Alternate post-WWII weapons designs

OK, after WWII, German state-of-the-art weaponry really influenced the development of small-arms, helmets, jets etc of the victorious allied armies- ie the AK47 being based on the MKP44, the M60 havin the same design as the MG42, the US Army's Kevlar Fritz hat retaining the German steel helmet look, both the F86 Sabre & Mig 15 Fagot exhibitingn the swept wings of the Me262. Now, how could there have been different developments in post-1945 military technology instead of such imitations, what form could they have taken ?
 
I wouldnt say that the MPK44 inspired the the AK-47 it was merely the the first real assault rifle,its like saying that the airbus is a copy of the Wright Brothers plane.
 
Now, how could there have been different developments in post-1945 military technology instead of such imitations, what form could they have taken ?

Alternate Soviet weapons:

TKB-408 and TKB-022 assault rifles designed by Korobov. Would be known worldwide as AK-47 and AK-74.





Standart Soviet sidearms: PKA pistol designed by Kalashnikov and it's replacement PSA, designed by Stechkin



 
...the M60 havin the same design as the MG42,...
No truth to this what so ever. The only thing these two completely different machine guns have in common is the belt feed system. The M60 does borrow its gas system and semi-bullpup layout from the FG-42. But then again the FG-42 borrowed its gas system from the Lewis gun, an American design.

Swept wings are inevitable. How else are you going to fly fast. Besides some straight wing aircraft were already showing slight wing sweep. It's an evolutionary certainty.
 
the AK47 being based on the MKP44
that dispute goes true allot german Forums
with most opinion is AK-47 is a "copie" of StG44 (aka MKP44) :rolleyes:


the Me 262 Figther show better proformace as later F86 Sabre & Mig 15 Fagot !
it sad, they not developed further the Me 262 after the war

one version had be Bomber Killer, a Me 262 with 50 mm MK 214 gun in nose :cool:
800px-Me262-A1aU4_2.jpg


another planed Me 262 anti aircraft Gun was the Jagdfaust
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdfaust
a bundel of 50mm artillery shell in vertical launch tubes
the fighter flies under traget and shoot them down.
 
Armored cars with electricity shooting cannons on top? Can withstand 2-3 tank blasts, and can disabled most machinery within a 500 yard range. Codenamed: GREMLIN, by US forces intent on invading a Mexico thats been building nothing but tanks since WWI.
 
This is an dea I've had for a long time*. Take a standard US Gato ClassFleet Boat and install racks on the deck for type of rockets used in shore bombardments prior to amphib landings. Lets say 150 to 200 projectiles. Such subs are then used to attack airfields on Pacific iatolls instead of commiting a whole carrier task force.

* Actually used it on the old Red Tide yahoo site
 
This is an dea I've had for a long time*. Take a standard US Gato ClassFleet Boat and install racks on the deck for type of rockets used in shore bombardments prior to amphib landings. Lets say 150 to 200 projectiles. Such subs are then used to attack airfields on Pacific iatolls instead of commiting a whole carrier task force.

* Actually used it on the old Red Tide yahoo site

And how are these subs meant to submerge with a shitload of high explosives strapped to them?

Also how well will these rockets function after being exposed to salt water and the elements?
 
And how are these subs meant to submerge with a shitload of high explosives strapped to them?

Also how well will these rockets function after being exposed to salt water and the elements?

Details, mere details. I would imagine each rocket is sealed in a water tight casing mounted at a 45D angle that is depth rated to 100 to 200 ft. They are fired from on the surface and the casing instead of having to be resealed to the sub to dive have a way to be vented to sea so they are not retaing water when you surface. Plus the casing would housed in streamlined fairing extendeing from the conning tower forward. Look at the stuff that got hung on Gato boats post war.
 
Details, mere details. I would imagine each rocket is sealed in a water tight casing mounted at a 45D angle that is depth rated to 100 to 200 ft. They are fired from on the surface and the casing instead of having to be resealed to the sub to dive have a way to be vented to sea so they are not retaing water when you surface. Plus the casing would housed in streamlined fairing extendeing from the conning tower forward. Look at the stuff that got hung on Gato boats post war.

And why is this superior to the much simpler and much more flexible aircraft carrier?

These rocket subs are more or less one shot weapons. The arrive at their target, fire off their rockets and then have to sail all the way back to their base to get reloaded.
 
If you conducting raids beyond the Japanese line of forward bases you are risking a lot less lives and a lot less ships. Plus a sub so equipped could attack areas that you wouldn't want to risk a task force. Lets say at the oil embarkation ports of the Dutch East Indies, plus who says they can't be equipped with at least a portion of their torpedo load out.
 
Flying wings were unworkable before fly by wire systems became practical. See Northrop YB-49. And enough with the damn Luft '46. wank. Yeah right, Nazis would have had aircraft in '46. equal or superior to planes two superpowers engaged in bitter competition didn't have till '50es.
 
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