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  1. FriendlyGhost

    Request Maps/Flags/Coats of Arms/Heraldry here, II

    I've still got the files I used to make this and the previous version with the scroll (post 2467) so I can do this tonight for you when I'm back from work, if you're happy with the words being on the same scroll. Edit: here you are: (click the thumbnail for the full-size version, 900x600px)
  2. WI: Indo Europeans, migrate East, then conquer Europe

    The Botai may have domesticated the horse but ultimately their descendants were virtually completely replaced by Indo-Europeans during the Andronovo period.
  3. Hawker Hurricane even more prolific and versatile?

    I don't have a problem with that. Handley Page proposed several Hampden variants for the T.B.G.R. role in the second half of the 1930s. Some of them had wider fuselages and/or more powerful engines. Later on 144 standard Hampden bombers were used as torpedo bombers. While we're at it more...
  4. What if Rome discovered America?

    Maybe I'm picturing things wrong, but I kind of imagined that a Rome successfully colonizing America would become Super Rome. Mainly because it was the discovery of the Americas that gave European powers the boost they needed to dominate the world. They went from being second fiddle to Asia (the...
  5. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    I never said they were weak welds. I said the weld is a weak spot. It is not going to be as strong as the solid material. At least assuming you are using anything decent, which armour plate would be. I have done a fair bit of welding and I have worked with some very good welders. The rule is...
  6. Hitler without Morell

    Well, Hitler wouldn't be able to get his crushed bull testicles.
  7. Remember the Texas! The United States in World War II (an alternate history)

    I was thinking the pencil storage facilities in upper Maine.
  8. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Babcock and Wilcox sort of disproved the 'weak welds' myth.
  9. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    No one is going to build a tank that is that much worse than a Valiant in every metric you care to name. Now a variant of the Valiant that uses casting maybe but not a total basket case. This is a war for survival not a nobody loses clap fest, if its too poor it gets canned and a better tank built.
  10. Remember the Texas! The United States in World War II (an alternate history)

    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
  11. AHC: Make gyrocopters the primary short- to medium-range travel method for the rich by the late 20th century

    In the UK and much of Europe? Nah. The same goes for most cities/built up areas. Narrow, tree-lined roads with overhead wires, street lighting columns and closely spaced junctions or property accesses tend not to make for good take off and landing areas. Possibly useful if you own a decent sized...
  12. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Well, sort of. The armour plates themselves can be stronger, but a weld seam is always a weak spot. Cast armour, meanwhile, will not be as strong for a given thickness, and is therefore usually thicker and heavier. However, it can make for a tank with few seams and good protection all around. It...
  13. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    The Matilda II didn't see D-Day IOTL, so they're not going to here. Close to 3,000 production, but that was when the competition was the Valentine and the Churchill. Here the competition is the Valiant, which is faster, soon to be better armed, roomier, and cheaper and quicker to produce.
  14. WI: Indo Europeans, migrate East, then conquer Europe

    Lactose tolerance, domestication of the horse, the wheel, in that order, caused the success.
  15. Marc Anthony

    The Second Patriotic War - An Alternate Russia TL

    take your time quality beats quantity
  16. AHC: No Zoroastrianism (POD of 600 BC)

    No, there WILL not be Islam without Zoroastrianism. Neither will there be recognizable Judaism, nor Christianity at all. I can still imagine a big gnostic "good versus evil" narrative being adopted or invented by the peoples influenced by Zoroastrianism. It's a basic enough idea. But the...
  17. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Considering the Matilda II weighed in at 28 tons, a major drive for replacing it with the Valiant out East would be that it's going to be able to go places that the Matilda II couldn't go because the local bridges wouldn't be able to support it.
  18. WIP Map Thread

    You're completely mad. Wait, the pink lines are the borders of the new provinces? How are you gonna stay in 120 provinces if Valle D'Aosta has 6?
  19. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    You are ignoring the point that british did not want to rely on one tank during early war period especially and nuffield and matilda producers arent under the vickers umbrella so im trying to find something useful for them to do and the best option i can come out with outside afv production is a...
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