What If a Single F-22 Time Travelled to Germany During WWI

Weapons of war have advanced by leaps and bounds since World War I, but how big of a difference would a modern fighter jet have made if it had been sent back in time to 1914? Step into the Infographic's time machine to see how a modern F-22 would have fared in the thick of WWI.

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[philtrumble]

I'd really like to see what an A-10 Warthog would do in the same situation

[joatmonb]

There is a Sci-fi story about a jet fighter going back to WWI. Its radar couldn't pick up the wood frames of the biplanes and its heat seeking missiles couldn't detect the exhaust of the planes gas engines. Getting enough purified kerosene was difficult also. The pilot discovered he could destroy enemy aircraft by fly past them at supersonic speeds and letting the shockwave tear apart the fragile airframes.

[rosss]

Imagine an AC 130. Now that would do some damage and turn a pivotal battle easily.

[princesscadance]

F-22: ‘I fear no man. But that… Thing. It scares me.’

Fokker: ‘Hello!’

[Ruin.]

The SR71 was first flown only ~60 some years after the wright brothers took flight. Imagine what they would think of it.

[orfeo-_]

Honestly the simple act of breaking the sound barrier low over the German offensive would have been devastating.
A sonic boom back then is a weapon by itself.

[StaticImage]

"Since we're not the modern Russian army, let's talk logistics" man, that was savage. I love it.

[tanner.mackey.mp]

"Since we're not the modern Russian army, let's talk logistics" 😂😂😂 oh my god that KILLED me

[iamthemusicman]

the word play on Fokker in this episode had me cracking up, . lol love it

[ChickenWings]

Reminds me of that 80's movie The Final Countdown, where the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz goes through a time portal and ends up in 1941 just before the attack on Pearl Harbor, so the crew try and prevent it from happening. When the Japanese witness the future jets in a dogfight they can't believe the Americans were so technologically advanced. Really cool concept.

[yuyaplays]

Now what if a modern tank found its way onto the battlefields of WWI.

[Notion]

I don’t think it’d be impossible to figure out how to work an f-22, or a ufo in our time. Making them from scratch would take as long as it did the first time round but seeing it alone gives a vague breath of ideas on how to recreate them, but having the chance to get hands on with either of them would cause a huge exponential growth in understanding of it’s tech

[psiah]

My initial thought when I saw this was "it would run out of fuel and be useless... But let's see what kind of military power fantasy they came up with". Was pleasantly surprised to see a realistic approach was taken.

[maneamanea]

Gotta love the extensive use of the word Fokker, in perfectly timed situations. Hats off, gentlemen.

[yup]

I've always imagined since a little kid what it would be like to go back to medieval times in a tank with unlimited ammo. Could you hold off the world's biggest armies???

[ddelv]

The radar would have no problem picking up the old planes. The frame might not retun a lot of radar, but the big metal engine mounted to the front would present a huge target. Heat seaking missle can lock onto the heat of aircraft skin, so locking into a hot air cooled engine wouldn't be an issue.

Though it still wouldn't have any effect on the war.

[Redmage]

A B-52 bomber or GC-130 gunship would be really interesting for this form of WWI analysis. It’s only a couple generations ahead of the tech of the time, so it’s easier to work with and understand, and it’s been so versatile over the years that it’s still in service today.

[dustinwoodward]

I wonder if a carrier fleet could take on WW2 if it had unlimited logistical support through the portal.

[TigerReal]

"That Fat Fokker"

"Even the fattest Fokker the Germans put up into the sky"

[ruvomc]

"That would take down the fattest Foker the germans put on the sky" got me on the floor