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could the WW2 model of what was called main battle rifle, wich is a semi-automatic firearm, fiering larger calibres than assult weapons, and with longer range, with some models capable of full automatic fire, be upgraded after WW2 and maitained in service at least till late 1980is, and suficient...

if the cold war turned hot would a socialist state with good western relations go neutral? would its neutrality be respected? was nuking Beograd, Zagreb or Rijeka planed in case of escalation? what could Yugoslavia do after such a war, especially if its cities and industry are still at...

basically all non-christian or ewen just non-abrahamic religion that formed before the late 19th century are called pagan olnly a few better known heresies have the privelege of being called by a name usually given them by the chatolic or ortodox mainstream of the day there are a few exeptions...

what would the world look like if the warious empires ruling most of the planets surface that existed ower the last 1000 years each expanded to their maximum and maintained themselves, or at least statal entities covering those territories maintained temselves till 2000 AD its a free for all...

chalenge; maps of maximum possible Ottoman expansion with a POD no earlier than 1494

a thread like this could start with WI the hussites won the hussite wars? but the thing is they did they were decisively wictorious many times ower the ones that basically won the war were the Taborites, using revolutionary tactics like armoured wagons and mass use of firearms finally the...

with any number of PODs make the folowing happen, in any way you think is most plausable; the central powers win WWI the war takes a huge tol on Germany and it begins to colapse economically Austro-Hungarian Empire remains relatively stabile, althou its resources are streched to maintain peace...

could it ocur that Suleiman the great, the great reformer that he was, notices one of the basic problems in the panonian campaings, (that the ottoman stile cannons and mortars were often too heawy to transport across locall swampy terain, and once deploied proved to have a small rate of fire...

an armed force of muslim denomination sacks Rome around 800 AD it can come from iberia after a more sucesfull campaing in southern france or it can be an expansion of muslim rule in the apenines, or part of a large move into europe or it can simply be a fluke, a army of saracen pirates caching...

with the WWI going more or less like in OTL and some possible changes in WWII get China and India to become really friendly, and forge a regional Aliance, possibly swalloving up smaller states like Bangladesh or Nepal what would such an India be like ideologically? is it easier to do this with...

During the 1160es, a decade or so after the christian armies suffered warious defeats and lost much of palestina, during a period of relative peace, the chatolic church under the leadership of pope Alexander III began spreading a "letter" wich the pope himself is said to have compiled based on...

With any number of PoDs after 1900 make India achive its independance trough a long bloody struggle, a revolution or a indipendance war maybe the british or some other party kills ghandi earlier, maybe nationalist movements take more sway, then somewhere in the midle of it all china and or...

these are the rules; no south korea at the end, no soviet involvment other than as in OTL, and preferably USA loses(thats basically the point of the chalenge) is more serious chinese comitment possible? if im not wrong by the end of the war the PLA was basically fighting the US army full time...

ok so as a result of some POD in the 1970is SSSR and USA go to al out war in the early 1980is MAD goes as planed, tousands of megatons are exchanged generaly this is where all calculations stop, thats basicaly it, evrione is considered as good as a statistic, most people go on to hipotesise...

imagine the effects of such a movie on hollywood film industry many of the big names that would later influence or be directly involved in alien, star wars and the 1984 dune, were already there giger, obannon, moebius, both david linch and ridley scot are said to have been heavily influenced by...

would it be possible with a POD before 1945 to end up with the territories of laos and vietnam united into one federal state, possibly ading or anexing cambodia as well, all by the end of the 1960is or mid 1970is would this require no american intervention in vietnam?

ok this is total ASB but just for the hell of it, imagine alternative timelines, where the POD would be any given historical ewent, literarly as it is described in the bible anithing other than the fact that all humans would be inbred twice i dont think we should even start with the book of...

ways and reasons napoleon could of won the 100 days campaing how about better comunication betveen the french armies, and more engagement of the 1st army fighting the prussians? is it plausable that the prusian army gets decimated at ligni? how about french general mobilisation? a few tens of...

after a given nuclear conflict, the historical context of wich is now irelevant, given that it is of a magnitute by wich it afects all of the world population, and that of the pre war population enough survive 10 years after the war to alow "normal" demografic population increase, or in other...

make the roman empire fall apart by year 300 or sooner use colapsing social sistem, economic catastrofy, losing wars, civil wars beveen throne contenders, secesion of provinces, tetrarchy, infertility and desease, logistic problems, social upheval, uprisings, anithing you like realy, you dont...