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  1. Ideal British WW2 Multi-role Plane?

    Good question. I didn't even notice the initial posting date when I saw it this morning.
  2. Ideal British WW2 Multi-role Plane?

    The Corsair, could, based on the WI, been in squadron service by the BoB. The U.S. didn't have a reason to push it too quickly, not being in the war. There is also no reason it couldn't have been designed in 1935 as everything needed was available.
  3. Ideal British WW2 Multi-role Plane?

    Concur. The Corsair is exactly the plane. Excellent range (1,000 miles/1600 km on internal fuel), carrier capable (once the undercarriage issues were sorted out), decent dive bomber, standard armament was 6 .50 cal, but one version (F4U-4C) was armed with 4 20mm cannon, 2,000 lb bomb load...
  4. S.M. Stirling The Sunrise Lands

    Yes. Make that HELL yes. The Emberverse is complex. Starting with the 4th book will be confusing as hell.
  5. World War III: 1989 Ideas?

    In 1989? Not very likely. By that date the Soviets had lost almost total control of the "satellites". Any attempt to go after them would likely have led to resistance from their own armed forces, which, by '89, were better than the Red Army unit for unit. The Red Army was so far behind on PM...
  6. S.M. Stirling The Sunrise Lands

    Not high pressure. The Stirling Engine will work, but it isn't much use for heavy industry or transportation. Nothing that requires high pressure or electricity works. The entire Emberverse is an ASB scenario.
  7. WI Japan had atomic bombs?

    Utter and total ASB. IJN-wank
  8. S.M. Stirling The Sunrise Lands

    This was addressed on Stirling's Yahoo group, among other places. Montana has huge numbers of cattle; in a post die off world far more than would be needed to support the population. Better yet, they are mostly free range, at least to a degree that you would have the entire spring & summer to...
  9. S.M. Stirling The Sunrise Lands

    There was, character named Will Hutton. He was the # 2 guy in the Bearkillers.
  10. WI: No Himalayas

    The disappearance of the Mountain Range would alter weather to a point that the world would, quite literally, be unrecognizable. The changes in rainfall patterns would be so massive in scope that, as has been mentioned, it is very possible that homonids never develop. And I'll make it three in...
  11. NEED HELP - ALT. HIST. EXPERTS!

    Well, that sure turned me into a believer. Might want to do a bit of work on the diplomacy thing there.
  12. WI Flying Wings were put intro production

    Besides the fact that they were dynamically unstable (i.e. tended to go into multi-axes spins and crash) before the advent of "fly by wire"?
  13. Department of Overlooked Technologies, Unusual Effects, and Forgotten Weapons

    It was a bit short on range and reliability to counteract a torpedo boat. For that matter it was short on range to deal with aircraft unless they flew very close indeed. The Gatling we are discussing is a black powder weapon, not a modern cannon. A weapon will only make a comeback if it provides...
  14. Winning the war through the ballot box: German general election 1943

    Well this would make Hitler sane, an ASB level event:D. Even if there was an election, Stalin wasn't going to stop (for that matter the Western Allies weren't going to stop) meaning that Germany is still crushed. It would be very likely that the NSP would do everything it could to prevent...
  15. Whatif France had nukes in Sedan, may 1940 ?

    You need to learn some self restraint. Post reported.
  16. Department of Overlooked Technologies, Unusual Effects, and Forgotten Weapons

    The biggest problem with the 1893 Gatling Gun was the cartridge. It fired the same round as the 30/40 Krag, which was a blackpowder weapon. As a result the weapon was extremely prone to fouling. By the time the U.S. Army had converted to the 30-03 (quickly supplanted by the 30-06) smokeless...
  17. Watch on the Rhine (Posleen series)

    I thought it was a fun read, unfortunately, it was another step away from the Posleen as depicted in the original series. This just got worse in Yellow Eyes, which was so bad I never even finished it. I'm not sure if Ringo is bored with the Posleen 'Verse (as I assume that he is still doing the...
  18. Whatif France had nukes in Sedan, may 1940 ?

    Well, that wasn't quite the POD I was referring to... :D
  19. Whatif France had nukes in Sedan, may 1940 ?

    That sums things up nicely. The result of Manhattan was not due to a SINGLE breakthrough, it was the result of a series of them, some in fields that have little relation to Nuclear physics. Chemical breakthoughs in acids have been mentioned, there were also new concepts in "plastic"...
  20. US B-2 stealth bomber crashes in non-US territory.

    Thanks for the link. I guess I misread the original post. I thought it implied that the B-2 was vulnerable while the link clearly states that the radar may be aware of it, it is impossible to target it or vector aircraft on it. I suppose, in the case of an aircraft flying 9 miles up, that...
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