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  1. DBWI: Pope John Paul II, not kill in 1981

    No rules against this sort of DBWI.
  2. WI: Fascist Italy attacks America sometime in 1942

    More like the Mob, in the person of Lucky Luciano, tells the U.S. when the attack is coming. There was a surprising degree of cooperation with organized crime in the war effort.
  3. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    Oh, I have no intention of locking the thread.
  4. What if Tirpitz Plan goes into long-range submarines?

    Actually it requires a good deal more than that. Most importantly it requires that
  5. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    I will try this ONE LAST TIME. DO NOT turn this into a game thread. This includes ANY discussions about game turns victory points or thanything that is not directly, and I mean blood tied, with links to any quotes or data, to the 1974 Sandhurst game (i.e. the one done by actual professionals...
  6. OTL Map Thread Mk IV., 2014-

    I am getting the impression that the best thing to do here is unstick everything.
  7. OTL Map Thread Mk IV., 2014-

    Actually since there has been a report there is now. I agree that there are way too many threads stickied. Problem is that all seem to have purpose. Be glad to unstick all of them if they are causing discord. Life's too short & all that.
  8. "The Battle of Dorking"

    rimshot Stop that!
  9. The US develops atomic weaponry in 1943.

    Not really. The Lancaster also lacks the Ceiling to work with. Bomb reaches detonation point 1/3 faster. JATO also only gets you 5-10 seconds of speed, after that its back to the aircraft's engine power. JATO might add 1,200 feet to the distance from the target, assuming it gives a 120MPH...
  10. WI Seth MacFarlane dies on 9/11?

    A massive tragedy for those who know him, just like for the other 3,000+ victims of 9/11. In the larger sense? Not Much.
  11. What if Tirpitz Plan goes into long-range submarines?

    Oh. In that case... Ocean going electric subs would be flat out impossible. Still ARE impossible, unless you choose to consider a nuclear reactor electrical. No known technology exists that would allow for the sort of battery storage necessary. Photovoltaic technology, even today is...
  12. What if Tirpitz Plan goes into long-range submarines?

    The reality is that without the big shiny battleships that made the Kaiser feel like he was the equal of his British cousins, the money would never have been spent at all. If anything the Reichstag would have put more funds into the Heer. The Kaiser was initially a big fan of cruisers, but...
  13. The US develops atomic weaponry in 1943.

    Two reasons, one that is less obvious than the other: 1. You dive to trade height for speed. 2. A bomb doesn't fall straight down. It retains some of the forward velocity of the dropping aircraft. In essence the bomb would be chasing the bomber, by breaking away you gain around 6-7 miles...
  14. central asia colour scheme wanted

    Closed at OP request.
  15. The US develops atomic weaponry in 1943.

    Probably not. As it was the early models had all sorts of issues with the engines. The R-3350 had a lot of teething issues, especially in regards to cooling. The rear bank cylinders tended to overheat, this in turn would sometimes set the magnesium alloy engine block on fire. That fire would...
  16. The US develops atomic weaponry in 1943.

    Not a full set. What I was able to find the last time this sort of discussion came up indicated an extra 10MPH at 25K and around an extra 1,000 feet of max ceiling. Most of the weight savings only allowed for the safe take-off with the bomb on board. The breakaway turn at 150-160 degrees was...
  17. The US develops atomic weaponry in 1943.

    Only 1 way. The Lancaster lacked the performance envelope to drop the weapon and survive (both altitude and speed are too low). The B-29 was almost 80MPH faster (especially at altitude) and could loft the bomb up to 30,000 feet compared to the Lancaster's 21K max. The B-29 had to perform a...
  18. A Grumman F-14 Tomcat Question.

    The demonstration rules were that the aircraft would not perform aerobatics beyond routine maneuvering. The Eagle went first and the McDonnell-Douglas team followed the rules within normal parameters. The Grumman team... well the Grumman effort was quite a bit more memorable. Depending on whose...
  19. WI The Roman Empire adopted Zoroastrianism instead of Christianity?

    Its your thread. As the OP you can reopen it whenever you want.
  20. Why Ottoman Emp. didn't try to make colonies in new world?

    Wait... You Necro'd a FOUR YEAR DEAD thread to talk about Civ 5? You SO don't want to do this every again.
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