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From: military@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: German Weapons in WW2
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Date: 25 May 89 03:08:34 GMT
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From: uunet.uu.net!bywater!archet!wlm (William L. Moran Jr.)

Despite the subject, I actually have several questions about German
weapons in WW2.

Why did earlier Pz Kw IVs have a short 75mm gun? They later switched
to the long version; was there a good reason? I guess what I'm
wondering is why they would ever have used a short barrel gun?
(Especially since the Pz Kw III had a longish gun).

How many Ta 152s (the fw 190 follow-on :) saw service? I recall
reading that it was clearly superior to any other non jet fighter in
the war (although I don't remember where I read this). Can anyone
recommend a good book on Luftwaffe planes (something along the lines
of ``German Tanks of World War 2'' by Dr. F.M. von Senger und Etterlin)?

				Bill Moran

arpa: moran-william@cs.yale.edu or wlm@ibm.com
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