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  1. M1 Abram in battle vs Soviet Tanks

    The problem with the Soviet military spending wasn't the amount, it was what actually was used to purchase equipment and the quality of the equipment purchased. By the early 80s there was a major problem with graft, especially in the senior ranks with an emphasis on procurement and quality...
  2. M1 Abram in battle vs Soviet Tanks

    Clancy was right about the round. In any Soviet/Russian tank with an autoloader, there is ALWAYS a live round on the autoloader tray (in the crew compartment) when in combat. The autoloader design also means that the ammunition for all Soviet/Russian tanks over the last four decades, through the...
  3. M1 Abram in battle vs Soviet Tanks

    Not likely. The T-80 is not, even in its later incarnations, in the same league as the M1A1 (much less the A3) or the Challenger 2. The 2A46-2 125mm gun is markedly inferior to the 120 mm gun used in the Western designs in range, penetration and rate of fire (this last being due to the...
  4. M1 Abram in battle vs Soviet Tanks

    The T-80 was fairly close in some aspects to the original M1, but overall it was not on the same plane as either the Abrams or the Challenger 1. It was greatly inferior in protection, much less reliable (the gas turbine was far less capable than that used in the M1, to the point that is was...
  5. Poland has Nukes, 1939

    You're joking right? Shouldn't this be ASB?
  6. Postwar Inglorious Basterds

    Spoiler Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . With what would almost certainly be a Civil War between the SS and the Heer for control of the military, it is just about a given that the Western Front would completely collapse, at least as far east as the Rhine, perhaps further given the...
  7. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    On the other hand, their fleet train included a BEER ship to keep the fleet supplied with suds. Now THERE is a navy that has its priorities straight.:D
  8. PLEASE CRITIQUE! TL for a class

    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: You uttered the word that MAY NOT be USED!!!!!!! GATHER STONES!!!!!!!!!! Marine Mammal was a REALLY good way for Hitler to LOSE the war. A repulsed landing, complete with thousands of Heer and Luftwaffe PoW, would do more to increase the UK populations...
  9. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    To a great degree you are right. The USN wanted no part of the Baltic in WW II, and early in the war even the Med was questionable. Even the North Atlantic wasn't really roomy enough to let a TF 38/58 get comfortable. However, by late in the war, say early 1945, the USN could throw 9 CV...
  10. What if Japan declares war just before Pearl Harbor

    Okay, it may be some time for a reality check or three- 1. Japan had been negotiating with the U.S. until that day. Even though the afternoon session was delayed, it supposed be just another session. There was some signs that the fat was about to be in the fire, hence the warning sent out, but...
  11. The Rats of Singapore

    With a horse's head, three midget hookers, and a Sun Bear.:eek: I'm smelling Movie of the Week! :D:D:D:D
  12. The Rats of Singapore

    The Japanese planned to catch the Brish by surrpise, they did; planned to keep the British off balance, they did; made a plan to use armor work in the Jungle (something that the British had decided was flatly impossible)that worked; executed a series of well planned (on the fly) well conducted...
  13. PLEASE CRITIQUE! TL for a class

    Not that I remember. It discusses the Allied plans as part of the scheming around Norway, where the "relief expedition" to the Finns played a major role.
  14. PLEASE CRITIQUE! TL for a class

    The question I have is "What is the Axis?". If it includes Japan v. the U.S. this is an impossible task. If it is just Germany/Italy this is only a very difficult task. If it is the latter scenario the first thing necessary is to take Churchill out of the picture (there is a rather...
  15. PLEASE CRITIQUE! TL for a class

    Of course you did. You ever SMELL a wet Canadian? :p:D:p
  16. PLEASE CRITIQUE! TL for a class

    The Allies actually were toying with a Finnish relief operation for quite some time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco%E2%80%93British_plans_for_intervention_in_the_Winter_War Granted it was in large part being done as a way to interdict ore shipments from Sweden to Germany and had a goal of...
  17. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    The main issue I would see is the speed of the ship type. At 20 knots (assuming a clean bottom, which wouldn't be the case for long) it isn't really that much faster than the merchants it would be hunting, especially when you consider the time spent at low speed/full stop recovering aircraft)...
  18. The Rats of Singapore

    It isn't easy, given the Japanese brilliant planning and audacity, but these action could have forced at least a long drawn out fight. 1. Competent leadership. This would include some level of "what if" anticipation of what the enemy could do, rather than what you want them to do as well as...
  19. Americas Beseiged

    It is really difficult to see the U.S. isolationist post WW II. WAY too much money to be made to pull in the horns that way.
  20. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    The Reich never attempted UNREP. The would stop dead and transfer supplies. They also never tried it with more than one or two vessels. This actually would be a better option, perhaps using a German version of the IJN Tone class CA with 5-7 float planes in the South Atlantic or the IO (the...
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