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But were there problems over whether Austrians or Hungarians had jurisdiction? Just make the administrators the representatives of the Monarch himself. Since he's king of both it won't matter.

I'd like to repost the question as I think were moving away from me ever getting an answer.

Well if Austria is able to start some colonization before the actual creation of the Dual-Monarchy, then it would probably not be that hard to have a colony like Libya. Perhaps a good POD would be for Austria to be able to maintain control in the Italian peninsula (As much as my Italian-American...

A small incident here, some confusion there, lots of tension added to the mix, and boom! A war no one intended to start.

Well, that's because he was....:p Sorry, I couldn't resist. Please don't hurt me.

No, Market Garden was an operation doomed to fail even if everything had worked. Despite only being a small part of it, the book Band of Brothers puts thing quite nicely in perspective. There was just way too many problems with the operation, and the plan was poorly conceived to boot. Supporting...

I really don't see that happening. One, for all practicable purposes Egypt had been independent from the Ottomans for over fifty years. Two, there is no way the British are going to allow any other nation to have any control over the Suez canal after they've already stationed troops there...

Oh highly amusing. Like I said, we both support them, we just have different ideas on where, when, and how they would be effective. I hope we can continue this method of agreeing by disagreeing to agree.:D

This is pointless to turn into an argument, so just to clarify, all I'm saying is that the repeater is more intimidating since a guard isn't vulnerable after one shot. Highway robbers tended to act in gangs, and a repeater is a far more intimidating weapon for a guard to have as a result. Guards...

No, actually the regular crossbow would be at a disadvantage due to rate of fire. This is where the repeater comes into its own because it can deal with multiple adversaries. Also I wasn't saying the steam cannon would be man portable. I was saying that experimentation with steam cannons should...

In the process of discussion I forgot one use that I think the repeating crossbow would be great for, defending coaches and wagons from highway robbers. Especially at the rate of fire of the Chinese bow, but even if you sacrificed some rate of fire for a little more power. Unarmored highwaymen...

I think that's fair to say, we both agree on the weapon having an effective use, we just differ in how effective and under what circumstances it would be.

A POD for the development of a repeating crossbow of the type you describe in Europe? I think that's what you mean, because with out it the repeater wouldn't be developed until after professional armies appear. In fact I don't see the weapon becoming useful until then any way, due to the massive...

You seem to be forgetting the fact that militaries aren't going to stay dependent on self supporting knights just because there is no gunpowder. We will still see Professional militaries develop do to various factors not related to gunpowder and its development. This means that it will no longer...

You're absolutely right, I had a complete mental lapse, usually I'm the one explaining the difference, thanks for the catch. If we're talking about Byzantine heavy cavalry, then yes a sizable number if not most of the heavy cavalry did have horse armor. Also on foot soldiers armor your...

Not really any heavier then any other siege device of the ancient world. Especially since you can make it in a verity of sizes, from a small scorpio, to even a large ballista if one feels like it. Also once mass production kicks in, not very expensive either. The only components that take a...

Since some of the Chinese repeating crossbows did have an effective range of about 80 yards one hundred meters doesn't sound that unattainable. Never thought of a compound crossbow before, with more modern technology that might actually be a decent weapon. The problem however is that it is...

The issue with repeating crossbows is that they tend to have a weak draw. Someone would have to figure out how to increase the draw with out increasing the time to load to a level that makes the repeating feature useless.

One interesting thing to see with the delay of gunpowder weapon development would be if once metal working techniques improved armies started developing and using these: Polybolos. They are a fascinating piece of ancient artillery, and modern experimental archeology as proven that they are...

Quick question. How is the VP doing under a man who is openly pro-gay rights when he is violently against homosexuality?