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  1. WI: Make the Sea Vixen relativly common

    In that case a better choice at the time would be the A4. Better range, better armed (Sidewinder capable, which is a better AAM than either the Red Top or Firestreak, and a 9,000 pound bomb load) Even the F3H would be a better choice, BTW: No way you see the USN operating a CVL by the 1960s...
  2. PC/WI. LVT "Amtrac's" us instead of Sherman DD's at Normandy?

    The LVT(A)-4 was in full operational use at Saipan (June 15, 1944, NINE days after Overlord). Even if it had not been ready, the LVT(A)-1, with its M3 Stuart turret, was available from early 1942 onward (not an ideal choice the -1 was much more vulnerable than the -4).
  3. Super heavy tanks--any way to make them viable?

    Throwing? Obviously you would use an adapted 305mm gun as a log thrower. :p
  4. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Gunpowder Weapons

    Since the formula for making gunpowder does not require numerous individuals with post doctorate physics, electrical, chemical, and mechanical engineering skills, a HUGE industrial footprint, and can literally be achieved to materials you can find lying on the ground, I would predict spectacular...
  5. PC/WI. LVT "Amtrac's" us instead of Sherman DD's at Normandy?

    Well, that answers that question better than I did. Available in inventory. Just not used because someone decided they weren't useful. There's some blood for a few hands.
  6. Super heavy tanks--any way to make them viable?

    If the decision is made to go forward, and the vehicle is kept in the realm of sanity (the Maus is right at the edge of this IMO at 33' and a near insane 207 TONS) it can manage to survive as well as any other heavy vehicle (the King Tiger was the same overall length, although more of that was...
  7. Super heavy tanks--any way to make them viable?

    Which is actually what the U.S. T-28 and the British A39 were, very heavily armored assault guns/tank destroyers like the Jadtiger (79 tons, 128mm gun). Ironically the T-28, which was the most heavily armored wasn't envisioned in the AT role, although had it reached production it would certainly...
  8. Pacific Ordeal

    To a degree it is. Stalin is acting out of a sense of vengeance and anger more than anything logical. That, however, is far from unusual for him. He is angered beyond words at the fact that the Allies would accept a surrender without consulting him first and more angered in that he lost a...
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