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  1. Chamberlain stays out

    Are you seriously saying that there would be no difference between OTL and a Nazi dominated Eastern Europe?
  2. Australia buying Tomcats instead of Hornets

    Probably. Although a light squadron of Su-30s, along with 5 Su-27s, is nothing to sneeze at. In the end it comes down to pilot training. If the Indonesians are putting in the effort to train up their operators they have a nice little force with five top end 4th Generation pure air...
  3. Ideal 600t WNT warship?

    The real question is who the user would be. Different countries have different needs. The U.S. could come up with some sort of littoral ship designed specifically for the Philippines, although a smaller MBT design would be both cheaper and more effective, not to mention more versatile. The...
  4. Australia buying Tomcats instead of Hornets

    The Tomcat was a pure interceptor, a bomber killer if you will, especially with original T30 engines, fast as a thief but it took a bit of time to get there, and not the most responsive aircraft that ever flew. This was largely overcome by the F110 engines, and by the time the "D" model of the...
  5. Two naval aviation technical questions

    As is usually the case, the answer is "it depends". Some AAA was located far enough from the main batteries that it was possible to use them while the main battery was in use. As an example the Nelson class had all of its secondary armament located amidships and aft the main battery will...
  6. HSF cruisers and battle cruisers attack commerce

    It's even worse than being interned. Once they put into port they're dead. The British had a huge merchant fleet All they would have to do it pin down a raider until the RN can get a vastly superior force positioned to destroy it is have a British/Canadian/French/Japanese (and later Italian)...
  7. Two naval aviation technical questions

    ...and you have now found the other big issue with resources, welcome to the club. :) Some source give combat radius (single aircraft) as range. Usually these also give ferry range so you can see the difference. The best suggestion is that you look at multiple resource as much as possible.
  8. HSF cruisers and battle cruisers attack commerce

    The HSF (actually, all fleets in 1914) was coal fired, although the Defflinger class did have the capacity to use a diesel engine to drive one screw at speeds up to 14 knots. Coal was vastly less efficient than oil as a power source (both in range and in resupply time) and the Germans lacked the...
  9. Japanese Success At Pearl Harbor - Japan Still Doomed?

    With iron, blood, and salt I command thee to return to the grave and rise no more!
  10. Cruisers without the WNT

    There really isn't a single answer to this. It all depends on target. As an example you can fire 6" shells from a CL all day long and not equal three 9 gun broadsides from a 16" BB if you are firing at a very heavy bunker or a capital ship. The cruiser can, however, also do huge damage to...
  11. Operation Overlord fails

    The problem with this statement is, well, they weren't on deck. This is one of the pervading myths of the battle, one that simply isn't true. If you look at the gun camera images from the dive bombers you will see that there simply weren't any masses of aircraft on the deck. You will also...
  12. Operation Overlord fails

    Not the ways things would have worked. The Allies had massive recon over the landing area, both via aerial photography and by HUMIT, both from Resistance cells as well as SOE teams inserted into the area. They also had Enigma. Beyond that the WAllies had absolutely overwhelming force at every...
  13. WI the Panzer VIII Maus saw Combat

    Yes they did. Couldn't resist (I'm so ashamed:p).
  14. Alternative MTB designs

    Outside of some sort of littoral defense vessels the design simply doesn't work, not in any reasonable combat environment. They were based off of the Italian Spica class, itself a design meant to take advantage of a "flaw" in the WNT that allowed unlimited number of warships under 600 tons. I...
  15. Two naval aviation technical questions

    30-40% of ferry range is a reasonable figure, especially for inter-war designs. The use of drop tanks was pretty much in its infancy and the engines of the era weren't powerful enough to allow for the addition of both significant additional fuel and a useful war load. Land based aircraft can be...
  16. AHC. A 3 way WWII.

    This sort of question comes up a lot. I can't come up with a true 3 way war in at least the last couple centuries that isn't a civil war or civil war/foreign invader (the best example of this being the Nationalist Chinese/Maoist/Japanese). Anyone know of a non civil war example?
  17. WI the Panzer VIII Maus saw Combat

    The magic juice that is napalm would be liberally applied. Bring the marshmallows.
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    They were a fun group.
  19. AHC: Super Populate Alaska

    These cities are all located somewhere that matters in an economic sense and are more or less modern constructs of rigidly controlled, planned economies. Harbin is a major agriculture region, as well as a major university/industrial center, Novosibirsk didn't exist in any significant sense unto...
  20. AHC: Nazi America

    Uh... We?:confused: Hitler wanted no part of the U.S., except to destroy it as an influence on the world in the long run.
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