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  1. AHC: Optimize US WWII Small Arms

    Hmmm... Two NEW weapons: M-14 replaces the M-1. Same 30-06 cartridge, but a select fire detachable magazine (the sound you here is 10 million thumbs giving thanks :D). Include a folding stock for Para, tankers, gun crews and the like, basically a select fire Beretta BM59. Include a bipod and...
  2. WI the British had finished the job in Africa in 1940

    Africa. The Axis lost more troops if you include PoW in Operation Torch than it did in the the debacle at Stalingrad. You throw in the other losses that don't happen if the Axis writes off Africa and you wind up with over 400,000 fully equipped troops.
  3. How long could WWI last?

    By mid-1919 the Influenza Pandemic will flatten everyone. What the "Spanish" Flu would have done in the conditions at the front doesn't bear close examination.
  4. WI the British had finished the job in Africa in 1940

    True. The Reich would also have had around 400,000 more troops available for Barbarossa and for the 1942 Southern Offensive. This was the big POD I uses in Anglo/American
  5. aircraft that should have been built

    Grumman is still very much in business, although it was purchased/absorbed by Northrop (which is a Fortune 100 company). It just doesn't build anything named xxxxCat. McDonnell-Douglas & North American were both bought by Boeing, Martin by purchased by Lockheed; it seems that Boeing and...
  6. Aircraft that should never have seen service

    The EE Lightning was one of the GREAT aircraft of its era. To this day it remains the only aircraft to manage a "snap" intercept of a U-2. It was the RAF's F-106, except it was a better aircraft than the also excellent F-106. It was never designed to be a "fighter". It was a point interceptor...
  7. Aircraft that should never have seen service

    At medium altitude, especially in European conditions, the P-39 was, according to RAF test pilots, the most maneuverable aircraft they had ever flown. Unfortunately for the RAF and USAAF, the flying in the ETO was at 20K+ and the P-39 was a pig above 20K. In the East, however, the war was...
  8. Aircraft that should never have seen service

    Originated yes, end result, not so much. If it had been meant to be a straight up air superiority fighter it would have been capable of operating BVR missiles. It wasn't, many of the Falcons flying today still can't handle BVR. It is an excellent fighter bomber and a nice complement to the...
  9. Aircraft that should never have seen service

    So was the A7's (which is more or less a retuned Crusader). That didn't stopthem from being two of the most successful aircraft the U.S. produced post WW II. The F8 was the ONLY fighter the U.S. designed and put into service after the F-86 until the advent of the F-15. Everything else was...
  10. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Well they don't call it Alternate History for nothing! :p
  11. 2nd generation of Nazi jet fighters

    A textbook example of Luft '46 vaporware. The Ta-183 wasn't controllable as designed. I suggest that you look at the MiG-15 to see what was needed to make the design fly (and even then the Soviets seem to have found the aircraft to be remarkably unstable). To the OP I will admit that the Luft...
  12. 1000 Jahren

    Actually neither ethic or morals codes are relative. There is a range of both that are acceptable depending on circumstances. These are generally seen as one variety or another of "normal" and can be labeled under the heading of Malum prohibitum. These particular behaviors vary from society to...
  13. 2nd generation of Nazi jet fighters

    Ah, the traditional disdain for the Browning .50 cal. It is amazing that the clearly inferior 6 x .50 package somehow managed to muddle through against well, anything that was put up against it.:rolleyes: The short (far from comprehensive) list of cannon armed aircraft that the inferior .50...
  14. 1000 Jahren

    The chances of ANY government surviving 1,000 years is remote, at best. The most stable Nation in the west was/is England/UK. (I apologize to our many British members for the following butchering of your history simply to make a point. You are invited to have a go at the U.S. in the same vein.)...
  15. Japanese Victory in WW2 (or at least, keeping the US Navy away)

    The Japanese could, if all of the near ASB items you propose actually occur, extend the war by six months to a year. Okinawa is probably never invaded, Iwo is a toss up but still likely since it proves such a handy spot for Allied escort fighters and for B-29's with battle damage to roost...
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I'm glad that the last post generated so much interest. It was intended to show that the Allies are not simply a hivemind, with no real friction. The British and the Americans have different personalities and political perspectives. Both have their strengths and blind spots and both are...
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The post war world will be covered in a couple of follow up posts. I had hoped that it would be one post, but as I work on them, it seems more and more unlikely that a single post will allow me to address this mess.
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The SS military formations are out of the country, leaving behind only some Gestapo units. Sadly, none of these were interned, having somehow disappeared. Now the Bulgarian Fortress troops still under SS control were not so fortunate.
  19. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Around 200 miles, with some scout units out as far as 30 miles ahead. The Bulgarian surrender (as well as the still secret Romanian capitulation) greatly eased the advance of the Crossroad forces. Between these surrenders on the West flank and the support of the large majority of the partisan...
  20. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Because everyone else is supposed to follow the rules. The Reich, since it is destined to be the home of the reborn, superior, Aryan Man is above the rules, or so goes the thinking of the madmen in Berlin. Reality is only an occasional visitor to the Reich.
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