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  1. Operation Ten-Go WI: The Battleships Go In First

    Taranto and Pearl Harbor could both be justified as being done while at anchor and not at sea in ready condition (in fact post Taranto that exact argument was used by the Gun Club). The loss of Repulse and PoW eliminated that last gasp
  2. Most effective WW2 weapons against smaller warships

    Problem with air launch torpedoes against small targets, especially relatively fast ones, is that they can evade the weapon. You can prevent this by making multiple drops from different axis of attack, but that is a lot of effort for a 700 ton corvette.
  3. Operation Ten-Go WI: The Battleships Go In First

    Second question 1st... The Age of the Battleship ended on December 10, 1941. Reminders were sent on November 13, 1942, September 9, 1943, and October 24, 1944. As to the damage possible... Yamato was fully capable of inflicting heavy damage on any ship afloat. Even a single hit would...
  4. Most effective WW2 weapons against smaller warships

    Except for the fact that it was meat on the table for anyone in a fighter and flew in circles at a speed perfect for target practice. Great weapon if the other side is, oh.. maybe a bunch of irregulars with nothing bigger than a rifle and training that consists of "here is the safety, here is...
  5. Windsor changes to Mountbatten-Windsor

    Interesting? He sounds like a cross between the sort of guy who files lawsuits on everything he can find and a before his time Internet Troll. Sort of guy who gets his lights punched out every weekend in college.
  6. Most effective WW2 weapons against smaller warships

    There are 75mm and then there are 75MM. The guns used in aircraft tended to be the lower velocity and somewhat lower recoil versions with reasonably complicated mounts. The heavy guns were usually found to be ineffective due to rate of fire and recoil (the crews of the B-25 gunships used to say...
  7. Most effective WW2 weapons against smaller warships

    You mean professionals? They would likely overestimate the effectiveness of aircraft against smaller ships to a small degree. 20mm cannon were fairly uncommon, at least with useful quantities of ammunition (the MG FF 20mm in the 1940 Luftwaffe fighters was a low velocity version and had a 60...
  8. Most effective WW2 weapons against smaller warships

    Depends very much on size and the desired goal A WW II Destroyer is still a fairly substantive warship at 1,700-2,300 tons with reasonable compartmentalization. It requires considerable killing without a "Golden BB" style hit (as was achieved by a Wildcat at Wake Island, with a 100lb bomb...
  9. AHC: Make the Men's Rights Movement more successful/popular

    In that case you would have been well advised to simply refrain from posting at all instead of drive-by trolling
  10. AHC: Reverse the Roles of Christainity and Islam

    Move to Tehran or Baghdad. Done.
  11. BURNISHED ROWS OF STEEL: A History of the Great War (Foreward)

    Gotta give you credit. Plagiarism, AND you put a copywrite in your name on it? The only reason this isn't a kick/ban is that you eventually put a note that you are excerpting from sources. Unfortunately you aren't being very clear about it. Either make what work you have copied clear or...
  12. Modern Military vs WWII military

    To a degree. I personally love the damned thing, but realistically it has been superseded by higher capability handguns (even in .45), and increasingly the M4 (IIRC the USMC doesn't even issue pistols to anyone below the rank of Lt. Colonel), with PDW like the H&K MP7 being a probably long...
  13. Modern Military vs WWII military

    The M998 HMMWV is designed for a specific combat role, one that it performs quite well. It may not be the best 4WD passenger vehicle built, but it will do quite nicely anywhere it would be utilized. There are specialist roles that other vehicles can perform better, be it the "Desert Patrol...
  14. Modern Military vs WWII military

    Bollocks. Current U.S. volunteers put their WW II "Greatest Generation" (a term that I entirely agree with BTW) counterparts to shame physically. The "Average" G.I. was 5" 8" weighted 144 pounds and had a 33.5" chest. The average weight was only 19 pounds over today's MINIMUM weight. The...
  15. Modern Military vs WWII military

    Just the 57 Leo 2 will be he end of the trail. Danes also operate a total of 47 F-16 (36 "A" models and 11 "B" two seater trainers, 30 are in their fighter wing, all have been upgraded to "Block 15" MLU which provides enhanced ground attack capabilities). The Wehrmacht better pack a lunch...
  16. Modern Military vs WWII military

    The last 14 pages of the thread has been beating a dead horse. :p
  17. Modern Military vs WWII military

    There is also the fact that the modern system with guns is frighteningly accurate. You put the pip on the target and if the computer indicates you are on target you WILL hit the other guy. You can also set the Gatling guns on modern aircraft to fire specific number of rounds. So you go out and...
  18. Modern Military vs WWII military

    It depends on the weapon system. There are a limited, although large, number of Tomahawks (at a couple million a pop, they are a serious investment). The number of JDAM is also somewhat limited, although in reasonable supply, but there are also huge quantities of Paveway guidance packages for...
  19. Polish Eagle Over Moscow: Poland Joins Operation Barbarossa ATL

    Okay, time for a gentle nudge. This T/L is NOT ASB. It is low probability, maybe even very low probability, but it is NOT something that requires divine intervention. If you have made comments and those comments have been acknowledged, but the author chooses to continue his vision of the...
  20. Modern Military vs WWII military

    Heer would cease to exist as fighting force in a day, maybe less. Modern air power is lethal beyond easy description. Four Fighter bombers could kill a division of tanks every sortie. 100 French tanks would overmatch every Panzer in the 1940 Heer inventory. Not even a question.
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