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  1. USS South Carolina in World War II

    Now, Im not saying he should have done it... But I would understand. :p
  2. USS South Carolina in World War II

    Do you have any concept of how quickly warships changed between 1906 and 1914? Or the difference between a 16,000 ton 1st Generation (in fact pre 1st Generation) Dreadnought and a 27,000 ton early Super-dreadnought? The USN did, that was why, DURING World War One, they retired South Carolina to...
  3. Chinese People's Volunteer Army never enters Korea

    War is over before Christmas 1950.
  4. WI F-80 Shooting Star had been available in 1945?

    THe Meteor was used to attack the V-1, OVER THE CHANNEL, which even you would have to acknowledge is Allied controlled territory.
  5. USS South Carolina in World War II

    All four of the Iowas are, per Congress, required to be maintained in a state that will allow them to be returned to duty if necessary. This means that they are kept in more or less a mothballed state, with regular maintenance to all moving parts and interior spaces. They are the only BB...
  6. WI F-80 Shooting Star had been available in 1945?

    Chuck Yeager discusses that test briefly in his auto-biography.
  7. WI no radar in WWII

    HAlf a dozen postewrs give you ACTUAL FACTS that demonstrate that radar was already invented BEFORE WORLD WAR ONE but you cling to the garbled haf truths and spurious "facts" from the Military Channel. Shouldn't you be getting back to your bridge?
  8. USS South Carolina in World War II

    You truly are a nitwit. USS Texas was a New York Class BB, BUILT to accommodate 14 inch guns. At 27,000 tons the New Yorks were more than 50% larger than the South Carolinas. But, to answer your silly question: The ship capsized with loss of her entire crew the first time she encounters a...
  9. WI F-80 Shooting Star had been available in 1945?

    It WAS available, albeit in small numbers. The Americans would do (and DID BTW) the same thing as the RAF, fly it over territory they already controlled to prevent the engine from falling into enemy hands.
  10. Omaha Beach goes under

    The danger of Omaha being repulsed has always been greatly overblown. The first wave was approaching the beach at around 05:30, by 09:30 (FOUR hours later) the 16th RCT had three full battalions up on the bluffs and sweeping inland. Effective resistance was over by 14:00, and by sunset service...
  11. Mare Nostrum! Panzer Army Africa in the Middle East (Manstein in Africa Part III)

    Well, that is one way to look at it. It isn't the right way, but it is one way. The "Allies are invincible fanboys" generally avoid these TL because they are, while not really plausable, overall decently put together and some research is actual done, which is unusual for Axiswank. There...
  12. Poll: Who would win?: WW2 Marines vs VietCong

    Yes there is. The ammo is lighter. It isn't as accurate or as lethal, but you can carry more of it. In the jungle, less weight was a good thing. In today's battlefield, where most American forces are tracks (or at least Stryker) mounted the light round makes much less sense. The 5.56mm can't be...
  13. Poll: Who would win?: WW2 Marines vs VietCong

    1. The AK is a Spray & Pray. Using it straight up 5 on 5 for suppressive fire will blow through the ammo carried in nothing flat. The Garand, was, is, and always will be, a better weapon in a set piece engagement than ANY assault weapon. Now, if the Marines have had to slog through 20 miles of...
  14. Affects of a yellowstone explosion on december the seventh 1941

    An eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolvano would be a near E.L.E. Figure a minimum 8 degreee C global drop in tempertures, more likely 11 or 12. Mini-ice age time. War becomes a lot less important damned quick as famine takes hold across at least the Northern Hemisphere, likely globally...
  15. Poll: Who would win?: WW2 Marines vs VietCong

    The Viet Cong was not a real military formation. The name was an umbrella for a number of irregular units that worked in some sort of coordination under orders from Hanoi. In any sort of stand-up fight the VC didn't have a prayer once you got to compamy size formations. Now, the Viet Mihn or...
  16. Could General John Basilone have won the Vietnam War?

    Well, first he would have to advance to General Officer from Gunnery Sargent (without ever graduating, or even really attending, High School), which would be one hell of a mean feat. After that he would have to push past Brigadier to at the least Lt. General, probably all the way to Commandant...
  17. Oahu invasion plan

    When suddenly, every blade of grass sprouts a rilfe, echoing Yamamoto's warning, and the ground itself opens fire.
  18. Oahu invasion plan

    No, his request for reasonable discussion will fall on deaf ears because he has amply demonstrated in the last 24 hours that he is an utter, unrepentant, racist. Before you defend him, you might want to review his posting history.
  19. Roosevelt declares War against Japan

    I did it in the second post
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