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  1. Questions about B29 vs B17 Bombers

    None of the fighters were terrific performers at 30K or higher. That being said, they could operate up there and be effective. They were not going to be dogfighting, they were doing straight passes at a bomber formation. The Fw-190-A10 was actually built with longer wings to improve performance...
  2. Questions about B29 vs B17 Bombers

    It might be. Lord knows I'm not clever enough to come up with on my own.
  3. Questions about B29 vs B17 Bombers

    Much like the Blackburn Buccaneer, the B-17 wasn't assembled from pieces of aluminum , instead it was carved out of the solid. :D
  4. Questions about B29 vs B17 Bombers

    Actually it wasn't invulnerable, far from it. The Japanese had fighters that could reach it, and the Luftwaffe would have if the B-29 had appeared over Europe. If you read some of the crew reports, or some of the books written that focused on the missions, you will find more than a couple...
  5. Questions Regardin the Sea Mammal That Shall Not Be Named

    Enough of this crap. Cease and desist.
  6. Was France punished too harshly after Napoleon?

    Okay, enough. You have been condescending, insulting, and generally a twit throughout this thread (about four previous posts would have bought a warning individually). Now you have moved into war crime apologist territory. That is a justification too far. Why don't you take some time, a...
  7. Lines in the Sand: A History of the Gulf War

    Rather over the line don't you think? Yellow Card.
  8. WI: IJA-IJN Joint operations?

    With a few notable exceptions the Allies (primarily Australian & U.S. forces) could, and did, bypass strongly held Japanese positions, even positions that the Japanese had thought to be so strategically placed as to be indispensable as part of their defensive perimeter (the IJA wound up with...
  9. WI: IJA-IJN Joint operations?

    There were some cooperative operations, starting with the Philippines and DEI. The Midway landing force was a combined effort with 1,000 SNLF and 1,500 IJA troops assigned. The real problem, beyond the Elephant in the Room, was that the IJA had a Tiger by the Tail in China and wasn't about to...
  10. Mercury Burning: The Allies win the Battle of Crete

    Almost five years, Big time zombie this time. Too big for the villagers. Calling in Zippo flight. Four F4E with napalm. Zombie toasted.
  11. WI: F-108 Rapier Enters Service

    Almost no real impact. It would be an aircraft without a mission (rather like the MiG 25) except for breaking "official" world records (anyone who believes the actual records for altitude, speed, rate of climb, or the rest of the book for air breathing aircraft hasn't been paying attention since...
  12. WI: Anne Boleyn has a son

    Zombie observed. Villagers with torches notified.
  13. WI HMG intervened to stop the transfer of Czechoslovakian gold in Mar. 1939?

    If anyone would know the origin it should be you. Y'all have been here since they opened the doors.
  14. Limited Nuclear War in 1980s

    That's Fail Safe. Accidental release of a bomber group flying supersonic bombers is sent, despite everyone's best efforts one aircraft makes it to Moscow and destroys it with a thermonuclear weapon. To prevent a war, the POTUS orders a weapon of the same yield to be dropped on Manhattan. Great...
  15. Glossary of Sealion Threads

    NEVER, I repeat, NEVER do this again. You want to put something in you sig, more power to you. This isn't an advertising site.
  16. A Failed Midway

    The advantage would, at best, be three:two IJN: Hiryu, Shokaku & Zuikaku. The Zuiho is still equipped with A5M fighters and its strike wing is half a dozen B5N, she is a less capable version of USS Ranger while the Taiyo class has a top speed of 21 knots with a "cruise" speed of around 10...
  17. A Failed Midway

    Reality is that the U.S. still has a carrier force in the Pacific, even if the Japanese manage a clean sweep, something that is very unlikely when one reviews the Yorktown class ship capacity to absorb damage. Saratoga was already at Pearl, having missed the battle by about two days and Wasp...
  18. Limited Nuclear War in 1980s

    Completely agree. NATO leaders created the concept when the the Alliance had no hope of stopping a Pact invasion except battlefield nuclear weapons. They were smart enough to realize that if SACEUR and the SecDef went in front of Congress and said "if the Commies invade we're in the sea unless...
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