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  1. A German "Zero" in 1940

    Nothing.:D That issue has, as usual, long since been lost.
  2. A German "Zero" in 1940

    The P-47 was a fine aircraft, tough as hell, and deadly in the hands of a pilot who understood its strengths and weaknesses. I personally love the damned monster, which puts me in a bad position in countering any praise for the plane. However... The Corsair was the equal of the P-47 in dog...
  3. A German "Zero" in 1940

    Let me try it like this - B-17 Heavy Bomber with ten man crew Cost (without crew) $238,000 1943 dollars Cost of F4U - $55,000 1945 dollars (BTW: the P-51 was $51,000 1945 dollars) Presence of three or four F4U at $165-220,000 (or even 3-4 $85,000 P-47 if it had the range) mean that the...
  4. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    A rainy Saturday update Comments? 50 The Turkish declaration of war allowed the British government to initiate Operation Crossroad. Designed to cut off the Retreat of SS forces into the General Government area the Crossroad was not just the brainchild of the CIGS, it was perhaps the...
  5. A German "Zero" in 1940

    Cost might make sense except for that the cost of a B-17 far exceeded that of a F4U. Production shouldn't be that much of an issue since Goodyear was building F4Us (as the FG-1) in addtion to Vought and Curtiss was building P-47s. Seems that having Curtiss build Corsairs instead wouldn't have...
  6. Mormons as Left-Wing Religion

    Mods have arrived, at least one of us. This thread is off the rails (per usual 'round here :p). Let's be sure we don't take off the rails and turn it into an insult fest. Off the rails/off topic is par for the course. Doesn't mean you don't have to play nice.
  7. WW2 GB + USA alone

    Official Warning If you can't at least be civil, be silent. CalBear in Mod Mode
  8. Three Wishes

    Racist trolling is not much in vogue here. Your post is is what the legal world calls a wobbler. It could have gone Ban or Kick. I went with the kick. Don't make me regret the decision to go light. Never do this again. Kicked for a week.
  9. Had a War between the Allies and the Soviets erupted in 1945, who would win?

    Problem with the Lancaster wasn't the bomb load. It was overall performance, specifically the breakaway maneuver needed to get enough distance from the weapon's shock wave, which required the delivering aircraft to make a sharp turn, go to full power and trade altitude for speed. The B-29 flew...
  10. Had a War between the Allies and the Soviets erupted in 1945, who would win?

    A. Well, the Allies can escort High Altitude bombers all the way to Moscow, as well as to Leningrad. The P-51, P-47N, F4U can all easily reach Moscow from France, and the P-80 can come close (1,200 miles range). More importantly the likely strike targets would be the Soviet supply dumps, not the...
  11. A German "Zero" in 1940

    No one in the ETO needed a Zero. The Japanese barely needed the Zero in its intended mission as things worked out. What everybody needed was a Mustang, although the Corsair, Hellcat, or even Tempest would have worked nearly as well. Long range, heavy firepower (admittedly if it had been the...
  12. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The Japanese were cleared from the mainland. It is briefly mentioned early in the T/L.
  13. A German "Zero" in 1940

    The A6M wasn't all that and a bag of chips. It had exceptional range and was very maneuverable, but it gained these assets at a horrific cost. It was exceptionally prone to battle damage, provided no protection for the pilot and was under armed (the magazines for the 20mm cannon were quite...
  14. Had a War between the Allies and the Soviets erupted in 1945, who would win?

    The Allies had a significant advantage even beow 20k since they had operational jets in some quantity. While the YaK 9 and La-7 (the La-9 did not reach service until mid 1946) were capable aircraft, they were no match for Meteors, Vampires or Shooting Stars. The Soviet designs were also not...
  15. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The Allies know all about these crimes. The whole world does.
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The SS has mainly pulled out of all of occupied Europe. There are some fairly small units in the Balkans, but the biggest support left for the local puppet governments are Gestapo technicians. The local fascists are, if anything, worse than the Germans, and are willing to do just about anything...
  17. Recast! Alternate Movies (Collaborative Timeline)

    This just made me throw up a little.:mad::eek: :p
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    That is probably a factor as well, although wealth usually pushes birth rates down, not up. I was just answering a question about populations.
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