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Originally Posted by Partisan Surely we're missing an important fact. At the time the 262 could start to come on stream is when the German industrial areas were suffering their greatest damage from the Allies.
Yes production could've been ramped up, what would have given way, tanks? guns? What woul've been the impact of those lost weapons on the very pressed German front line.
Much as I love the 262 and wonder about its frontline effectiveness, I don; think that it would have had a significant effect on the war, but it is stilla beauty to look at and a wonder of engineering. |
I don't think we are missing the point at all, as I recall (and these are rough numbers) in the 4 months of 1945 they produced about 1400 ME-262s but due to fuel restrictions and the number of trained personnel only 80 of them were serviceable at any one time.
Now had the ME-262 been available in numbers when it was first ready for mass production ie 1943 it would have made a significant impact on the air war however much like everything else going on at the time political interference held up production until it was far too late.