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  1. Crisis in the Kremlin: An Extended Cold War TL

    Well, I tried. The Japanese were not interested in driving out the West for the greater good. They merely wanted to replace the Western Colonial powers with themselves. Everywhere they managed to push the "Westerners" out, they brought death and brutality that was rarely achieved by Western...
  2. Crisis in the Kremlin: An Extended Cold War TL

    I am going to be open minded here and ask you to expand on this post.
  3. Alternate Democratic Primary 2016?

    Current politics go to Chat.
  4. 1860s Army Comparison

    Well, if you flat can't see the posts then the ignore function is a very solid choice.
  5. 1860s Army Comparison

    Not exactly what was being suggested, nor is it likely to work since even ignored members posts can be seen when quoted by others That you for, once again, choosing to beat your head on the same well blooded brick wall that contributes so strongly to the problem.
  6. 1860s Army Comparison

    Again, I am not trying to defend either side. The mass militia style armies of the ACW were not professional soldiers, it is entirely reasonable to assume that they were less effective man for man. It is, however, impossible, given the data sources that are being used, to indicate that there is...
  7. 1860s Army Comparison

    Okay. He give a figure. Where is the actual documentation. The written records used. Are they original Imperial Russian medical Corps records? To use you example, if the 2nd line was used as suppressive fire, at LEAST half the rounds fired missed (suppressive fire not be meant to hit anything...
  8. Poll

    Why not? If you even have to ask this question you have your answer. Closed as being both current politics AND being a copycat thread.
  9. 1860s Army Comparison

    Okay. Totally missing the point, but okay.
  10. 1860s Army Comparison

    Actually it is extremely ambiguous. Unless one can provide the specifics of rounds expended vs rounds that caused casualties it is all supposition. It may be a reasonable supposition, but it is utterly impossible to bring the figure down to 1:6 or 1:16 or 1:100 or any other number. The factors...
  11. 1860s Army Comparison

    Well, at least y'all are doing this in a separate thread this time like I required. Thank you. If you guys could EVER be civil to each other these discussions would be fascinating. I might even be able to take part in them instead of having to play playground monitor. Alas, I fear that will...
  12. Is Ethnic Homogeneity overrated ?

    Chat subject. Can't move due to poll. Locked.
  13. WI: George W. Bush Flew a Different Fighter

    That is True. I was replying to alsplug, who asked specifically about the Thud.
  14. WI: George W. Bush Flew a Different Fighter

    If he had flown the Thud in 'Nam it might have changed things a LOT. 395 (out of a total of 833 produced) were lost in SEA, 330 in combat. While that was over a long period of time, flying the Thud was not a healthy job. Only aircraft that had more numerical losses (although at a far lower...
  15. WI: Trump doesn't run for President

    Current politics.
  16. Maximum Number of Nuclear Attacks That Leaves Your Way of Life Largely Unchanged?

    Another Chat subject. Can't be moved due to poll. Closed.
  17. AANW WI: No Horten Brothers Flying Wing?

    Uh... Interesting site to use as reference.
  18. AANW WI: No Horten Brothers Flying Wing?

    The feature only works for one of the three axes (specifically yaw), and only until the aircraft enters a spin, especially a flat spin. At that point the aircraft will become unrecoverable. Flat spins are nasty with conventional aircraft. It is always possible to find a paper that supports a...
  19. AANW WI: No Horten Brothers Flying Wing?

    Except the American design was based on an actual vehicle the M-103. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M103_(heavy_tank) It worked IRL. I did touch things up for dramatic purposes. especially the mad dash aspect, but the vehicle itself was quite real, right down to the gun. This was also something...
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