Comments by "Simon Nonymous" (@Simon_Nonymous) on "Ed Nash's Military Matters" channel.

  1. I think the same German designers were sent to the USSR and then worked for World of Warplanes and War Thunder... possibly.
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  2. Bloody hell just finished Matt's video and you pop up - will I never get to eat my dinner?
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  3. As much as I love the main content, I love working out where your little funny clips come from too.
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  4. I've just got back from the pub after a six pint session and got this gem to watch. Thanks Ed!
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  5. Bloody hell - would you have liked just half that haul yourself Ed when you were doing your thing?
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  6. I was about to post a comment "find a plane that DIDN'T do well in the hands of the Finns"!
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  7. 102 - a man who used his years well! What a legend, what a man to look up to.
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  8. Interesting that as the IL-2 was originally a single seater, what a balls up to make the conversion from the two seater version back to a single seater a bit of a mess! EDIT - thank you to my learned friend below.... it was originally a two seater after all. But still a balls up :-)
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  9.  @loddude5706  over most of the young ones' heads I suspect but it made me laugh 🙂
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  10. Aw come on Ed, I'll not get a pot washed today if you keep releasing stuff.
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  11. Good to see you back on top form Ed.
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  12. Thank you Radu - good to hear more information!!
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  13. I am old enough to have seen Gnats flown by the Red Arrows. Did we have some reluctance to let Israel get their hands on these, as I would think this would have been right up their street?
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  14. Captured British battle dress was supplied to u-boat crews.
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  15. 1:13 and 4:14 - Madsen LMG (again); Ian's Forgotten Weapons series is very fond of this LMG that was introduced in about 1902 but carried on in active use until possibly 2010. And also I think this is the origin of the phrase 'a banana replublic'.
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  16. As will anyone who's fired one!
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  17. I think I would have seen them at either Bawtry or Finningley, and yes in those days, you didn't need binoculars to the the planes, you needed ear plugs and to tie your hat on!
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  18. Great video; Churchill's rather famous quote emerged quite a time after the battle had been won, as he shone a kind light on himself after the battle had been won. But is possibly the most important campaign fought by the west in the period.
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  19. It shows him - and his black comrades - as being all the better for rising above the racism.
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  20. ​ @xanten69 excellent knowledge of French... Thank you for sharing!
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  21. Not much I can say that hasn't already appeared in the comments but will share on FB to try and get more interest in this horror story Ed.
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  22. My thoughts exactly... but before we laugh too much, Ed's note about the Gladiator is a good reminder that even in the early 30s, biplanes were almost the rule, and so it was in Germany, Italy and Japan. By 1936/37 - stressed skin monoplanes are in Squadron service. What a fast moving time for technology.
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  23. I like its looks! It was so cutting edge yet so 20s - evaporative cooling, stressed metal skin fuselage, potentially a great engine, yet open cockpit, fixed landing gear, and using Vickers MGs. As Forgotten Weapons would say, a bit of a cludge. I like the Bf 109 type rudder, and also when you shows pics of the Westland competitor, it was funny to see what looks like a Lysander with an inline engine: I guess some plane makers build the same plane more or less, until it finds a niche :-)
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  24. Interesting stuff Ed, thank you. If Iran did actually supply weapons to Putin, either covertly and get caught, or overtly, what might be the consequences? Would the US give Israel carte blanche to intervene? Worrying times, but personally glad to see more support for Ukraine from the USA.
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  25. Weird isn't it, periods of rapid development then eventually you get plateaus where planes seem to serve forever with occasional upgrades
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  26. You're doing the commentary on the fly.... most amusing Ed! 🙂
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  27. I love Dinger's stuff - the drawings/paintings in particular. I finished a biography of Frank Whittle "Jet Man" last month, it's a decent read if you wish to know more, albeit I think it's rather gentle on Whittle and his way of working. Just my opinion of course!
