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  1. Panzerfaust in 1941

    The Panzerfaust is an early RPG. The Panzerschreck is a German improved version of the American designed bazooka.
  2. Me 262 in Korea.

    The -262 was a "bridge" aircraft, much like the Meteor or P/F-80. It would have done okay against the other bridge designs, but would have quickly been overwhelmed by the true 1st generation jets (F-86 or MiG-15), just as the American & British designs were. The bridge platforms could succeed...
  3. WI the nazis had sized the French fleet in 1940?

    In retrospect, the Britsh should have offered the Germans safe passage to the ships. Every BB is 15- 20 U-boats that don't get crewed (or the better part of a Panzer division), every cruiser is 7 or 8, every DD 2 -3 less subs. Even better many of the newest French ships are not completed...
  4. Panzerfaust in 1941

    The addition of an infantry anti-tank weapon simply wouldn't be nearly as dramatic as painted here (hell, give them TOW's and LAW rockets & it wouldn't change things a bit in the macro). The panzersherck was a straight lift from the American Bazooka (not that this is a bad thing) beefed up to...
  5. DBWI: The Nazis didn't get the A-bomb first.

    Well, from my perspective the biggest difference would be that Berlin and Frankfurt would still be habitable. I know it was an understandable over reaction by what was left of the British government, but can you imagine how different Europe would be today without the five Anthrax dead zones...
  6. The West helps the Hungarians in 1956

    THAT explains the six foot tall rabbit with the pocket watch at Starbuck's this morning! We're through the Looking Glass. :p
  7. The West helps the Hungarians in 1956

    Hopefully??? HOPEFULLY???:eek::eek::eek: The USAF wasn't capable of the level of destruction deaths you state (BTW: it's Warsaw PACT). Must really have hurt to see Ivan fall apart, for you to be this bitter so long after the fact. Hey, look at the bright side, there's still Cuba!
  8. The West helps the Hungarians in 1956

    Actually no Bear "A" models reached active duty until 1957. There were apparently some serious teething issues with the prototypes. The Bear was as fast as the B-52A, despite the props (fastest propeller driven aircraft ever entering into full production). The Soviets had a number of R-1 & R-2...
  9. The West helps the Hungarians in 1956

    More like destruction of Europe, both East & West, which were within range of the tactical and medium range bombers of the time. The Presidum would be safe, as would many workers, that was sufficient, based on Soviet thought of the era, to continue the struggle. It would have been quite...
  10. The West helps the Hungarians in 1956

    The Soviets would have no option BUT to use all forces at it's disposal, up to and including nuclear weapons. It loses Hungary, it loses the Poles, Czechs, Germans, and right down the line. It loses the strategic depth that it feels is utterly critical to National survival after WW II (look at...
  11. More Severe Washington Treaty

    Zero Chance of having that sort of a limit enacted. Might as well require the delegates to take off their skin & dance in their bones. The Washington Treaty was a deal that everyone agreed to, it wasn't imposed. It barely got through as was, the Japanese came close to sinking the whole deal on...
  12. Just Finished Reading "Watch on the Rhine"

    There may well be more than just the one. Of course Kruger was from the Einsatzgruppen, a special unit, made up of "special" troops. On the other hand, even the Nazi's were after "race purity". Chosing between the Human Race and the Posleen would be a snap. A surprising number of SS troops...
  13. Germans use gas on the Normandy beaches

    Gas wasn't used in Normandy, or anyplace else where both sides had the ability to use it becuase it wasn't worth the effort. Gas, as was ably demonstrated during the First War, simply carries no Return on Investment against a foe with similar capabilities. It isn't a war winner, it isn't even a...
  14. WI There Is An East Tokyo?

    A partition of Tokyo is fairly unlikely. Berlin was partitioned as part of the London Agreements of 1944. There was no similar agreement regarding Tokyo (the closest being the Kurile Island and 1904 war reversal clauses of the Yalta Agreement). Had the USSR invaded, it would have, at most...
  15. Japan rebuild Kwantung Army

    The T-34/76 could, and did, make mincemeat out of the best tank the Japanese actually produced the Type 3 Chi-Nu (this was the tank equipped with the low velocity 75 mm gun). The Japanese also designed, but did not produce (save for a half dozen prototypes of slightly differing detail) the Type...
  16. Earliest AK-47

    It would be a decent weapon for the "storm troops" that the Germans fielded in the last year of the war, and the tactics used would have been amenable to a AK, but the AK is no where near as useful with a bayonet attached (or as a club) as a battle rifle. There is also the supply issue. Both...
  17. Earliest AK-47

    That was the BAR. A surprising number of the "auto robbers" who terrorized the Mid-West used BARs.
  18. Earliest AK-47

    The AK-47 could have been built & used as early as WW I. There wasn't a need for an assault rifle at the time, and no tactic that would take advantage of the auto design, so no weapon was even given serious consideration. The prevailing school of thought was that you needed a large caliber...
  19. WI: Germany won the battle of the Bulge

    Not at all. If the Germans managed to win at the Bulge,there would have been one of two results. 1. The Red Army gains more ground in Germany, perhaps ensuring that political leaders less embracing of the West are the ones left in charge when the occupation begins. This might alter the course...
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