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  1. WI the early M4 Sherman was a good tank?

    The early Sherman WAS a good tank you ninny. It was superior to the Pzkw III (which was the standard Heer tank when it was introduced) both in protection and in firepower and lightyears ahead of IJA Type 97 & 97. The only tanks that were superior at the time were the Red Army's T-34 and...
  2. Challenge: United States Battleship Division 9 interned at Scapa Flow with HSF

    Better be a damned strong table!:mad: :D:p:D
  3. Challenge: United States Battleship Division 9 interned at Scapa Flow with HSF

    I noticed that too. It is a new infatuation, he didn't display it the last time he was wandering around here.
  4. Challenge: United States Battleship Division 9 interned at Scapa Flow with HSF

    Man's got to know his limitations.:o He insulted the U.S. Marine Corps.:eek: No hope for any such.:mad: :p
  5. Challenge: United States Battleship Division 9 interned at Scapa Flow with HSF

    Do not get in the way of BF insanity. Common sense and actual facts will wither and die. I understand you desire to hold Bard back from the sea, but sometimes you must allow the lemming to run off the cliff. This is, after all, a poster who used a FICTIONAL book series as part of a...
  6. WI the Bell XP-59 Airacomet had been adopted?

    So far you're doing okay. But watch it. No Bubbles exceeding 18" are allowed without a permit.
  7. WI the Soyuz III crew survived?

    Well, we'll add it to the ever growing list.
  8. WI the Bell XP-59 Airacomet had been adopted?

    You did catch the whole eight years old thing right? Why am I asking, of course you didn't. Never mind. Korea was far from the last war for wither the F4U or the Mustang. The French flew Corsairs in Vietnam, Algeria, and during the Sues Crisis (where the IAF flew Mustangs). The Hondurans and...
  9. WI the Bell XP-59 Airacomet had been adopted?

    Yes, the first manned aircraft past Mach One was a real dog, a true embassment to U.S technology.:rolleyes: Happier with D-558-2 (first past Mach Two)? How about the X-2 (first past Mach Three)? Prefer air breathers? How about the F-100, first Mach-1 fighter aircraft in squadron...
  10. WI the Bell XP-59 Airacomet had been adopted?

    At 15K and under the P-39 was supposed to be a pretty good aircraft. The British tested it against a Bf-109 and found it more maneuverable and faster. Above 15K though the performance dropped like a stone. Since the ETO was almost all high altitude, except for CAS, that pretty much put the P-39...
  11. WI the Bell XP-59 Airacomet had been adopted?

    Of course the P-80 was meant to fight in WW II and not EIGHT YEARS LATER. It also did excellent work as a fighter bomber in Korea. As far as the Germen designs, a P-80A would roll any aircraft the Reich ever put into squadron service up like a rug.
  12. WI the Soyuz III crew survived?

    Three brave men wouldn't have died a fairly painful, albeit quick, death?
  13. WI Perceval held Malaya?

    The Destroyer men is a FICTIONAL series. So the decision of U.S. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans in 1904 ensured that the Dutch and British would only use small ships in the region? Must have been qute the compelling argument. Too bad nobody, including the USN paid the slightest bit of...
  14. WI the U.S. Navy had relieved Wake Island?

    Never is probably a bit too strong. She could have done the job, Wasp was just a much more logical choice for all the reasons already discussed. Ranger was more or less an experiment in deploying something smaller than the HUGE Lexingtons but more cpable than the Langley. She proved to be too...
  15. WI the U.S. Navy had relieved Wake Island?

    I believe that you will find that Marcus was busting our friend Bard's chops with his comment. The engagement between two IJN and two USN carriers would have been much more competitive than you think. Even accepting the lower quality (and numbers) of the U.S. fighters compared to later in the...
  16. Disaster on Guadalcanal a possible TL

    A very good point indeed. The U.S., contrary to the OP's beliefs, put more than enough troops and equipment ashore to destroy anything the Japanese could reasonably have emplaced on the Island.
  17. Did Hitler ever come close to developing an A-bomb?

    There was a program on History Channel that made this fairly ludicrous test claim. It has since developed a life of its own. The Japanese did have a reasonable theoretical program in place. All it lacked was $40,000,000,000, unlimited resources and electrical energy, a raft of brilliant...
  18. Dien Bien Phu situated on the high ground

    You've read his posts and the odd thing you noticed was the formatting?
  19. Disaster on Guadalcanal a possible TL

    Saipan was held by 31,000 Japanese troops (about 50% more than on Guam) and included a substantial Japanese civilian population. Japan had planned, contrary to League requirements, to make it a permanent Imperial colony. Saipan is about 55 square miles in area, Guam is over 200 square miles...
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