Comments on: Maginot Tower (Jan, 1935) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/14/maginot-tower/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/14/maginot-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-1083427 Jari Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:35:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/14/maginot-tower/#comment-1083427 darren: Yep, that tower is a kooky solution for reducing a time needed for a plane to climb in fighting altitude. About bombing the base of the tower and a bomb proof roof: That's for 30's bombs. Just a few meters of reinforced concrete ought to be enough. (With a help of good AA batteries) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower Grand Slam nor it's predecessor Tall Boy didn't exist yet. darren: Yep, that tower is a kooky solution for reducing a time needed for a plane to climb in fighting altitude.

About bombing the base of the tower and a bomb proof roof: That’s for 30′s bombs. Just a few meters of reinforced concrete ought to be enough. (With a help of good AA batteries) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower Grand Slam nor it’s predecessor Tall Boy didn’t exist yet.

]]> By: darren http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/14/maginot-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-1083402 darren Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:47:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/14/maginot-tower/#comment-1083402 Bomb the base of the tower to destroy all planes + cause other damage. Redirect the money into R&D (rather than building one ugly building) to get planes in air quicker. Use can then use newer planes everywhere rather than one ugly tower in one place. This can only be used at the start of a battle when planes are fuelled and ready for take-off. After plane have taken off then need to land and refuel. Therefore they need a landing strip near the tower. Then they will take off normally without using the tower. 'Armored bomb proof roof' - hehe. Something for the engineers to work out. Maybe they can use the same stuff to make the planes. Bomb the base of the tower to destroy all planes + cause other damage.

Redirect the money into R&D (rather than building one ugly building) to get planes in air quicker. Use can then use newer planes everywhere rather than one ugly tower in one place.

This can only be used at the start of a battle when planes are fuelled and ready for take-off. After plane have taken off then need to land and refuel. Therefore they need a landing strip near the tower. Then they will take off normally without using the tower.

‘Armored bomb proof roof’ – hehe. Something for the engineers to work out. Maybe they can use the same stuff to make the planes.

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