Comments by "EZ E" (@eze8970) on "The North American XB-28 Dragon – Mini Superfort" video.

The US dwarfed all countries with it's almost unlimited resources, no one could keep up to be fair. The B29 was next generation over all piston engine bomber aircraft. For the Axis, I'd imagine a lot of their limited resources went into the Army, as this was the largest service.
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@Riccardo_Silva Thank you for your reply. Italy, could & did produce world leading equipment (like the first airship to reach the north pole, & Schneider trophy planes etc), but like most industries in Europe, had smaller manufacturers, in direct competition & not speaking to each other, dispersing the overall design effort. Their battleship guns had good range, but being 'hand made' in the production process, had different tolerances, so aiming accurate shells from guns of the same turret was a problem. The Italians could make exquisite individual items, but mass production processes hadn't been truly adopted. This was still going on in the 1960's when Ferrari took on Ford at the French Le Mans road race. It was the only Americans (& Soviets) who really took on mass production before WW2. Being bigger also gives more influence with neutral suppliers around the world. Due to the war blockade, the Italians were denied some of the rarer metals/ materials/fuels to help design & manufacture. Their equipment was Ok for 1940, but design moves on very quickly in war, & their industrial capacity, already small, just couldn't keep up, obviously not helped by Allied bombing raids. Low serviceability in aircraft, & fighters not heavily armed also didn't help. However brave the Italian armed forces could be, their mainly outdated weapons didn't help morale. Italy's rearmaments programme was due to be complete in 1943 (on a peace time basis), the Fall of France caught Mussolini off guard, & with hindsight, he committed too early. Mussolini did actually increase some production, & promote industry (like the Schneider planes). Once war began, the Germans would have taken whatever materials were available, & Italy probably didn't envision sending troops to Russia either, another drain on it's limited resources. Italy on the side of the Allies in 1939, or staying neutral is an interesting 'what might have been' though.
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@Riccardo_Silva Thank you for your reply. If Italy had been on the Allied side, a completely different story (anywhere from 1935-1940). Lots of extra French divisions in France, & Germans spread far thinner, having to attack Italy through Alpine passes. Extra British forces also available for France & Italy (altho may have been sent to Far East). Yugoslavia & Greece more likely to go Allied earlier. Balkans more likely to stay neutral, French morale would be higher. Germany may not even had taken over Austria & Czechoslovakia. Soviet Russia waiting to attack, altho Hitler may well still have invaded Poland & do the Nazi Soviet Non Aggression Pact. Nationalist Spain may not have received any German aid, only Italian. Germany would be in a worse position than 1914. I'd think that Hitler wouldn't have gambled so much, & actually it would have been the Allies watching Nazi Germany fight the Soviet Union (either Hitler invading or the Soviets invading). Even if France had fallen, British forces would still be in Italy. Mussolini may have sought peace (even switched sides). Thank you for info on propellants, it makes sense, altho seems odd the easiest part of firing a shell would be so bad. I believe my info came from Drachfinel videos. Good to see things from the Italian perspective, as usually things seen from other countries view.
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t.y 🙏🙏
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