Talk:Re.2005 Kai/@comment-173.166.160.241-20160814011242/@comment-33100091-20171226030525

"To be frank unlike USN or IJN planes, the Europeans don't really need a long range fighter plane"

or so they thought, until Britain and Germany stared at each other across the English channel and all of a sudden... both sides realize they got no fighter that can go deep into each other's territory with ample combat duration...

and so both had to send their bombers into each other territory, often with minimal fighter cover or none at all which from time to time led to  heavy casualties, it was a hard learnt lesson for both sides and until the later fighters like P-51 with drop tanks were available in quantities...