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@PSL Interestingly, I have talked to several US and Brit nuke submariners who admitted - independently and unequivocally - that they were and are terrified of the little (West) German subs while they were afraid of nothing else. (West) German submariners in turn, especially those who served...

Why, thank you. Coming from the likes of you, this is a compliment indeed. Put some meat on the bones and tell me what exactly was fantasy thinking in my post. And kindly refrain from name-calling. I'd also like to remind you that there is a difference between exercises and the real thing. Not...

Aye. From the early 80s on, Poland would very likely have rebelled. Bit difficult to get the Byelorussian Group of Tank Armies to the western front in that case. That's actually the reason why the Ossies and Soviets built that giant harbour on Rügen, Mukran. 18 hours to Kaliningrad/Baltiysk by...

And how, pray, would the Soviets have "occupied" Iceland? A RSR-style coup de main? Tom Clancy had neglected to put the 187th Infantry Brigade on Iceland for the book, which had been earmarked for the defencenof Iceland for a long time. This force along with the in-place personnel and materiel...

NATO countries all had laws in place to impound the needed ships for military purposes. The shipping companies would have been remunerated for loss and damage as well as the time of impoundment.

The Second Battle of the Atlantic is the one WW3 theatre where NATO would wipe the floor with the Soviets. Absolutely, positively. The much-feared Soviet Macross Missile Massacre was highly dependent on the Backfires/Bears/Badgers managing to come into range and all of NATO had a distinct...

Ore Mountains. Who needs the Congo?

A pre-US entry POD is actually feasible. No Miracle on the Marne could be one such result. No US anywhere in sight.

COULD fuel not would, thank you. We saw no Fascism rise in the UK or the USA after WW2 either. This smells a bit of the old Germanophobe belief that in every German, there is a Nazi/Fascist just waiting to get out. I go one step in the other direction and say Germany would be just as likely to...

So ole Erwin isn't sly but rather brave, courageous and tenacious? Where is the problem? Berglöwe works for me.

Ar-232, of course. A somewhat embarrassing typo :perservingface:

I want to advertise the Arado Ar-323. Generally considered to be the first modern military cargo aircraft.

It looks like it could flip on its back when firing or capsize in a stiff breeze ;)

I see your point, no worries. Both threads are full of designs that would have been absolute howlers IRL, after all ;)

Ah. But the BMPT is infinitely better armoured...so I am not holding my breath ;)

Am I the only one who thinks that a tank armed with a GAU-8A is a waste of money and ammunition? It only works against MBTs from the rear and from above. There are mounted weapons better suited for anti-infantry, MOUT and anti-air use.

I would not book any plane rides in his place.

This is one of the proposed modern day upgrades of the Marder. Looks...sleek.

No matter what it is, it looks cute. I want to feed it and teach it tricks :D

Sloped armor isn't exactly rocket science and certainly not something that can be butterflied away, especially since the principle has been around for ages. Just take a look at medieval armor. Sooner or later even a German engineer will have a eureka moment.