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  1. La Rouge Beret

    No Great Leap Forward

    WI the decision to embark on the Great Leap Forward in 1958 to 1962 - i.e. to transition the Chinese economy away from an agrarian base to a completely Communist society. Ultimately, the collectivisation failed leading to deaths ranging from 33 to 55 million. How can it be avoided and what are...
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Here's an alt AFV challenge the Russians have created an SPG (Derivatsiya-PVO) that is aimed at stopping enemy drones, which apparently stems from their 2018 Syrian experience following UAV attacks on the Tartus port. What would a NATO equivalent vehicle look like & what would be the base...
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Did the M41A4 use a M 48 turret? While I've always thought that the M41C2 Scout & the Black Prince are good look beasties.
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    An alternative to the Kiwi F-16

    What about the AMX International? Primarily an air to ground aircraft with secondary air defence capability and was still in production until 1999. Along with being used by NATO against Serbia.
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    The Griffon is one of my favourite alt AFVs along with the Thor. When was the Cyclops introduced ITTL was around 1948 or later?
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    Surviving New France

    In this case we need an earlier POD and improvements in disease control. What type of diseases were prevalent on the frontier that we could mitigate to reduce the death rate?
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    Surviving New France

    I was actually thinking along those lines of greater integration of the Native Americans into French society, perhaps Irish settlers can be encouraged to emigrate as well. What changes would be needed to make the colony more sustainable from an economic viewpoint?
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Imagine the noise as the gun fires - good grief - I hope the crew at least gets some PPE.
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    Surviving New France

    If New France is somehow able to survive in existence after the seven years war, probably due to an act of God. What does this mean for British North America? Would we see an American parliament or would American representatives travel to London? Would the continued overplayed threat of New...
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    What did you use as a base model for the Morrel? Also the turret to my untrained eye looks a bit large for the hull.
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    Keep the Essex class as a strike carrier

    If the decision is made to keep the Essex class in service and, if the Phantom was borderline to operate from her decks. Wouldn't this lead to the F8U3 Crusader entering service? While the thing is visually offensive to look at it would have provided a reasonable fighter capability for the class.
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    That's a good looking little beasties!
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    That looks very punchy and, I always had a soft spot for the Saladin. Do you think that the Brits would develop a 21st century replacement to the Scarab?
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    What vehicles do the support element use? Also given what we saw in the recent Armenian and Azerbaijan conflict with the UAV proliferation, would that support element include an attached organic anti air capability (Avengers for instance)?
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    While we are putting our thinking caps on about future evolution of AFVs, would we also see the return of a command tank given the bandwidth requirements of network centric warfare? Perhaps this AFV would then be responsible for launching and recovering the squadron / troops UAVs? Then...
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    That's a good looking tank!
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Silly man. The French ration packs are truly a thing to behold, as they somehow are able to ensure that their biscuits remain uncrushed. A feat seemingly unrepeatable within the Anglosphere militaries.
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    While it might be found wanting in the anti armour department, as a soldier having a troop of Matildas on hand would be good news. Great backstory and line drawing. How much extra speed would your changes add to the vehicle?
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    It screams diorama doesn't it.
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    Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Agreed that really irritated me or withdraw and hit the area with an artillery mission. If you want an eloquent critique of a couple of scenes ask @Jotun
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