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  1. Two common but inconsistent views about interwar Europe - Poll

    Agreed. Call it an "A with an asterisk". Versailles was so screwed up that some sort of war was just about inevitable. The scope of the war, however, that was not determined until it actually began.
  2. Can the Caliphate establish a lasting presence in Gaul?

    ...and you get away with a warning simply because you don't have a previous kick in the last three weeks.
  3. Can the Caliphate establish a lasting presence in Gaul?

    It may not be the "N" word, but it is the same sort of crap. You would think that someone who has expressed such concern over "native" languages would have a clue. Guess not. See you in a week
  4. AHQ: How prepared was the US for the fall of South Korea?

    A mass evac like that was/is impossible. Wouldn't be possible with years of planning. No doubt there would have been some civilians taken off, as was the case at Hungnam where around 30% of the port's residents were evacuated. I can see maybe 2-300,000 being pulled out (one ship at Hungnam...
  5. Alternative early Hurricane/Spitfire armament?

    And not uncommon. The need for really robust firepower didn't become evident until the war actually began and the impact of self sealing fuel tanks and improved armor came into the light of day. One possibility might be the rifle caliber wing guns and a cannon in the nose as was seen in the...
  6. WI: Flight 93 Reclaimed from the Hijackers

    Level flight maybe. Landing? Whole different deal. All you have to consider is that even highly qualified pilots can have lethal issues. The classic example of this is Asiana 214 which crashed during its landing attempt last July. It had FOUR qualified pilots on board, including an instructor...
  7. WI: Flight 93 Reclaimed from the Hijackers

    Uh... That's a pretty big handwave. Flying the plane in a straight line might be possible, assuming someone can figure out how to engage the autopilot. Landing it? Not so much. Based on everything we know the pilots were at the least incapacitated if not dead.
  8. 5.56mm rounds in WW2?

    Interesting information. Look forward to plowing through it. Thanks.
  9. AHC: The Allies Lose the Battle of the Atlantic

    Short answer is that the Allies lose the war if the Reich can actually close the Atlantic and keep it closed. No U.S. troops, no massive Lend Lease to either the UK or the USSR (a closed Atlantic would have serious implications for not just the Northern Route through Murmansk but also to Persia...
  10. WI: Heavy Pistol Rounds in World War II

    How heavy? It is worth considering that they issued the M-1 carbine at least partly in response to complaints about the M1911 .45. Thompson SMG in .45 were also not renowned for single shot accuracy, despite being exceptionally well designed and very expensive to produce weapons. Hand guns...
  11. 5.56mm rounds in WW2?

    Actually I asked if you were saying that the use of a box magazine would have raised the cost of procurement/usage of the Garand five fold, which was what you indicated in response to a statement I made that military procurement tends to be penny-wise and pound foolish. As to the rest, you...
  12. 5.56mm rounds in WW2?

    Like I said, it was an FYI. Ignore it if you like. Snarky really doesn't play well here.
  13. 5.56mm rounds in WW2?

    Oh you are going to be a joy to have around here. As an FYI: If you had pulled this on anyone but a Mod (since we are loathe to act on anything directly involving us), you'd be, at the least. kicked right now. We don't play this sort of game here. You want to make a point it is up to you...
  14. 5.56mm rounds in WW2?

    As mentioned they were considered to be too expensive. The classic penny-wise, pound foolish mindset that is common in military procurement everywhere. Vastly improves the weapon, allows single round to easily be added to a partially spent magazine, but it cost much more than an enbloc clip like...
  15. 5.56mm rounds in WW2?

    Actually it wouldn't. The hands down best proof of this is the experience of the 2001 Afghanistan & 2003 Iraq. The 5.56 has been demonstrated as inadequate for the sort of combat found in both theaters, combat that is far more similar to WW II than that of Vietnam. American SPECOPS troops were...
  16. What would be the world reaction to a Soviet nuclear strike on Iran, 1985?

    Take it to the bank. 1985 was just about the peak time of for U.S./UK sensor performance advantage over the USSR. American and British subs used to routinely get close enough to take "hull shots" (photos of Soviet subs while both boats were submerged) without the Soviet boat even knowing it was...
  17. 5.56mm rounds in WW2?

    You need to utterly change both the tactical training and the supply chain to make the 5.56 even marginally useful. As has already been mentioned all the major combatants entered the war with vast amounts of surplus from WW I (not just ammo, but weapons as well) and the various cartridges...
  18. AHC: Seawolf-class submarines not cancelled

    I loved the SS-21s. That being said, they were for a different world. They were designed to go after Soviet fleets and gut them while having the ability to also go under the ice cap and find Soviet boomers. The USSR collapsed and gutted their fleet without any help. The Russians also followed...
  19. early 20th century naval sizes

    Best bet is Janes. They have a coffee table book that you can usually find in the "bargain/remainder" section of most bookstores. The library is also your friend for this, they may have really old copies of Janes in the back reference stacks (oldest one I've seen was a 1912, up until WW II the...
  20. Axis technologies the Allies didn't have

    If you are going to lift two walls of text give proper credit. Better yet, don't lift them at all
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