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  28. Excellent work Ed - there are a lot of unknowns and changing bits of information/disinformation to process when you do a survey like this! Wouldn't it be interesting to compare the monetary value of aid given in proportion to each nation's GDPs or 'normal' military budgeting, and see who really is going the extra mile to help a victim of aggression? Maybe don't attempt that until your migraine has worn off.....
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  29. I can only say - or maybe admit - I now have five 1:72 models of the Folland Gnat on my mantelpiece with two more to follow, and Ed's Sabre Slayer video is my go to vid if anyone goes "Why?" (plus of course I am old enough to see the Red Arrows flying them.)
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  30.  E Van  he never said Ukraine would win, or that anyone would win. He said the war might be over. Thank you for excessive use of capitals and calling people 'dude' - it means I can be 100% sure of putting you on my block list.
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  31. I saw an Eyetie antitank gun in the War Museum in Malta that was sent over to bolster the defences during this time, as things were that bad, and believe there were a few dispatched; I'll try to dig out the specs but let's just say that a) the 2 Pdr was a better gun vs armour and b) against a KV-1 or KV-2 it would have been somewhat irrelevant in any case.
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  32. Looking at the wings, I might say German B-24 perhaps? Good video as always Ed.
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  33.  @gunner678  the question is what else could have been done in the east, with a French ally that was keen not to have to go on the offensive. Indeed eastern Europe was carved up by wearers of jackboots - both German, and Soviet - and there was little the UK could do in 38, 39, or 45. Still a good question to ponder on though, and all these years later, we're still in the same quandary I guess. Reflects badly on us as a planet I suppose.
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  34. and the Peter Jackson reference too!
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  35. Why does the engine look odd on this plane - looks like one of my first bodged Airfix kits - I assume it's mounted on the same axis as the standard Corsair engine but the cowl looks smaller or lower down, and just looks 'wrong'. Is it something to do with that hump between the engine cowling and the cockpit? Would love to know!
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  36. me too Dave - I'm bracing myself to make a Manchester conversion from a Lanc in order to complete a 1:72 Bomber Command line up, but would love to make a Lincoln just to end the story
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  37. Apart from unrealistic expectations from SONAR, that isn't really true. Many of the tactics of the Battle of the Atlantic were based on new technology, and the ones that weren't and had historic pedigree, such as convoying, were introduced very very quickly.
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  38. The best summing up of the turret fighter I have seen for a long time... nicely balanced.
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  39. What bothers me is that here in the UK this story gets nowhere near the news, unlike the Jubilee, Boris Johnson's adventures, or footballers' wives stuff, so if you try talking to the average bod about it, you get blank looks, and that is a bad thing. I wouldn't know much if it wasn't for Ed to be honest.
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  40. Well spotted! (Although the USSR would probably insist they were Soviet bombs and werry stronk!)
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  41.  @johnstirling6597  I am not sure if we know he was shot down, but it was indeed a P-38 he was flying on the flight he never returned from over Italy. I think wreckage has been found and identified as his plane - if I am wrong, my apologies. I would love Ed to make a Warby video - I think he deserves remembering - and maybe it would cover his last flight, and what we now know.
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  42. I want one. For the missus. It might stop her dropping her bloody phone for a start.
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  43. Another great story of paper planes not working out quite so well in the real world!
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  44. Smashing video, and yes, I'd love an video just about the development of AI radar sets either just in WWII or even right up to the present day if that's within your capacity!
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  45. It's a really complex subject - Greg's Airplanes does the most in-depth look at it that I have seen. Liquid cooled inlines need to have coolant radiators and oil coolers which cause drag etc, and usually are heavier units. The other issue - if you look at how far in front of the wing the Merlins extend in Ed's video - is a change to the centre of gravity too; the Merlin powered Wellington had to have some work done to deal with the change of CoG, and looking at the Beau, I bet it really buggered the balance up!
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  46. it's fugly isn't it?
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  47.  @AutismIsUnstoppable  advertise for new pilots on War Thunder - they are all trained aces ;-)
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  48. It'll be guinea pigs next, or Ed in a tight t-shirt firing a gun for us
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  49. Yes please.
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  50. and altitude sickness ;-)
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