I overlooked "British" in the original header, and so tried to consider Spanish and French 74s as well. It is possible, of course, that a French 74 was...
Albert Parker
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Dec 1, 2004 7:44 pm
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hi .. does anyone here have recent and authoriative information on the range and weapon load for TU22M Backfire bombers .. ?? i find flight rages from 3000 nm...
Leaving aside issues of nationality, Suffren's flagship HEROS was a particularly busy 74. If Porto Praya is included, she fought in no less than six battles...
Byron Angel
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Dec 1, 2004 9:57 pm
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Hi Tu-22M3 has practical range 7000 km. Combat radius - supersonic high height 1500-1850 km, subsonic low height - 1500-1650 km, subsonic combined height -...
The game has begun! Fall, 1942. Almost one year since the war began. It seems like 50 years ago. It is a bright moonlit night, a full moon, though the...
oceanweather@...
Dec 2, 2004 2:16 am
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As far as I know, the AS-6 was the Backfire's primary weapon. Kyle Stoddard ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I attempted a different approach to this. QUoted from message on another list: ... interesting ... of ... My later answer: Looks like no ship was there for...
... From the Naval Institute Guide to World Military Aviation: Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire Type - A twin jet, variable geometry, supersonic medium bomber and...
... No, that missile was intended solely for the Tu-16. I don't recall ever seeing any references to Tu-22s or Tu-22Ms using that weapon. Mike J. ===== The J-8...
Andy Doty: If you are monitoring this e-mail, please send me your new e-mail address. I can't send you any mail from PDX otherwise. Sincerely yours; James E....
A couple of issues back *International Air Power Review* had a major article on the Tu-16 which covered most of the missiles carried by that aircraft as well...
I won't quote either of my own very long messages, but can comment on two of the replies: (1) Byron is correct, unless you rule out Porto Praya on some pretext...
Albert Parker
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Dec 3, 2004 4:50 am
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Good afternoon everybody, I have a smally request which I'm hoping someone here can help with. I visited the Netherlands 2 years ago. I recall seeing a...
Hi, As far as I know, there were only a few galleys used by the Dutch, the best known was the one from Delft, called the Black Galley. It had 2x 19 oars and...
Drew, Not sure if you heard the news but Andrew Finch is working on an NWS Tsushima game to run at Salute and elsehwere in April - May 2005. More details...
Whilst everyone vaguely interested in Naval Wargaming has cottoned on to the fact that it's the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar in October next year don't ...
Well, we know which one will get 99% of the attention here (after all, it's both "more important" AND more "recent"). I wonder how many of the folks who post...
Albert Parker
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Dec 6, 2004 4:09 pm
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Re 25 year anniversaries of naval actions ... 1755 IIRC, there was a small preliminary round of the 7YW fought before the official declaration of hostilities. ...
Byron Angel
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Dec 6, 2004 4:40 pm
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Hi David, Re your article "In Dockyard Hands". I found it very interesting. Despite the fact that it was written in connection with "Full Thrust", I wonder if...
Byron Angel
byron@...
Dec 6, 2004 4:45 pm
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Evening all, I've been chatting with Rod Langton about "Serenissima", his new Renaissance rules. I'm hoping to do a fuller review shortly, but to whet...
Remind me again? Trafalgar - Britain and France et al slap the lolly out of each other and continue brawling for another 10 years, has little or no real effect...
... I don't know as I'd go quite that far, Ian...if nothing else, it did put paid to the possibility of a cross-Channel invasion of England, and more or less...
Er Ken, the war did go on for much longer - after all, the fat lady didn't sing on that one until 1815 :-) On the basis of that, I would have thought that...
Gentlemen, Many thanks to all who responded to my question. You all have displayed the knowledge and familiarity of sources beyond my ability. You have been...
