WinSP MBT: Das Reich

[MarkSheppard]

Here's my attempt at a Ju 290 (with LBMs included), plus some LBMs for the 252.

The 290 has a 95m3 cargo bay with about 52.5m2 of loading area.

This compares with the roughly 140m3 cargo bay and 51.37 m2 loading area of a C-130.

[MarkSheppard]

I think the ideal post-war German transport (as a starting point) would be the Arado 232A/B series:

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Ten were built and used during the war to shuttle parts from plant to plant inside Germany in an operational transport role.

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Any discussion on post-war Nazi Germany's military has got to incorporate the fact that more so than other nations, there were independent satrapies within the state hierarchy operating as they mostly saw fit; e.g. the SS state within a state.

While every nation has a bit of this with favored contractors (Boeing for heavy jet bombers for the USAF), the Germans went a bit overboard with it.

With tanks alone, you've got:

Henschel
Krupp
Porsche
Daimler Benz
MAN

And parts might be mixed and matched from various manufacturers to get what they wanted -- e.g. Krupp turret and Henschel hull (Tiger I), while manufacturers might order production expecting the order (Porsche Tiger), only to be left having to find a use for them (remanufactured into Ferdinand/Elefants).

Peacetime development would alleviate a lot of this craziness by reducing the pressure on design teams; but it'd still be there.