Flags of Japan 30s by jczart on Flickr.
Anonymous asked:
Fw190 vs Mitsubishi zero...who wins the dogfight?
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enrique262 answered:
Fw 190, the Zero was effectively outclassed by 1942, that’s what you get for compensating your lack of power with no armor whatsoever.
The A6M lacked armour because of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s emphasis on range (and turn-fighting). 835 km of the Fw 190 D-9 versus the 3,105 km of the A6M2 Model 21. Naval warfare over the vast Pacific required different aircraft.
Plus the fact that in 1942 the a6m3 and a6m5 which were fantastic fighters were not available. At this time that you’re talking about the zero was essentially superior to the equivalent American fighter, the Wildcat.
In a turn battle at low altitude Japanese aircraft will destroy basically anything else.
Auld Lang Syne / 告別行進曲, “Farewell March”
Played by the Imperial Japanese Navy Band
Nipponophone, circa 1910.
Here’s a historical musical piece for you to bid farewell to the old year! Wish you all a great 2016.
Imperial Japanese Navy Marines of the 6th Kure SNLF Division, on New Georgia, Solomon Islands, November, 1942.
Funny how tumbler recommends posts. Guess it’s ok to promote war and killing but it frowns on nudity and porn. And to think that the US servicemen that faced these Japanese marines were fighting for freedoms guaranteed by our constitution of life liberty and pursuit of happiness. Guess my 22 years of military service doesn’t mean shit to the tumbler hierarchy either. If the US Supreme Court can’t give a definitive definition of pornography I guess these folks now know what it is. Y’all must be geniuses!!! Just another example of companies succumbing to the all mighty dollar and falling into lockstep so they conform and are not unique, or different , which unfortunately made them the giant that they used to be!!! Oh George Orwell you were right, it just took a little longer than 1984!!!!
fujisan-ni-noboru-hinode asked:
You know a lot about the navy my friend? You should talk to my friend lex-for-lexington.
daubman-deactivated20170903 answered:
I have already followed lex. I don’t know so much about the navy. I used to be more interested in guns or army things. But, you know, and you may not like that, I am playing Kantai Collection. I know the game smash online images of IJN fleet ships. But at the same time, we can access a lot of information and books about them.
As you know, we Japanese avoided our own history, especially about military. We have never talked openly about IJA and IJN things. (except extreme right and left people) My grandfather also talked about his service only once before he passed. Japan nowadays seems open for military and more people know about IJN ships than ever. That is really fun, though some people complain Japan drifting to the right.
I think it’s ok. Kantai Collection is not as bad as I make fun of it for. You can play what you like my friend. I prefer war thunder.
I like the army. The IJN never really interested me, aside from 軍特別陸戦隊 and 大日本帝國海軍航空隊.
It makes me very happy that so many people today are interested in IJN and IJA. So much knowledge and information is now available. It’s great!
I am not surprised your grandfather was quiet about his service. Not only did the society in Japan after the war shun veterans, but most veterans don’t talk about their experiences anyway.
I’m glad that the Japanese military is being welcomed now, and not being so unappreciated. It’s a sad thing to me that Japanese (and Germans) were so shy about their history. Enough time has passed in my opinion, and history should be examined, not hidden away.
As for now, people will complain that Japan is becoming too right. There will always be arguing between the right and left, no matter what you do. As long as Japan doesn’t get aggressive with their military, which I don’t think they will, things should be fine. I’m more concerned about Chinese imperialism right now.
A Year in Language, Day 318: Navajo
Navajo is an Athabaskan language, Athabaskan being the largest branch and majority of the larger Na-Dene family. It has the most speakers of any indigenous language north of Mexico at around 170,000.
Most Na-Dene languages are spoken in Northwestern Canada and Alaska (ex. Chipewyan). Navajo belongs to a disparate branch that migrated South some 500+ years ago, finally settling into Pueblo country, Pueblo here not referring to a singular people, but multiple peoples who spoke languages of different families, but shared common cultural and linguistic features. Other members of the Pueblo linguistic area include the Zuni and Hopi.
Navajo gained notoriety during WWII for the famed code talkers. As Navajo has complex synthetic grammar, is dissimilar even to its close relatives, and at the time had few if any written documentation, the language was used to transmit encrypted messages that Axis powers were unable to crack.
The current state of the Navajo language is stable, but not without risk. Like all native communities in the U.S.A. the Navajo had to survive active attempts by the federal government to suppress their language and culture. Though strong in numbers the threat of assimilation is constant. There exist now a number of immersion schools and programs for educating people of all ages, accessible both to Navajo and non-Navajo.
An Aussie friend of mine once called me an ‘Americunt’ and I think that that might be one of the greatest compliments that’s ever been thrust upon me.