Fabric body, though.Actually, the Trabbi looks like a nice car, I wish I could own one.
Fabric body, though.Actually, the Trabbi looks like a nice car, I wish I could own one.
Sorry for the long blackout. Between the holidays and my terminally ill mother being in and out of hospital more than is usual for a few procedures, I've had my hands full. Things have finally stabilized, and there will be an update tomorrow. It's the beginning phases of 'The West German Job'. I have figured out what to do post-heist with this thing though....sorta. I'm also having a debate as to whether to move this more from a secret history timeline to a significantly noticeable POD in November 1983 (bonus points if you can figure out from that date what it involves). I may do a branching TL (Timeline A and B) and do both.
Also, here's a funny story about an infamous Trabant speed trap from Paul Gleye's Behind The Wall: An American In East Germany 1988-1989,
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Actually, the Trabbi looks like a nice car, I wish I could own one.
Sorry to hear about your mother. I hope it isn't too painful for her and that you are coping with it.
A friend of mine bought a Trabant some years ago. Not just any Trabbie...
It was a former East German Polizei Trabant in green and white, with blue light on top. It still had the original East German number plates. He drove it back from Germany, crossed over on the ferry and down to Devon. To annoy the Police he made a point of speeding past any cameras (only those in 30mph zones - they weren't too fast!) so that they would have photos of his kids waving out of the back window of an untraceable police car! 😄
I am sorry to hear about your mother. I've known too many people that have gone through that particular variety of Tartarus on Earth.Thanks. She just finished chemo round #28, which is basically a record for her type and these drugs. That's all we can ask for these days.
I think I read somewhere that the police Trabis have been slightly breathed upon and have a few more horses under the hood, though I might be wrong.
Artillery is a Probability. But Tactical Aircraft are perfectly capable too. East Germany had enough of both.This timeline is brilliant. Btw, how would East Germany would launch these nukes?
I thought tactical bombers were not powerful enough to deliver bombs and that's why we developed ICBM's? Or I am getting a bit confused here.Artillery is a Probability. But Tactical Aircraft are perfectly capable too. East Germany had enough of both.
Tactical bombers were not powerful enough to deliver 1st generation nuclear weapons, by the mid 50's that had been fixed and nukes could be carried by such. It took longer to carry thermonuclear weapons, but again by the 60's that had been fixed. ICBMs were created to be able to hit something on another continent in a way that could not be shot down like a bomber could beI thought tactical bombers were not powerful enough to deliver bombs and that's why we developed ICBM's? Or I am getting a bit confused here.
I thought tactical bombers were not powerful enough to deliver bombs and that's why we developed ICBM's? Or I am getting a bit confused here.
Tactical bombers were not powerful enough to deliver 1st generation nuclear weapons, by the mid 50's that had been fixed and nukes could be carried by such. It took longer to carry thermonuclear weapons, but again by the 60's that had been fixed. ICBMs were created to be able to hit something on another continent in a way that could not be shot down like a bomber could be
Thank you both for your answers, they were very insightful for my question. I thought that planes were made more powerful but nukes stayed on the same size. But now I see that planes got better and bombs got smaller, so it was a win-win scenario for both of them. And now with your explaination I see how this aircraft can be used in a more interesting role...Back in the 1940s and 1950s nuclear bombs were big heavy objects that had to be flown in large bombers like the B-29 and B-36. Fat Man and Little Boy weighed 4.5 tons each. These were strategic in the sense of flying long range do destroy cities or military bases far away. That role later went to the ICBMs.
By the mid-1960s they were small enough to be carried by the likes of the Blackburn Buccaneer or even the Westland Wasp helicopter. The British WE177 tactical nuke weighed just 450kg. These could be used in a tactical sense for destroying ships or tank corps attacks.
The East German Air Force in the late 1970s had several Soviet aircraft designs, all of which were capable of delivering a small nuclear bomb. These included the Mig-21, Mig-23, Su-22 and in the 1980s the Mig-29.
The Air Forces of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic were very capable as East Germany was highly trusted by the Soviet Union. So well trusted that they got the same spec aircraft as them, not the lower spec and less capable export machines that went to the likes of Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Libya etc.
Depending on the circumstances, they can also be deployed by boat, ship, truck, or rail.
Then there's the "Leave it where you know the problem will go, and set it off then" method used against the Lizards on the Russian Front.
After reunification, possibly fitted to this:As for what they end up as, just wait for the story.
These were die schildkröte und der hase (the tortoise and the hare).
Well, that, and also the tortoise is probably a hedgehogIf you use articles, the correct german would be "Die Schildkröte und Der Hase" (english stayes the same).
But considering those are code-names it should be "These were Schildkröte und Hase."
Actually, the Trabbi looks like a nice car, I wish I could own one.
I've ridden one shotgun, circa 2005. It wasn't that bad. Though I can confirm that, when going uphill with four passengers, it's struggling.Fabric body, though.