Which aircraft could be adapted easier for long range naval

[Carl Schwamberger]

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Not the only french military asset ripe for deploying that the Wehrmacht, under the unparalleled brilliant leadership of GROFAZ, could not be bothered to evaluate, develop practices for, and include in their lineup.

Hey! No need. The current primary enemy will collapse soon, then the other situations can be swiftly resolved

[Paul Lakowski]

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We discussed alternative maritime patrol planes and if LW could switch seaplane production over to a couple of planes -as opposed to ½ dozen different types- they would leap at the opportunity....especially if one was a model the LW had already agreed . I got

1939 = 2752t + 300 BMW & 279 Ju 205 = ALTERANATE FLEET 75 CONDOR & 65 BV 138

1940 = 2890t + 259 BMW & 344 Ju 205 = ALTERANATE FLEET 64 CONDOR & 92 BV 138

1941 =1958 t + 115 BMW & 285 Ju 205 = ALTERANATE FLEET 30 CONDOR & 84 BV-138

1942 = 2347 t + 245 BMW & 222 JU-205 = ALTERANATE FLEET 61 CONDOR & 60 BV 138

1943 = 3448 t + 629 BMW & 24 JU-205 = ALTERANATE FLEET 135 CONDOR

Going on 30 planes per year to = a “daily sortie”; that gives you ....

5 sortie per day 1939
5 sortie per day in 1940
4 sortie per day in 1941
4 sortie per day in 1942
4 sortie per day in 1943.

each BV-138 OR CONDOR sortie = 150MPH X 18 Hours X 30NM Sweep = VS Warships OR 40NM VS~108,000NM^2 VS Convoy
~ 80,000NM^2 VS WARSHIPS.

A ten boat Wolf Pack -each day on the surface- could sweep 10 x 150nm per hour x 24 hours = 36,000nm^2 per day Vs warships or 47,000nm^2 per day Vs convoy. Factoring in a periodic GHG sweep- this should double the sweep efficiency to about 75,000nm^2 vs warships or 100,000nm^2 vs convoy.


Each radar equipped surface raider could manage 60 nm radar sweep @ 20 knots x 24 hours or 30,000nm^2 per day .

That's 50 nm radar sweep @ 20 knots x 24 hours or 23,000nm^2 vs warships .