Re: Alternative German nuke history

"Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>John Lansford <jlnsford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > John Lansford <jlnsford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Even if they did develop the atomic bomb, they would need a deliver
>> >> > system that was 1) accurate, and 2) able to carry the weight of the
>> >> > weapon, and 3) had sufficient range, and 4) didn't involve a human crew
>> >> > flying a suicide mission.
>> >>
>> >> Nonsense. The B-29 was needed to carry the atomic bomb from Tinian to
>> >> Hiroshima; the Germans' targets were a lot closer so a smaller plane
>> >> would have worked. The He 177 could carry 15,000 pounds of bombs, a
>> >> greater amount than either the Fat Man or Little Boy weapons and had a
>> >> range of nearly 1000 miles.
>> >
>> >It's very doubtful that the He 177 could have been developed to
>> >successfully carry out that role.
>>
>> Despite the problems, it was used and deployed in combat,
>
>As a low-level ground support aircraft and tank-buster on the Eastern
>Front.

They flew those missions because there was little else they could do.
They also flew anti-shipping and bombing missions over England.

However:

http://www.simviation.com/fsdcbainhe177.htm

"Perhaps the scariest fact about the He177 was the fact that one was
secretely being readied in Czechoslovakia to carry the planned German
Atomic bomb."

and the He-277 and He-274 were both developed that could have carried
an A-bomb, with the latter plane in a flyable stage at the end of the
war.

>> and if necessary they could have carried a nuclear weapon,
>
>In the history that I have seen, it was never effectively deployed as a
>high-altitude bomber, and it had very severe problems that would likely
>have prevented success in that endeavor.
>
>Re-read what I said about the crew surviving the basic mission profile.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Had the Germans had a deployable A-bomb, they would
have deployed it in whatever kind of craft that could carry it, and
probably not had trouble finding a crew to get it there either,
whether they could have survived the blast or not. They weren't that
concerned over crew survivability; look at the Me-163's use and how
dangerous that vehicle was, but there was not a pilot shortage for
them.

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