remember this one?
today, while watching the "Cruise of the Secret Raiders" episode
of " Secrets of world War II" on the Military Channel,
i saw an interesting clip. a 196 being catapulted
off the German Commerce Raider Pinguin.
pretty cool to see the real thing in action.
sometimes the magic works.
sometimes it doesn't.
Since you mention commerce raiders:
If Graf Spee had later versions of the Ar 196 or even an earlier bird without all the mechanical issues, it might have survived to return to port. Historically, Graf Spee received the new floatplane with lots of mechanical problems and it was mostly not available when needed for reconaissance.
- Ivan.
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