Barry Bull
Donor
No need to expand - its pretty much what it had OTL - it's just the 3 overseas formations have been moved from the North African/Middle east region to Malaya/Australia
I was talking about air force and navy.
I think its would be far better to have AUS PM/AM fall out with GB publicly and buy US just to show they can if GB doesn't sell what they want in 36.
I would suggest a licence for Catalina's/DC3s (for RAAF/QEA) and the PW engines for them, US companies would be very willing in the depression to help set up production and with no rearmament issues it will get done much faster.
Then in 38/39 RAAF would look at its fighters needs and think it should also build something using the same Twin Wasp they can already build domestically say the Curtiss P-36 Hawk?
By 41 RAAF will have far more good aircraft than OTL and a few of them might make it to Malaya?
I think the idea that Australia would be able and willing to pay for this in early/mid 30s is very unlikely?
Just how much of the Australian armoured division equipment is actually make in Australia so not deploying it to NA just means that it may lack tanks and guns etc?
Yep, expansion of the Australian forces may be easier said than to be done. Can Australia afford such expansion?