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  1. Lever action rifles in WW1

    Guess now would be a bad time to mention the Garand and SMLE Mk III that are nestled next to the Springfield huh? :p
  2. Lever action rifles in WW1

    I have a 30-30, and its a pretty handy rifle, nice close country gun. The Springfield is heavier (of course a military lever action would be heavier too since it would have a full length stock & bayonet lug) and is quite a bit longer. The cartridge is the big difference. A 30.06 put down just...
  3. Lever action rifles in WW1

    30/40 Krag (e.g. .30 cal Government). It wasn't mine, it was a hunting buddy's favorite deer rifle.
  4. Lever action rifles in WW1

    Ah, the beloved "Trench Broom". :D Give me one of those, preferably with a duck bill attachment, for CQB and I'm a happy lad. Even today, unless you have a GOOD sub gun, there is nothing better in close than a 12 gauge with "0" buckshot.
  5. Lever action rifles in WW1

    I have a Springfield in the safe right now and have used a Winchester 1895. The Springfield is a very nice weapon (as is anything built on the 1898 Mauser platform, my favorite is the CZ-24), solid, very reliable, and it would make one hell of a nice club (or a pike with an 18" bayonet...
  6. Lever action rifles in WW1

    Lever action rifles have a REALLY nasty tendency to jam when they get hot. The extraction mechanism will tear the base of the cartridge off, but leave the rest of the brass inside the weapon. This isn't an issue when you are deer hunting, but it is in a combat situation (if you read some of the...
  7. Luft '19

    Actually, if anything it doesn't happen at all. Even with the Tsar's fumbling, it took three years of constant screw up to bring about the Revolution. If Gemany pours everything in Russia (wcith at the time included much of Poland) it is going to run out of gas. IOTL it never got TO Russia...
  8. Luft '19

    Yes, common sense should have sufficed. Name the last group who successfully invaded Russia. Hint: They were horse archers.
  9. Luft '19

    Ya think??
  10. Greatest tactical victory of the 20th century

    I already gave my Top Three but with all the mentions of the October War I am amazed that the greatest tactical achievement of that war hasn't come up. The Crossing of the Seuz by the Egyptians wa one of the masterpieces of the 20th Century.
  11. Greatest tactical victory of the 20th century

    Gold - Pearl Harbor. Yes it ended badly for Japan, but what a beginning. Silver - Khe Sanh. Yea, in the end it didn't matter at all. Still a classic demonstration of a perfectly baited hook. Bronze - Jutland. Draw my @$$. Special Mention - Tobruk. Okay it was siege. Still...
  12. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Very interesting. Had not run across this in the past. Thanks for the info.
  13. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    China is a bit of a mess. The Communists are a non-factor thanks to virtually no support from what's left of the USSR, although they are still trying. The KMT is more or less in charge, but that is more on paper than in facts on the ground.There are a lot of "regional governors" who are de...
  14. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    A space "race" may be too grand a term. It will be discussed in the wrap-up post(s) for the T/L .
  15. WI: US division fighting on Soviet side during WW2.

    Volunteer units like are effectively worthless in industralized warfare. They are far too poorly trained, too weak in support services, usually utterly lacking in heavy weapons, and have lousy discipline (in the military sense), all of which were on fine display in the Spanish Civil War. You can...
  16. Which ship class would have been 'the best' for 80's reactivation?

    Very feasible, just bring the money bucket. While it would be great to change them over to a more modern powerplant, the old engines can get 33 knots with a clean bottom, which is enough to get by, even working with CVNs. Replacing them would be beyond difficult, edging up onto impossible (for...
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The F4 is, at this time, as was the case IOTL, a Navy interceptor in waiting. It may make a cameo, but it won't be a major player. The Phantom's ability to act as a significant bombing platform or in the not-quite-invented-yet Wild Weasel role is not going to be discovered in this T/L's reach of...
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I'm glad that there is so much positive feedback on the last post.:) Everyone tends to ignore, or worse, look down on, the service forces (including themselves). For the most part, NOBODY joins the military to unload trucks, but somebody has to, and somebody else has to keep track of what...
  19. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Welcome. I'm glad you decided to become an contributing member and that you are enjoying the T/L. The Reich built itself to re-fight the last war (something that armies, including the U.S. and British ones, have a very bad habit of doing) and, thanks to the ideology of the Parry leadership...
  20. AHC Spring 1942 A very unwelcome visit

    You also had the largest bomber base on the West Coast at Hamilton Field with three squadrons of B-18s and 3 of P-36 fighters in permanent residence, as well as being the transit point for every B-17 headed into the Pacific Theater. There was also Moffet Field that had 45 photo recon aircraft...
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