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  1. If the Falklands Islands had been heavily defended?.

    The Junta was looking for a cheap, quick win. THis would be a bloodbath that would, even if successful, enrage a NUCLEAR POWER and the United States' closest ally. The U.S. wouldn't have sat on the sideline if the Junta somehow managed to kill/capture 1,000 British troops. The Junta figured the...
  2. VK 4501 P instead of Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger Ausf. H1

    The weight difference is insignificant (0.56%). The two vehicles are both overweight for the available roads. The Tiger itself was prone to breakdown, but the 4501 P was a nightmare, as was demonstrated by the 500km life span of the Ferdinand's drive sprockets.
  3. Srebrenica airlift?

    Thread locked.
  4. Srebrenica airlift?

    BS. You picked a fight and now you are upset that you are losing it. Don't flamebait.
  5. AHC: Eddie Van Halen does vascular surgery before music; different Flexner Report in 1910.

    Is there any actual point to this thread or are you just throwing crap at the wall and hoping something will stick? Right now this whole thread looks like one long troll post.
  6. WI: the USN adopts the 'hooked' P-36 instead of Brewster F2A

    The XP-36F was also a later production model of the P-36A. The early production P-36A had structural weakness issues, especially on the wings near the landing gear, but also on the fuselage. The company had to rework the internal bracing on the wings and parts of the forward part of the main...
  7. WI: the USN adopts the 'hooked' P-36 instead of Brewster F2A

    It was part of the "bomber killer" mindset that was very popular in the mid 1930s. Compared to the .30, which was increasingly under powered against modern designs, a 23mm cannon was like Zeus' thunderbolt. The .50 cal came back into popularity when the AAF decided that fighters were mainly...
  8. WI: the USN adopts the 'hooked' P-36 instead of Brewster F2A

    Navy wasn't exactly in love with tricycle landing gear. First nose-wheel aircraft to deck qualify was the FR-1 in January of 1945 (and that was probably a mistake, the aircraft demonstrated a regrettable habit of trying to break in half on landing).
  9. Impact of Breckinridge Long not being able to block Jewish Refugees

    None of the American Bund members were ever convicted of treason eithet
  10. WI: the USN adopts the 'hooked' P-36 instead of Brewster F2A

    The XP-36F was created by taking P-36A Ser No 38-172 and fitting it with two 23-mm Danish-built Madsen cannon in underwing fairings. The standard P-36A fuselage armament was retained. Unfortunately, this additional armament caused the maximum weight to rise to 6850 pounds and the maximum speed...
  11. WI: the USN adopts the 'hooked' P-36 instead of Brewster F2A

    Be close to, if not a total, disaster. You can not "mildly" navalize a carrier capable aircraft. Even without a folding wing, which the Navy was VERY fond of, the SBD being a notable exception, the strengthening of the airframe, landing gear, and swapping out of parts to versions designed to...
  12. What if the USSR had attacked Germany first?

    When does it happen? If it is after September 3, 1939 then the British and French express joy, at least short term. The Red Army was weak in the fall of 1939, but the Wehrmacht was pretty much a paper tiger as well. No way it can handle the Red Army, even a weak version, the British and the...
  13. Cesare Borgia: A Restored Rome Timeline

    Your sole reason for being here seems to be to harass another member. Wrong. Banned for trolling straight out of the gate. We divorce you To Coventry with you.
  14. Did Britain or the CW use the US 37mm M3 gun?

    Or killer bees carrying piranhas armed with flame throwers.
  15. Did Britain or the CW use the US 37mm M3 gun?

    I stumbled over this page: https://www.revolvy.com/topic/37mm%20Gun%20M3&item_type=topic Accorded to it the British only received 78 M3 37mm guns with Canada getting four guns.
  16. Did Britain or the CW use the US 37mm M3 gun?

    It also had a canister shell that made it a 1.5 gauge shotgun.
  17. If Israel Captures Both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1949, Do Most of the Arabs There Flee?

    As in not ever. We don't watch every thread. If they are reported we react.
  18. What if albanians in Greece convert in judaism what the history then!!!!

    Is there a reason you went out of your way to mock this?
  19. Pick your "Unsung Zero's" weapons.

    You mean this: Unfortunately I can't use the Alaska class as an example because they never cost the U.S. a battle, much less a war, which is the OP's requirement. While that may have been the designers plan, the rest of the USN foiled them.
  20. Kriegsmarine sorties in force to the Med prior to WW2 outbreak

    The Royal Navy sends Christmas Cards to Berlin for the rest of the war. So much easier to shoot fish in a barrel than chased the GD things all over the Atlantic and IO. The King of Norway sends a fruit basket every major holiday directly to Raeder since without an surviving surface assets...
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