I was browsing a website the other day, very interesting too...........caled 'LuftwaffeExprten.com'.

It has a section on the Aircraft as well as the Aces etc.'

There was a sizeable history of the FW190, how it came about, when and why it was released for active service, what the roles were etc. All very good, but there was also a bit devoted to the Ta152.

Excuse my ignorance, but I always thought that the 152 was a 'different' plane, although made by FW and designed by Tank etc.

The impression I am getting from this 'write-up' is that the Ta152 was actually a version of the 'Long Nosed Dora' which was, at that stage, renamed in honour of Tank, the designer for FW.

Is the Ta152 simply an updated version of the FW190 (Long Nosed Dora)??, or is it, as I have always been led to believe, a similar (actually very much the same) but still different project. In fact, a more advanced project, specifically designed to meet the needs and overcome the short comings of the FW's??

Clarification please??............

I see. Thanks.

Was the FW-190 still being manufactured as a separate entity when the Ta152 was??

Wasn't the TA-152 a high altitude, high aspect ratio version, of the 190, but built by a factory other than the FW works ?.....I may have been led to believe that was the case, but don't really have any verification for it ?............

Just to keep the FW/Ta conversation alive.......lol, I don't seem to recall (without much effort) a fighter that was armed as well, both in terms of the size guns and, especially, the amount of ammo.

The later FW190 had the two 13mm guns on the nose, with 'about' 950 rounds all up. But also the 20mm canon with 'about' 600 rounds (a terrible lot of cannon ammo compared to pretty much anything else).

I've read more on the site I was talking about before ( www.luftwaffe-experten.com ) and I find that among the German Aces there were many who managed, especially on the Eastern Front, to shoot down multiple planes in the one mission. The most I think I recall reading was 13 planes in one mission!!!

How the hell do you shoot down 13 planes in one mission?? They almost always did this sort of thing in the FW190, simply because of the amount of ammo available, but still, that almost seems impossible, considering the rate at which a fighter's ammo is usually depleted.

Does anyone know the greatest amount of planes (any type) shot down by an Allied Fighter Pilot in WWII??

I think myself, it would have to have been in the Pacific theatre, due to the propensity for the Japanese planes to be shot down more easily, but then, I may be wrong, I suppose.

P.S. I just found this tidbit (although I wouldn't venture to guess how much ammo this thing carried??)
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Thanks Hagar. I knew it had to be in the Pacific among all those 'Zippos'...........

This answers Rifle's query. It seems there were High and Low versions of each plane...................
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