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  1. Guns the great equalizer of Combat, and the destroyers of Honor ?

    I am literally stunned at this characterization. Combat has ALWAYS been ghastly. Prior to the Gunpowder revolution there were few massive (in numbers) battles in the West, somehow this has led to a remarkably odd idea that it was all somehow gentlemanly on the battlefield. This is a crock...
  2. Did the United States Hide a Battleship in 1942?

    Time to put the cards on the table. You may be trolling here, which I find to be a real possibility, disconnected from OTL in a literal sense, or you can lay out your facts. There is one other possibility, that you are Role Playing. If so, you need to make that clear, now. CalBear in Mod Mode.
  3. POD: Furry gangs/The Warriors type US society.

    I have news for you. Street gangs are surprisingly well organized. There are reasons that you could (and still can) get killed in many U.S. cities for wearing the "wrong" color shirt or jacket. MI 13, the Crips, Bloods, even the Mongols and HA, would quite literally kill some bunch of clowns...
  4. Did the United States Hide a Battleship in 1942?

    Well, this is... unusual. Pray tell, where, exactly, did the USN and IJN engage in surface combat involving capital ships before the well known encounter Off Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942? I would be fascinated to learn where the took place since NO OTHER[/FONT][/SIZE] record of these...
  5. Japanese naval decisions in the 1930's

    Three things? 1. Do not design/build the Yamato class ships (Your Johnsons are not THAT small). The saving are huge, not in the least because you will not need to build an entirely new set of slipways and drydocks (actually two)to accommodate the behemoths. Instead go with an upsized Mogami...
  6. Priority for the Graf Zeppelins

    I have PM'd you a reply on this.
  7. United States of the Americas and Oceania Version 2.0

    So not going to happen. Banned means BANNED. Just to put an end to the chance, this is now locked.
  8. Priority for the Graf Zeppelins

    Quote? There is the quote. If it was made to another member and reported I would, at the least give you a formal warning for that little jewel. You do not denigrate others in this manner. Fortunately, I do not take actions in threads where I am a direct participant if I can avoid it.
  9. Priority for the Graf Zeppelins

    The FACTS are that TEN carrier capable prototypes were completed. Additional aircraft, WITHOUT the required landing equipment were built as the "t2" these were NOT carrier capable and were sent to Norway where their somewhat superior short take off capacity was of use. The removal of the...
  10. Priority for the Graf Zeppelins

    When you are flying something 50 miles an hour faster than your opponent you can LITERALLY fly circles around your opponent (Fi-167 MAX speed 202 mph, SBD 255 MPH) especially when your aircraft has 1/3 greater range. BTW, the Dauntless also carried 2 cowl mounted .50 cal and 2 .30 cal. compared...
  11. Had Mexico Joined the Axis

    Don't be a twit.
  12. Priority for the Graf Zeppelins

    Exactly how experienced do you thing a KM pilot would be? The average FAA pilot would have HUNDREDS of more hours, both in type and in carrier operations, than any possible KM pilot would possess. The bF-109 was a pitiful design to use as a carrier fighter. Horrible range (even before adding the...
  13. Priority for the Graf Zeppelins

    Sunk in remarkably short order and with considerable loss of life. The Reich had ZERO experience in operating carriers, would have been trying to learn in what is possibly the worst place on Earth to conduct carrier operation, the upper reaches of the North Atlantic; and would be doing it...
  14. Imperial Germany invades the U.S.

    Make that the utterly insane Uncle who no one in the family mentions since he went "away for a rest" and you are on the button.
  15. Map Thread X

    19 is too young to die. It isn't, however, too young to get kicked if you keep insulting people who are trying to learn. Keep it in mind.
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