According to the (The National Interest) one of the other secret and useful weapons was the Proximity Fuzes. But one of the issues from this weapon is that it lack radar and accuracy to hit a moving target. their chances of hitting a target were not great,The calculations required to intercept a target …show more content…
But, the strongest airplane in World War 2 is The Messerschmitt-262 makes basically became the father of all aircraft that are in the speed of Mach-1.” (Military Factory).There is no doubt that the Me-262 was powerful and a battle changing weapon. When first introduced in September 1944, there was no fighter in the Allied army that could match it in speed and in power. So basically this is another example on how quantity beats quality due to the fact that the Germans airplanes were more superior but we had more airplanes. ( Top 10 …show more content…
This was the so called big gun thinking dating from World War One. Around the time of World War One a new class of Battleships arrived; fast battleships. These were very fast and also very powerful, example being the famous German Bismarck class. In 1938 USA, Britain and France invoked an escalator clause in the Second London Treaty to build ships around 45,000 tons. (Guðmundur Helgason) At the time nations has already started to build ships of around 35,000 tons, resulting in the US North Carolina and South Dakota ships, the 4 British King George V and French Richelieu ships. The Battleships during this war was important because they would escort the supplies and protect other ships because they had to travel far distances to get to battle.The US Navy also completed 4 of planned 6 Iowa class battleships, while the British aborted their Lion class ships. During WWII Battleships were used to control sea lines and in shore bombardments, especially in the Pacific.(Guðmundur