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  1. What if every country in the world drove on the same side of the road and used the same types of plug outlets?

    I think that there is only one and they can’t get the numbers right in many items.

  2. AHC: A successful West Indies Federation?

    Thus you see why the French islands did their Union through exploiting French post colonial insecurity and their own divisions by becoming French Departements. Meanwhile Britain was actively divesting itself of it’s colonies. Maybe there is a similar route the British islands could take...

  3. AH discussion: Ireland remains in the UK

    If Westminster has to crush the UVF by military force and police suppression (and there was talk of having the Royal Navy bombard Belfast) the close links between the North and Scotland could push Scotland into a move for it’s own independence in union with Ulster. A very long shot at AH but...

  4. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    It was a conscious policy in WW2 to use Persia as the name of the nation to avoid confusion with Iraq.

  5. Your automobile 'Retro' releases

    So the Buick Regal is not a rebadged Reliant Regal then?

  6. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    More a re barrelled 6 Pounder on the same lines as the original. With a rechambering and wider bore. Made from new and not converted 6 Pounders. The British no 68 Anti Tank rifle grenade came into service in November 1940 so HEAT was understood already.

  7. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    They already had that right. IIRC 1 in 8 Britons today have at least one grandparent who came from Ireland. Not to mention the many citizens of the Republic who are serving in the British armed forces. So there is nothing to offer as there was no bar.

  8. An 'infantry tank' with the 'big' 3in gun - when, how, and how good will it be?

    I don’t know how useful it is but I note that the British tank CS gun was 95mm, then replaced by a 75mm and reverted to 95mm. That might give us a clue to what a good CS calibre should be. For the terminally Imperial that is 3.7” to 3” and back to 3.7”.

  9. An 'infantry tank' with the 'big' 3in gun - when, how, and how good will it be?

    We have the perfectly adequate OTL Valentine combining performance with production ease. Yes you could tweak it but the OTL is able to do the job at the time given a suitable gun.Don’t imagine that you will hit a moving tank with OTL CS guns though with their slow arching trajectories. You need...

  10. Would a failed Guatemalan invasion of Belize lead to a URNG victory in the Guatemalan civil war?

    Speaking as one who was there at about the time for a short attachment, an actual invasion (as opposed to aggressive raiding) would be Opposed by an aggressive defence with little concern about the exact position of the borders. It might be time for the Guatemalan Air Force and Navy to go on an...

  11. The British public school system does not become an "establishment" producing the elite

    Then it is within the power of state education to bring the lesser schools up to speed. But I can see little that they can do to offset the low value some groups place on education and others who prize education. The staff of a school cannot replace family support and drive for education. At...

  12. Wi an British prime minister from north Ireland.

    As long as they are prepared to take the oath to the monarch, any citizen of the Irish Republic is entitled to stand for Parliament and, if elected, become Prime Minister.

  13. Militarily speaking, was there any way for the UK to win the Falklands war faster and /or with less losses?

    It all goes to illustrate the far larger and more effective task force were it sent the next southern summer. On a trivial note, stamp hard on the Guards mafia in the MOD who got ill exercised (though gallant as ever) Guards sent in lieu of the lone units already up to speed.

  14. The British public school system does not become an "establishment" producing the elite

    Income and social background will create inequality without necessarily ill intent however you tweak a dual system. The answer can only be a compulsory state education.

  15. Militarily speaking, was there any way for the UK to win the Falklands war faster and /or with less losses?

    Better, but not faster and with international political vulnerability due to the extra time, would have been to wait for the next (southern) summer and assemble a far larger task force/logistic train. The OTL decision was go in fast and dirty.

  16. RR Merlin, competitors and alternatives before 1941

    Rolls Royce correctly drew the Merlin to suit the skilled workforce at their factory for the expected order of a few hundred Merlins. When thousands were needed the methods were adjusted for semi skilled workers and finer tolerances on new machinery were then the correct approach. Rolls Royce...

  17. Militarily speaking, was there any way for argentina to win the falklands war?

    You must have been fitted than I in another place. I had to use the rifle. Tried rolling over and ended up like a stranded sheep.

  18. Militarily speaking, was there any way for argentina to win the falklands war?

    I think that you forgot to mention only able to stand up fully loaded by climbing up your rifle. Try that with the current bunduq and you end up being fixed into a downward dog yoga position.

  19. Militarily speaking, was there any way for argentina to win the falklands war?

  20. AHC: Highest amount of British immigration to Spain?

    Brexit revealed that very many were openly flouting Spanish tax laws.
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