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  1. ABLE ARCHER 83: Timeline of a Third World War in 1983

    The WP successes in Southern Germany strike me as odd, considering the geography is extremely suited for defensive operations. Lots of rivers, forests mountain ranges, built-up areas. For example the WP planned to advance along the river Main, the area is so full of valleys, villages every...

  2. What If The Red Army Captures Warsaw in 1920?

    Advancing on a wide front is complicated by the fact that there are not enough vehicles to keep these spread out forces supplied - especially with ammuniton and spare parts. Also the German military - which actually has some trucks available for the tactical and strategic movement of troops -...

  3. What If The Red Army Captures Warsaw in 1920?

    @LOTLOF I am a bit confused. Stentsch is located a few kilometers west of the Obra river and it's just a small village? Is your Stentsch fictional? As far as I can tell from maps Tukhachevsky's main force would advance along two axis: Bentschen-Frankfurt (an der Oder) and Kreuz-Küstrin...

  4. What if: Strike back

    @Lonewolf As Derek Pullam wrote: MANPADs are only suited for very short range air defense. NATO aircraft would simply operate at higher altitudes. And how do you plan to get these guys there, you need a large enough network on the ground and this network would quite possibly be under...

  5. What If The Red Army Captures Warsaw in 1920?

    @Max Sinister Yes, but the Weimar Republic had a semipresidential system, so the president had considerable influence over the government. @HJ Tulp The officer corps and nco corps would be recruited from traditionally conservative or loyal parts of the population (rural areas, upper and middle...

  6. What If The Red Army Captures Warsaw in 1920?

    @LOTLOF Despite the restrictions imposed by Versailles the Reichswehr maintained considerable stocks of ammunition and military equipment and would be reinforced with paramilitary formations in case of war - these formations are also known as Schwarze Reichswehr. The Ebert government was well...

  7. AHC: Ideal Armoured Division

    @Gridley Some of those battalions were active duty. But you're right with the light infantry of other NATO countries. Still, I favor the German concept with a couple of infantry battalion battlegroups for static operations and security in the division's rear area. (As I said earlier, I'd favor...

  8. AHC: Ideal Armoured Division

    @Barry Bull Three Unitary Brigades, the infantry battalion battlegroups provide additional forces for static operations and can be used for security in the division's rear area. E.g. every West German Armoured or Armoured Infantry Division had three independent infantry battalions during the...

  9. AHC: Ideal Armoured Division

    @Life in Black Nope, as Barry Bull wrote such a division would be too armour heavy. Also, you lack division logistics, division engineers, medical support, ... . Also I don't think that army aviation should be put under divisional command, If you really want to go with a divisional structure...

  10. AHC: Ideal Armoured Division

    @Life in Black Peacetime or wartime structure? Mixing different branches at the battalion level during peacetime doesn't make much sense, single branch battalions are better for training purposes. During wartime each combat arms company would usually get two or more SPAAGs and each SPH battery...

  11. AHC: Ideal Armoured Division

    Instead of today's large corps (~ 90.000) and large divisions (~ 20.000), I'd create smaller corps and larger brigades: Staff Command Support Brigade - Staff Support Battalion (incl. Security Company) - 2x Communication and Information Systems Battalion - Electronic Warfare Battalion...

  12. AHC: Ideal Armoured Division

    1. You probably have to add some fire support vehicles to your mechanised infantry forces. These would have to be armed with ATGMs and machine canons. Adding a turret to your APC chassis and turning them into proper IFVs would probably make it just as heavy as a MBT. On the bright side, you can...

  13. AHC: Ideal Armoured Division

    Three problems with your IFV concept: a.) The Israelis converted MBTs into APCs or in case of the namer used a MBT's chassis. b.) These vehicles are going to be just as heavy and thirsty as your MBTs which will require you to spend more on salvaging and engineering equipment plus strain your...

  14. AHC: Ideal Armoured Division

    Well, one of the lessons (not completely learned) from World War 2 is that (mechanised and armoured) brigades are better suited to mobile warfare than divisions at the tactical level. In an ideal (post World War 2) world I'd like to see a unitary brigade with two armoured battalions (44...

  15. WI: French press Saar Offensive

    Originally posted by euromellows Probably the most important thing about the Polish war effort is that they fought very well but their tactics and strategies utterly failed, e.g. the Germans simply outmaneuvered and contained the Polish forces. So it's most likely that the fighting around...

  16. WI: French press Saar Offensive

    Originally posted by seraphim74 In OTL the Wehrmacht used various foreign arms and weapons systems, ranging from small arms to artillery. AFAIK the German economy was not yet in full war production in 1939. Sure they will be higher but not significantly I've written in my first post on this...

  17. WI: French press Saar Offensive

    Originally posted by euromellows There's punishment and idiocy. The former ensures that Germany accommodates itself to the situation, while the latter means that Germany will again be an enemy of France and Poland in potential future conflict. The Rhineland demilitarized, the German...

  18. WI: French press Saar Offensive

    Read again. The Germans distrust the French and British. As long as they have any prospect of reunification of Danzig with Germany or reducing the Polish influence in the city, they won't back down. Please read again, I wrote that neither France nor Germany are willing to continue the war for...

  19. WI: French press Saar Offensive

    Originally posted by Xgentis We're talking about Germany in post-war Europe. You mad? Do you have any idea how much it would cost the French and British in terms of lifes and money just to decisively defeat Germany? And the occupation? Were talking about hundreds of thousands allied soldiers...

  20. WI: French press Saar Offensive

    Danzig is almost completely German. It would be like the French carving out the Saarland (without the OTL possibility of reunification) or a part of the Rhineland. From the German POV Danzig is German. Only the mood of the French and British matters. Would they continue the war for Danzig? Also...
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