tactics

I know that the American Civil War is probably quite a bit overdone on this site but hopefully this is a unique premise and twist as I've been pondering about making a timeline out of this down the road. Anyway, I figured that while the idea is fresh, why not have a discussion about feasibility...

When did (simple blowback, open bolt, fixed firing pin etc.) submachine guns become practical to manufacture in large numbers? I realize the tactical doctrine wasn't there yet in 1914, but would there have been any industrial/technological reasons why the Great Powers in the First World War...

I know this is ASB, but suppose certain scientists like Pierre Curie lived longer and didn't die early deaths. What would WW1 have been like if nukes had been invented? I think we can assume that it would be invented by either France or Germany, and that it would probably be too heavy to be...

The Army major felt a chill run down his spine as he saw yet another British soldier fall a hundred yards away. He was embedded with a Boer commando near Gordon's Knoll. The main Boer force was dug in at Laing's Nek, but their commandos were on the offensive. The Boers could not only outshoot...

Taking a POD of before 1900 but after 1750, what's the absolute earliest that a fully automatic machine gun based on the same or similar principles of the Maxim gun (or any other possible automatic loading mechanism) can be invented and soon after adopted by major militaries, mass produced, and...

Napoleon Bonaparte is oftenly famed as a good strategist, considering all the battles he won despite having a numerical disadvantage and all the times he escaped encirclement/capture. However, some contest this claim and point to what they perceive as incompetence in part of the enemy...