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Originally posted by Colonel Sanders
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Zero un-matched during the first years of the war?
A lot of interesting points, I still wander about the design of the Zero.
Trade right up until the beginning of a war is something I wouldn't do, especially if you can listen to your trading partner talk about attacking you. But I guess that doesn't mean it didn't happen.
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the main technical issue with the Zero was it's almost complete lack of armor over critical parts and pilot. While the plane itself was extremely fast and highly manueverable, the plan was a death trap for the pilot who got his plane caught in the blast of gun fire. With no armor around the gas tanks and minimal armor around the pilot, a well placed coconut could bring down the zero. the trick, of course, was to hit the zero.