OriginalPhoenix
Professor Emeritus
The most important event leading to the mass replacement in those two years was the Battle of Terra, where Confed lost the majority of its ships, of every class.Originally posted by junior
Heh.
I find it ironic that over the ten year period between WC1 and WC2, the Confederation uses the exact same medium fighter (and its feeling a little outdated in WC2), while two years later in WC3, the entire range of fighters has been completely replaced.
Even barring that fact, it's not terribly unusual for large-scale replacements of this nature during wartime. Take WWII as an example: in two years ('42-'44), the USNavy pretty much replaced its entire inventory of front-line aircraft -- Hellcat for Wildcat, Avenger for Devastator, and Helldiver for Dauntless. These aircraft served for years, then were rapidly replaced by jet aircraft.
Everything goes in cycles.