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  1. Another Pearl Harbor thread

    A better hope would be to stumble over the replenishment fleet, unlikely as it is, it was limited to around 10 knots. Still, assuming the ten hour window, which is extremely unlikely as you note, that would put the subs on Nagumo's force when they were recovering the 2nd wave at around 1300...
  2. Another Pearl Harbor thread

    Just to quickly address a couple common misconceptions that have come up here. The U.S. was not under a set of ROE that flatly required that they wait until the enemy fire the first shot. This is best illustrated by the Ward's prosecuting the 03:45 sub sighting to a kill. There were also the...
  3. Another Pearl Harbor thread

    Good news is that most of the fleet can't get underway in three hours. Takes longer than that to get steam up to move the BB. Some of the cruisers might be able to sortie, and the DD would all be able to get out, assuming that their boilers weren't in pieces being repaired. Three hours has...
  4. Tank Design: Why not a modernized Sherman post-war?

    The Sherman was not really a good design to expand into a larger vehicle. It was great for what it was, but the Pershing (M-26) was a better platform for modification into the future (demonstrated by the fact that the M-60 is still a front line MBT in many militaries, and was in full service...
  5. Alternative Democratic VP Nominees: 2008.

    Don't post political polls. Just don't.
  6. Quality of the Japanese Army in WWII

    You do not need superior tactics or weapons to be a hedgehog. You need exceptionally brave, even suicidal troops, defensible terrain, and a willingness to absorb horrific losses. The best example of what the IJA could do on defense when presented with good defensible terrain and a commander...
  7. Quality of the Japanese Army in WWII

    The Japanese couldn't afford to construct a large number of tanks. They lacked the resources to construct them and fuel to power them. People remember the oil embargo, they sometimes forget the scrap metal embargo (and, oddly enough, you need to have scrap as part of the mix to make really good...
  8. Most consensual/divisive weapons post 1900

    The F/A-18? Not divisive? To this day you can find people (including this one) who thing the original Hornet was the worst idea of the age. They replaced the A-7, but with half the combat range and a third less combat load and the A-6, but with a third of the range and 50% less combat load. The...
  9. Recommend me affordable unmotorized artillery for countries under 350 000 inhabitants

    Mortars. The only decent artillery you will be able to handle would be mortars, 60mm, 81mm, 122mm. Some sort of 127mm rockets would be a decent choice as well, assuming you are allowing for trucks to tow. Throw in some 106mm recoiless rifles/84mm man portable rockets (Carl Gustav is an excellent...
  10. Most consensual/divisive weapons post 1900

    I think you sort of missed the point. There was more than a bit of discussion when the Frogfoot was introduced regarding how remarkably similar the Frogfoot was to the Northrop design. So close, in fact, that it was almost like the Sukhoi folks had come across the design in a vision. Of course...
  11. WI: Japanese Alaska Invasion at Last Minute?

    I think the problem is that the distance between Kiska (which was the closest to the mainland of the two islands) is sometimes under appreciated. It was better than 700 MILES from Kiska to the far end of the Alaska panhandle, over 900 to the actual mainland (where, btw, there is literally...
  12. Most consensual/divisive weapons post 1900

    If the Su-25 was better than the A-10 the U.S. would have built it (take close look at the Northrop YA-9 design and you will understand what I mean).
  13. Most consensual/divisive weapons post 1900

    You mean besides the fact that they as a class were going to be as expensive as the entire Iowa class (all SIX ships) once design/redesign was taken into account. Or that they were $67 MILLION dollars each (~70% of the cost of an Iowa BB) while having no useful mission? Or that they were the...
  14. European-Free America?

    Don't be a jerk. Insults like that have no place here.
  15. Was There a "Business Plot" in 1933?

    Why, oh why do people violate the dead? All it does is leave a mess and a locked thread.
  16. Plausibility check: former President runs for Governor

    I can only assume you are a non-American, given your utter cluelessness regarding the U.S. Constitution and American Law, so a brief civics lesson may be necessary. American Law is made by Congress, not the President. The President can not even directly present bills for consideration to...
  17. Is it plausible for the Soviets to be defeated - WW2

    Wait... You raze the City, in Winter? Where are your troops going to quarter? In the burned out ruins? This was one of the things that screwed up the Reich IOTL. They didn't think to preserve structures that could be used in what was, even for the region, a particularly brutal winter...
  18. WI the 8th and 10th largest navies in 1940 went to war .

    Where do they fight? The result will be quite different if it is off the Falklands than if it is in the DEI or in the North Sea.
  19. Is it plausible for the Soviets to be defeated - WW2

    One thing that greatly favored the Soviets has not been mentioned. Best described as the "funnel effect" the deeper the Reich drove eastward the greater the actual frontage it had to cover to avoid being flanked. Eurasia is very much shaped like two funnels taped together with one end at the The...
  20. AHC: Expand the Army's amphibious warfare program

    I have a number of gentlemen (and I use that term very loosely) who are graduate of somewhere called "The Island" who would very much desire a word...
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