceptor available on the same day does 8/4.

      So, one can argue that the 100% bonus is so small that it doesn't make a difference. But I would argue that as part of a larger stack, the numbers would add up to Commonwealth intruders/attackers being somewhat more resistant to interception, and capable of playing some role if paired with dedicated interceptors in a dogfight.

      The increased range for American fighters is based purely on aircraft like the P-38, P-47, and P-51, which were getting more and more range as they were developed in order to try and keep pace with bombers during daytime bombing operations.

      As an example, a P-51D could go a little over 2600 kilometers with external tanks. The Spitfire could do under 1000, because the two aircraft were built for different operations. The Spitfire was in many respects a superior dogfighter. The P-51 could go where it was needed, which was to escort bombers.

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    • Great Britain was a pioneering nation, 84% of the research for the atomic bomb was supplied by the British in fact lots of technology was British: Tank, Jet, Radar, Enigma code-cracking. But they did almost nothing with it, they made something thought it useless then others realized how useful it was. example: Britain invented the tank yet by the second world war they were sluggish compared to France and Germany
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