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  1. Largely Naval WW3

    It is only possible if Ivan wants to lose. The cold hard truth was the Sovs were much better off going for broke in a fast drive for the Rhine than any other strategy. The U.S. had too much of everything, much of it air transportable for the Soviets to sit and wait a month or two & see how the...
  2. Stalin's Last Gamble: Third World War in 1950

    Rather than take up your time with what could easily become pages of clashing ideas on the issues I have brought forward I guess I will just say Good Luck with the timeline. Have fun with it.
  3. Stalin's Last Gamble: Third World War in 1950

    The Soviets continued to build the -15 for years after the introduction of the MiG-17. Again the concept of thousands of them arrowing across the European skies is impossible. Overall, this T/L needs a series of POD that allows for these production volumes. As an example, the Soviets will...
  4. Stalin's Last Gamble: Third World War in 1950

    THOUSANDS of MiG-15s? In 1950? Utterly IMPOSSIBLE. The Sovs didn't even get their copy of the R-R Nene engine (in what remains one of the stupidest acts of "friendship" on record). The MiG-15 was worthless until that engine was received, reverse engineered, and put into production. The first...
  5. Russia's Mighty N1 Rocket...as an ICBM?

    Given the propensity for the N-1 to blow itself all over the launch area in spectacular fashion and the general Soviet mastery of Quality Control in the area of liquid fueled rockets with mulitple engines coupled the fact that by the time Ivan finished fueing the bloody things (something that...
  6. Stalin's Last Gamble: Third World War in 1950

    Copy LACKED the range to reach the targets listed. Max range of a Tu-4 with a 6,600 pound bomb load was 3,800 miles (6,200 kilometers). With a 9,000 pound bombload that dropped to 2300 miles (3,600 km). The "Fat Man" bomb was 10,000 pounds, putting theTu-4 at 2,200 miles max range. It could...
  7. Stalin's Last Gamble: Third World War in 1950

    What Soviet imports? In 1950 the USSR wasn't exporting much of anything to anyone, especially to the "Commie under every bunk" United States. The "Red Scare" era makes the current American paranoia regarding terrorism look like a pool party with an open bar. NOTHING coming in from the USSR was...
  8. Operation Downfall - Support

    Wow. A timeline on what was set to be the biggest invasion ever, something that would make Normandy look like a scouting jamboree, for your FIRST effort. Wow. There are tons of sources available on Downfall. I would suggest the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Pacific Theater as an excellent...
  9. Stalin's Last Gamble: Third World War in 1950

    Where are these flights originating? I did a quick check on ALL the available Soviet bases capable of handling a Tu-4 in 1950 and none of the sites I bolded in your original post are within even ONE WAY range of the bomber when it was carrying 6,600 pounds of bombs (Detriot is extremely...
  10. AmerikaBomber strikes New York

    A fun read, extremely impractical and somewhat unrealistic regarding the damage inflicted on the Empire State building but fun. I can not see the U.S executing the officers commanding the mission. Not only would it violate the Geneva Accords, it would have exposed thousands of allied flyers to...
  11. Pacific War Redux

    The F4F-4 was very much seen as a pig. It was far too heavy, the addition of the two extra wing .50's reduced the rounds per gun for all the guns nearly in half, and the early self sealing tanks leaked because the glue dissolved. Nevertheless, as bad as it was, I have yet to see anything to...
  12. Pacific War Redux

    The American pilots who rated the Buffalo as a terrible aircraft included some of the most experienced pilots the U.S. produced, with many having well over 1,000 hours, some having 3,500 hours of stick time. We are discussing the men who the historian John Lundstrom (the acknowledged expert in...
  13. Pacific War Redux

    "Victory disease" refers to the Japanese decisions to extend their already ambitious Southern Resource Area and defensive perimeter plans to fairly insane levels. This included attacking Ceylon, Madagascar, Port Moresby in New Guinea and even talking about invading Australia while engaged with...
  14. Pacific War Redux

    The SCR-268 was actually in use at this time. The USMC simply hadn't deplyed them as soon as they could have. Thanks for the kind words.
  15. Pacific War Redux

    The Ki-46 was indeed a good recon platform, but over 1,000 of them? Again, why not do what the Americans, British Germans and Soviets did, modify a few current airframes or simply use a medium bomber with good altitude and speed capacities? We will continue to find different lessons from the...
  16. AmerikaBomber strikes New York

    An unarmed 175 mph aircraft (that was max cruise speed if it was going to make a round trip) at 6,000 meters altitude supposedly getting to within 100 km of the U.S. and an actual bombing attempt is slightly different. As I have noted earlier, the P-26 could have handled the Ju-390, much less...
  17. AmerikaBomber strikes New York

    Okay. To directly answer the question: No. Not a chance. The U.S. built 10,000 P-38s alone. The U.S. had over 1,000 F2A Buffaloes literally just sitting around doing nothing. Again, 15-20 target-sleeve speed bombers will not make a damned bit of difference to the war effort since they MIGHT...
  18. AmerikaBomber strikes New York

    This is well trod ground. The United States launches such advanced combat aircraft as the P-35, P-36, and especially the exceptionally lethal F2A Brewster Buffalo (yes, I am being a wise guy) to destroy these huge white elephants that travel at the same speed as a target sleeve. If the U.S...
  19. Pacific War Redux

    The Japanese are just starting to realize they have a serious problem. By sweeping up their Advanced Carrier Training classes they managed to put the four carriers back into action, even though they had to dip into reserve aircraft stocks to pull it off. Now they are worse off than post Midway...
  20. Pacific War Redux

    Interesting question. I guess we'll see.;)
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