pt@dciem (Paul Tomblin) (06/05/90)
From: sce!cognos!geovision!pt@dciem (Paul Tomblin) In article <16204@cbnews.ATT.COM> msmiller@gonzoville.East.Sun.COM (Mark Miller - Sun BOS Contractor) writes: >|>From: cash%convex@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Cash) >|>[how Germany at the close of WWII were stressing "quality over quantity", >|>much like current NATO military doctrine] > >Not entirely correct. By '45 they started building the He162 "People's Fighter" >in staggering quantity. This was an amazing little jet fighter with (I think) 2 >pnuematic 30mm cannons. The war ended before these really saw service, but the >Allies uncovered scores of them in underground assembly plants. This wasn't a >weapon of retibution, it was an attempt to compete in the production war. Yes, but the one thing they didn't have at that point was a ready source of raw materials, especially crude oil and steel. They could build these Volksjaegers (sp?) out of plywood, but couldn't fly them due to lack of petrol. If you can't fly, it doesn't matter whether you have quality or quantity, because in effect you have neither. In the case of the US, they won't have that problem in future wars, because the war won't last long enough for restocking. Even if it does, I'm sure they will just come up here to Canada and take what they need, whether we agree or not. [mod.note: I'm assuming this last part is a joke. If not, I don't want to hear about it. - Bill ] -- Paul Tomblin nrcaer!cognos!geovision!pt or uunet!geovision!pt Quote of the week: "Don't it always seem to come, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone" Disclaimer: My employer probably does not agree with my opinions. Me neither.