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  1. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Would the Thirteen Colonies have unified into a single political entity even if they still remained British?

    The most united the Dominion of New England ever got was when they united to overthrow the royal governor so they could go back to being separate colonies. I suppose in time it's possible for a similar amalgamation to occur for the sake of organizing the Empire, but it'd have a better chance of...
  2. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    What if instead of going trying to conquer into India, after conquering the Achaemenid empire, Alexander the great tried to conquer Sparta & Crete?

    Yes, the Macedonian regent Antipater crushed the Spartans in battle and Alexander made them join the League of Corinth. Their defeat was enough that the Spartans stayed out of the next major Greek rebellion against Macedon, but Alexander himself considered it less than a sideshow compared to his...
  3. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Can the Avro Arrow be saved?

    Because it's Canadian. The hype behind the Arrow seems to mostly be based on it being an unproven plane from a country not normally known for expensive military projects and on paper it's not terrible so they can get away with all sorts of hype and blaming the Americans for it not seeing success...
  4. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Robert Falcon Scott survives returning from the South Pole

    I'm getting the feeling you aren't really interested in a discussion nor do I think you really understand how the Royal Geographical Society functioned or what high society in general was like back then. If none of them were interested in such intense mudslinging IOTL there's no reason to think...
  5. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Robert Falcon Scott survives returning from the South Pole

    They didn't do that IOTL and Scott living to tell the tale gives them even less incentive, in this time period and society the story of a tragic fallen hero who died battling the elements is far more marketable and compelling than quibbling over who exactly deserves a nonexistent prize for being...
  6. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Robert Falcon Scott survives returning from the South Pole

    They don't have that sort of power, by the time news got back of Scott's death (or his survival ITTL) everyone had already acknowledged Amundsen's achievement and I can't imagine the British scientific and exploration communities going along with that sort of insanity when they showed Amundsen...
  7. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Robert Falcon Scott survives returning from the South Pole

    Some Brits tried arguing as much, though AFAIK it didn't catch on much and it took the news of the death of Scott and his companions to overshadow Amundsen's achievement. Even if some of the press tried getting aggressive about it, they'd be called out by their countrymen. IOTL Shackleton...
  8. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Robert Falcon Scott survives returning from the South Pole

    He becomes known as "the guy who lost us the race to the South Pole". His death was what made him a hero IOTL, but alive he's suddenly much more vulnerable to criticism and people are generally less interested in his story since there's no tragic narrative. Amundsen on the other hand gets to...
  9. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    AHC: Independent New England Defeats Old England in a War, as Early as Possible

    The earliest possible avenue of discontent towards old England I can think of would be the Good Old Cause. New England was founded by Puritans after all and as such they were overwhelmingly in favor of the Parliamentarian faction in the civil wars. Possible maybe you could have a large amount of...
  10. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    What if these two Army weapons met in combat?

    Are you sure you're not thinking of the Mk4? Mk3 is an iterative step up from Mk1, new engine, turret, and fcs, but same thin armor and same gun. By the time it was being marketed most countries were moving on to newer better things, Mk3 was meant for poorer countries and therefore only saw...
  11. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    What if these two Army weapons met in combat?

    Overall similar to the OTL battles between Cuban and FAPLA T-55s vs SADF Olifants. T-62 represents an improvement in armor and firepower, the latter of which gives it a notable advantage compared to OTL's engagements, but the armor still isn't enough to stand up to the rounds Olifant will...
  12. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    What if these two Army weapons met in combat?

    I can also see the Australian government just deciding to continue production for the sake of boosting their own industry, they did make plenty of AC1s after all and even a pilot production model of AC3 Thunderbolt. In any case, same conclusion, the Australian cruisers are very similar to...
  13. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Most Anglophile US possible.

    POD for that would be 1775 at the latest, afterwards it's just downright impossible, OTL is the best case scenario for US-UK relations after an event like the Revolutionary War. Without knowing what your mother would consider anglophobic or how representative her experiences were it's hard to...
  14. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    What if the CSA survived?

    Yes, and outside of Turtledove books with the Rebs being granted AK-47s by time-travelers I've never seen any credible suggestion they almost captured DC.
  15. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Could the Entente + USA have beaten the Three Emperors' League?

    The Russians are going to be in big trouble here. They might have had the largest army in WW1 IOTL, but they critically relied on Allied support to arm them. The Americans alone provided several million rifles and other firearms to the Russians, many Russian warships were built in the USA, and...
  16. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Most overrated weapon of the Cold War

    AKM has the same caliber as AK-47 and was significantly more widely produced and widely exported, most people generally get the AKM and AK-47 confused because the AKM is distinguished by minor production changes, you're probably thinking of the AK-74. Little bit of both, but mostly the...
  17. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    WI European powers in the age of Napoleon kept archers in an axillary usage?

    Are there any primary sources suggesting the Comanches actually had an arms advantage over the settlers? Because every citation refers to somebody else, vague references to "legends", snake oil salesmen, etc. The biggest Comanche victories seem to be against outnumbered civilians, and the arrows...
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    WI European powers in the age of Napoleon kept archers in an axillary usage?

    This is categorically untrue, the idea that bows/crossbows would've made a perfect ambush weapon is a meme based on movies and video games whereas in real life the indigenous people of the US Northeast, a region covered in dense woodland where people typically fought guerrilla style, adopted...
  19. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Most overrated weapon of the Cold War

    It's mostly B. You see the same thing with the Osorio MBT (which I didn't mention because it's basically late/post-Cold War) where Brazil of all countries managed to build an MBT (by buying off-the-shelf parts from other countries and putting them together in a poorly armored package) and...
  20. 9 Fanged Hummingbird

    Most overrated weapon of the Cold War

    The real answer: Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow. If you believe Canadian nationalists and all the other people who get hyped on "what if" military projects that never panned out, the Arrow was the greatest breakthrough in aeronautics since the Wright Brothers, a weapon to win the Cold War...
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