What If The Romans Had Aircraft?

[A_Volpe]

the sheer destructive sillyness of the Bachem Ba349 Natte

Destructive Sillyness. I had to look up that aircraft, I had never heard of it before. That is a perfect description for that aircraft!

Yeah I do like them Hurricanes. I did typo with .202 instead of .303 for the guns. Thanks for the correction.

for the enemies...Hmmm, I think the [Gauls] could have been interested in the P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk and the early versions of the P-51 [Birdcage] Mustang; maybe even the Typhoon or Tempest. Lots of power, a beast to handle. Although going with the scheme, they probably would have had a variety of aircraft types and makes, notunlike as they did facing off with the Romans historically, One [Gaul] fights differently than another with different weapons/techniques. They probably would have done alot of modifcations and jerry-rigging to customize thier airframes.

thanks for playing along with my goofy topic!

[falco]

Just got to be the JU 87 Stuka..complete with sirens...& the Ju 52 transport.....nothing aesthetic,just workhorses!

[A_Volpe]

Stuka, with sirens, Of Course!

...I wonder if you can hang your danglium from the belly of an aircraft?
(or, say, some tin cans on strings from the tailplane notunlike a wedding car? hehehehehehe)

[Tasciavanous]

The Stuka is all well and good but given the Roman love of effective and armoured I would think there was only one realistic choice the il2 stumovik, armoured to the hilt and with a massive strike power!

[A_Volpe]

Heeheh! Yeah that sounds about right, too!

actually Soviet/Russian aircraft would probably have been favored by Romans - Such a variety of unique designs and specialized features, and of course, many cheap to produce...I could easily see Romans with a few bazillion MiG-15, MiG-17 or MiG-21's to start off with...

hehehe

[falco]

Why didn't I see it earlier..Mil-24 Hind!!
Steve