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: And, weren't the original spec'd engines : supercharged Allison's, which they are now using : on those tractor pull rigs? : (Although I seem to recall they retrofitted the : Merlins or something like that.....) : I dunno about the Stuka's being dead by 43-44.... : My grandfather was an aircraft mechanic in the : 8th AirForce, and was in France during the Bulge : ordeal and such..... : I remember him telling me that they used to try : and keep warm in their tents, using these small : stoves....which made the snow melt off of the : tents...which in turn made them stick out like : boils on supermodel ass....... : He told me jumping in trenches filled with icy : water was no fun at all, and that divebombers : make a rather nasty, unforgettable sound..... : He told me they were Stukas.....He was there, I : wasn't....I dunno. : Then again, the Nazi's were using anything they : had, so......it's not impossible the two : engaged....just unlikely. : Then again, he told me this stuff years ago, it's : possible I'm not correctly remembering what he : told me..... : I gotta call him tomorrow, I'll ask him and see : what he says. : If I am as alert and mentally agile as he when I : get to be his age I will be amazed. : V : "You gotta understand my love of the P-51 : : Mustang. With a Merlin 12 cylinder 1,590hp : : engine, and six .50 Cal machine guns, no : radar, : : no muffler, it basically ripped the wings off : : Stukas". : : Patrick, P-51's never engaged Stukas-they were : : phased out after the battle of Britain and the : P- : : 51D didn't come out until 1943-44-by then the : : Stukas dead as the Do-do. : : And for our Sniper Pro, the Scene in Saving : : Private Ryan when the sniper got whacked by the : : shot through the scope was Ripped off by an : : Incident that Happened by USMC Sgt. Carlos : : Hathcock where he went 1 on 1 with a VC Sniper : : and dropped him like a bad habit with the same : : shot. He took his SKS as a souvenir but his CO : : snaked it from him. I believed he died about 2 : : years ago. He does hold the record for the : : longest kill (About 2,500 yards) by putting his : : scope on a .50 Cal Machine gun and dropped a VC : : soldier running supplies on hi Bicycle. : : Always do yer homework, : : R.A. MacLean