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  1. Suicide weaponized by Soviet bloc

    To expand on my argument about the Soviets introducing a more survivable tank in the late 70s-80s, there were 4 competing designs for something brand new: - the Object 450/T-74 was the most revolutionary vehicle and relied on an external gun, which allowed the use of a very rational...
  2. The Bear and Eagle on the Nineveh Plains -- an alt-Middle East Collaborative Timeline

    The Taliban and co have clear and more significant role in supporting the various Islamist movements in Central Asia compared to Iran. Between the distance and the Shia nature of Iran an alliance between the two in unlikely given the alternative.
  3. Delay declaration of war and entry of USA against Germany

    US support for a declaration of war on Germany between Pearl Harbor and the German Declaration of war was 91%. FDR can get such a declaration whenever he feels like it. The only reason FDR would not seek one early on is if he feels there is an advantage to be had from waiting, and arguably...
  4. Case for coastal artillery until the 1980s

    With precision guided munitions they would be sitting ducks. That's why they were taken out of service
  5. What if Argentina won the falklands war?

    But what you’re proposing for that to come about is not likely. This is the part I find hardest to believe. The Tories of all people are the least likely to be keen to find a way out of the conflict quickly. To suggest the Nasty Party would attempt to distance themselves so thoroughly from the...
  6. Horn of Africa with a continued Cold War

    If the SU lasts any longer they will likely cut funding for a region as unimportant as the horn of africa and concentrate on regions which hold strategic and not just symbolic significance.
  7. The Bear and Eagle on the Nineveh Plains -- an alt-Middle East Collaborative Timeline

    There are long stand ethnic tensions between Tajiks and Uzbeks that have occasionally broken out in bouts of ethnic cleansing and riots
  8. AHC: Fletcher Class refitted with RIM-24 Tartar and Mk13 Launcher?

    Thats what i figured would be the limiting factor, displacement and stability.
  9. alfredtuomi

    The Forge of Weyland

    again one would think killing your own ppl would kinda incite mutiny and desertion.
  10. Delay declaration of war and entry of USA against Germany

    Well if Germany declares war on Japan in response to the pearl harbor attack it could take a long time ...
  11. The Bear and Eagle on the Nineveh Plains -- an alt-Middle East Collaborative Timeline

    The UTO was backed and allied to Taliban and Al-Qaeda. If anything a UTO Tajikistan will be hostile to Iran .
  12. WI: Motorized road transport developed before rail

    If the Romans developed treadmill trains it might have been interesting. You don't have to have motorization. There are rather odd things like the impulsoria, a horse treadmill that could pull several trains at once. I could also imagine a treadwheel vehicle driven by elephants or donkeys...
  13. How important was the Dunkirk evacuation ?

    I honestly don’t think anyone by the 27th May wasn’t seriously considering a collapse in France. They’ve just authorised the withdrawal of the BEF and a few weeks later the Second BEF was evacuated. No one called for surrender on the basis of France leaving the War. Churchill made a speech which...
  14. Mr_Fanboy

    WI Spain does nothing to assist American independence

    It must be noted that the British occupied Florida between the Seven Years’ War and the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, when it was ceded back to Spain. Assuming that the United States still wins independence, the peninsula will either be annexed several decades earlier than it was in our...
  15. Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    It's not called the dollarydoo?
  16. WI Spain does nothing to assist American independence

    One thing the British did get right before the war of independence is to limit Americans access to gunpowder, which is why so much of the 1774-5 conflict was over the locations of gunpowder stores. The Patriots really had to get their gunpowder from the French and Spanish, along with other...
  17. AHC/WI: Stronger IJN light cruiser line

    You also have to look at imperial Japanese naval doctrine The Japanese considered light cruisesers big destroyers the primary armament was considered torpedoes. A catastrophic failure of the long lance torpedo during development could change the doctrine
  18. Gukpard

    AHC: Jewish POTUS Before 2015

    Barry Goldwater was of Jewish ancestry, wasn't he? Does he count?
  19. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    Well, it's not like they had many options. Plus, they were the original network for the franchise. Sure, if someone buys them. As an independent company, however? That's when their days might be numbered.
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