Byker
2019-12-19 18:23:46 UTC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb
“Unlike the V-2, the V-1 was a cost-effective weapon for the Germans as it
forced the Allies to spend heavily on defensive measures and divert
bombers from other targets. More than 25% of Combined Bomber Offensive's
bombs in July and August 1944 were used against V-weapon sites, often
ineffectively.[15] In early December 1944, American General Clayton
Bissell wrote a paper that argued strongly in favour of the V-1 when
compared with conventional bombers.[49]
Wright Field technical personnel reverse-engineered the V-1 from the
remains of one that had failed to detonate in Britain. The result was the
creation of the JB-2 Loon. General Hap Arnold of the United States Army
Air Forces was concerned that this weapon could be built of steel and
wood, in 2000 man-hours and approximate cost of US$600 (in 1943).[51] To
put this figure in perspective, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress cost about
1000 times more, and still about 100 times more when taking into account
its 10 times higher payload (20,000lb compared to 850kg for V-1)– payload,
which cost has to be added (while it is included in V-1 cost)– with the
additional drawback of requiring (and putting in danger) 11 flying crew
members (which generally are considered to cost far more than the aircraft
itself, with costs of recruiting, training, housing, feeding, pensions and
pay, equipment, etc.).”
Correct. For the cost of a motorcycle, you could deliver 2,000 lbs. of HE to“Unlike the V-2, the V-1 was a cost-effective weapon for the Germans as it
forced the Allies to spend heavily on defensive measures and divert
bombers from other targets. More than 25% of Combined Bomber Offensive's
bombs in July and August 1944 were used against V-weapon sites, often
ineffectively.[15] In early December 1944, American General Clayton
Bissell wrote a paper that argued strongly in favour of the V-1 when
compared with conventional bombers.[49]
Wright Field technical personnel reverse-engineered the V-1 from the
remains of one that had failed to detonate in Britain. The result was the
creation of the JB-2 Loon. General Hap Arnold of the United States Army
Air Forces was concerned that this weapon could be built of steel and
wood, in 2000 man-hours and approximate cost of US$600 (in 1943).[51] To
put this figure in perspective, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress cost about
1000 times more, and still about 100 times more when taking into account
its 10 times higher payload (20,000lb compared to 850kg for V-1)– payload,
which cost has to be added (while it is included in V-1 cost)– with the
additional drawback of requiring (and putting in danger) 11 flying crew
members (which generally are considered to cost far more than the aircraft
itself, with costs of recruiting, training, housing, feeding, pensions and
pay, equipment, etc.).”
London. For cost-per-ton-of-explosive-delivered, nothing came even close...