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  1. Best weapon, in its class, in WW2

    Ma Deuce and the MG 42 (under different designation) are still in heavy use by front line forces across NATO and beyond. M1911 probably should be (if your pistol carries 16 rounds (15+1) but you have to shoot the bad guy four times before he falls down, is it better than a pistol that...
  2. Hitler treated conquered russians,etc... benevolently.

    The Nazis didn't see any difference between them. Simply didn't matter. Might as well ask them which dogs they wanted to favor over others, except Hitler actually sort of liked dogs. They intended to KILL 85% of the Poles and of the Lithuanians, no difference at all. Half of the Estonians...
  3. WI: US Uses Nuclear Weapons in Afghanistan After 9/11

    Unless it is during an actual attack I believe that it is a two-man system. Once the President gives the order it has to be verified by a second person. I can not be 100% certain, because the nuclear protocols are VERY closely held, but it would match everything else the U.S. is known to do with...
  4. Hitler treated conquered russians,etc... benevolently.

    This is a really common theme. Find a way for the Reich to bottle up all the crazy until they win. The overarching problem is that the Reich didn't think they were crazy. They didn't want to wait. They were waging a war of extermination. That wasn't a by-product, it was the POINT. Kill 85% of...
  5. Best weapon, in its class, in WW2

    Well... Fools rush in... The difficulty in this debate is that the for most of the war the RN carriers suffered from decidedly inferior aircraft. The Swordfish, while it performed well in limited circumstances, was decidedly inferior to the USN TBD Devastator, a type that was...
  6. Best weapon, in its class, in WW2

    The SBD was probably the best dive bomber of the war. Not best carrier. The Best. The SB2C was... challenged. Great on paper. Sadly the paper wasn't making the attacks. By the time they had gotten it mainly debugged the era of the multi-place dive bomber was more or less over.
  7. Best weapon, in its class, in WW2

    Hell, 15:1 odds? They should have gone back and gotten a boatload more guys. http://www.artofmanliness.com/trunk/687/gorkha-soldier-saves-girl-from-rape-and-takes-on-40-train-robbers-with-only-a-khukuri/ Make that two boatloads. :D
  8. Best weapon, in its class, in WW2

    Help youself.
  9. Best weapon, in its class, in WW2

    ANYTHING with a Gurkha holding it is a formidable weapon. Don't care if its a soup spoon.
  10. The Flying Deck Cruiser

    The Royal Navy had, by far, the most reason to keep the Treaty limitations in place. Among the three main players they had the shortest economic leash and thus the most to lose in case of an all out arms race. They were also the country that had see most clearly what a naval arms race could...
  11. The Flying Deck Cruiser

    If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'. :D
  12. Best weapon, in its class, in WW2

    Best fleet auxiliary vessel: HMS Menestheus Brewery ship assigned to RN Pacific fleet in 1945. Classic example of why there will always be an England!:p
  13. The Flying Deck Cruiser

    Here is the other reason this ship might have been constructed London Naval Treaty Article 4... Not a carrier at all, light cruiser with flying off or landing deck. Nothing to see here, just your basic cruiser.
  14. Best weapon, in its class, in WW2

    Wrong category. Right category: Best proof that friggin' idiots roamed the halls of the Department of the Navy.
  15. The Flying Deck Cruiser

    The roles of the two ships was different by the time the the war startd. In 1931 they were very much the same. Carriers were, at the time, part of the scouting force. Their utility as the primary arm of the fleet was far from certain at the time and they were meant to be part of the advanced...
  16. The MAIN STREAM ANCIENT HISTORY COVERS POST ICE AGE ONLY

    Well, thanks for stopping by. Unfortunately we are full up on crazy at this point.
  17. WI: No Concussions?

    CTE didn't exist before the 2000s as a diagnosis. The term until then was "punch drunk" or some other acknowledgement that one had bobbed when the correct action would have been to weave. Where do you think the stereotype of the "dumb jock" came from? No one cared. Hell, most players, from...
  18. Best weapon, in its class, in WW2

    Infantry rifle: M-1 Garand Pistol: Who cares Submachine gun: Sten Mark III Medium MG: MG-42 Heavy MG: M-2 Browning Naval DP Gun: USN 5"/38 *This might be the best medium caliber naval weapon ever constructed Medium land based Artillery: 8.8CM FLAK 37/41 Terrific DP gun...
  19. WI: No Concussions?

    Uh... This IS what the case was IOTL. Until very recently a concussion was simply "getting your bell rung", at every level, not just the pros. You would go off the field, the trainer would check to see if you were bleeding from the ears or of you had a "blown" pupil, maybe a bit of smelling...
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