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  1. With a British Victory in the War of 1812, how would the butterflies affect Europe?

    You really, really need to stop this sort of activity, not just in this thread but across the Board. This snippy, passive/aggressive, sense of superiority, chopping at anyone who disagrees with you or attacks a scared cow in your herd of them, stops now. If you can not be consistently civil...
  2. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Japan was never invaded. It was left to wither. Close to 10% of the civilian population died of starvation. Many of the early arrival A4 troops who entered the country post surrender have PSTD from the experience.
  3. AHC/WI: More Atlanta/Juneau Class Ships

    Actually the very worst thing that could have been there would have been the CB. Unlike the rest of Taffy III, Alaska class ships had enough armor to enable the Japanese AP shells to detonate (there is considerable evidence that several 18.1" rounds simply freight-trained right through the hulls...
  4. AHC/WI: More Atlanta/Juneau Class Ships

    The 3"/50 would have been a massive upgrade. the 40mm was a good weapon against conventional air attackers, lots of flak, lots of fragments that an attacker more or less had to fly through, all of them capable of either driving off an attack, reducing the accuracy of the weapon drop, or causing...
  5. AHC/WI: More Atlanta/Juneau Class Ships

    The second pair of ships were delayed by the diversion of resource to construct other vessels, largely 'phibs. The real issue is that you don't NEED a 1,000 foot slipway you need to want to build them. The CLAA could readily have been built on the West Coast, both Mare Island and Hunter's...
  6. Longest service life possible for Iowa Class (barrel life related)

    As said, all it takes is money. Barrel liners, armor, all of it can be done. All it takes is someone (well a big pile of someones) to decide that the Return on Investment is there. There, of course, is the problem. Short of a Posleen invasion, not sure that the sort of money needed to...
  7. AHC/WI: More Atlanta/Juneau Class Ships

    The CLAA were one of the great lost opportunities for the USN. While the Iowa class were exceptional ships, they were expensive and required huge crews. Considering the primary task they fulfilled, as much as it pains me two say it, the class should have ended with the New Jersey. The remaining...
  8. WI: James Earl Ray stands trial

    A good attorney would have. The fact however, is that a soft tip round from a hunting rifle tends to be extremely difficult to match after it has passed into a human being. Even rifle caliber FMJ tend to get badly damaged, especially at relatively low range (207 feet/63 meters), when the...
  9. WI: James Earl Ray stands trial

    Well, let's take a look at that, shall we? The SAME attorney who represented Ray represented the King family members who filed the suit. The Government did not even present witnesses or mount a defense. ONE individual, Loyd Jowers, testified that he was part of the conspiracy. He was later...
  10. WI: James Earl Ray stands trial

    Wow. This is one of the less well thought out conspiracy theories I've seen here. Learn some facts. As a pump primer, Ray had TWO Armed Robbery Convictions and bought the weapon (a deer rifle) in Alabama. You'll have the time since you are kicked for a week.
  11. A/A-N WI: No St. Patrick's Day Raids?

    There is little chance that the WAllies would invade with a large force. The only way you get a strong reaction is if somebody is stupid enough to attack either the UK or U.S. otherwise the strongest reaction would be limited to material support and maybe a few SOE/OSS assassinations. The...
  12. WI: Hitler becomes General and/or Major War Hero

    Nitwit? Your entire tone here is far too insulting for far too little reason. Make your point without insulting others (which in this case would be very easy). If you can't, then maybe your point isn't that valid.
  13. WI: Holocaust never happens, and nazis not anti-semetic

    The easiest way to explain the weakness of the Madagascar Plan is to simply note that, as a first step, it required a successful Operation SeeLowe. The plan was dependent on full access to the British merchant fleet, as well as those of the other occupied countries (aka: the same ships that were...
  14. Nazism and Modern Genetics

    While putting their fingers in the ears and yelling LALALALALALALA. The Party was never much for science. Pseudo-science yes, actual verifiable experimentation relying on truth and not ideology, not so much.
  15. WI: Holocaust never happens, and nazis not anti-semetic

    To be fair, they weren't really voted into power. Hindenberg appointed Hitler as Chancellor, after trying twice to find someone else who could assemble a majority in the Reichstag and failing. They never carried a majority in any election on the National level, their best showing being an...
  16. A/A-N WI: No St. Patrick's Day Raids?

    End result would have been the eventual failure of the Reich, similar to the failure of the USSR, except much less well organized, somewhere in the early 60s. Without Hitler as at least a figurehead its hard to see them lasting a decade, too much infighting and competing fiefdoms. The...
  17. If Austria lost Hungary, would it have been balkanized?

    Zombie captured. Sent on 17:37 train to Coventry since 3/4 of the posters here are Banned.
  18. AHC: Heavy Guns Retained on Post-World War II Warships

    One additional difficulty is that a larger gun, while it has the obvious advantages against a larger target or in a shore bombardment, is also close to impossible to use as a dual purpose weapon, which is the role that all weapons 57mm or larger need to fill. The U.S. tried it with the Worcester...
  19. AHC: Heavy Guns Retained on Post-World War II Warships

    Metalstorm is seriously self limiting simply due to the way it works. You reach the point where you simply can't supply enough ammunition, even with a hull the size of a ULCC fairly quickly. You start pumping out 3-400,000 rounds a second and you will use up the annual production capacity of the...
  20. Effects of a American victory in the war of 1812?

    Wait... I thought we did win.:confused::confused::confused::confused: Learned that in 5th grade. Are you saying that Sister Agnes LIED?:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
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