Germany declares war on united states 1939

I am not sure how influential US kit was before the fall of France but it is potentially an interesting change.
Well, the M2 Light is a better light tank than the MkI or Mk II, and in some ways better than the Mk III, as far as reliability and armor went. Hitting power, for the 37mm was on par for the Mk III and the MG versions, the .50 was far better than the Mk I and similar to the MkII in firepower.

An interesting route not taken was there in 1939 with the T6 series, a turretless 37mm TD with 25mm armor all around, on a chassis similar to the M2, but shorter, with 1.5 VVSS bogie assemblies shared with a trailing rear idler. It used twin Buick engines ganged together, like the M5 later did with Cadillac engines. Its main goal was to be cheap, under $20,000, while having high mobility and the 37mm gun

Similar to the Renault ZT3, but twice the armor and horsepower
 
Well, the M2 Light is a better light tank than the MkI or Mk II, and in some ways better than the Mk III, as far as reliability and armor went. Hitting power, for the 37mm was on par for the Mk III and the MG versions, the .50 was far better than the Mk I and similar to the MkII in firepower. ...

More important than the armor and gun of the M2 was the chassis & drive train. This served as the basis for the M3 & M4 medium tanks. With war starting in 1939 the excellent chassis/drive train of the M2 will see faster development into something with a better superstructure and more powerful cannon much faster than OTL. Something resembling the M4 medium tank & the M10 tank destroyer would emerge mid to late 1941 vs mid 1942.
 
More important than the armor and gun of the M2 was the chassis & drive train. This served as the basis for the M3 & M4 medium tanks. With war starting in 1939 the excellent chassis/drive train of the M2 will see faster development into something with a better superstructure and more powerful cannon much faster than OTL. Something resembling the M4 medium tank & the M10 tank destroyer would emerge mid to late 1941 vs mid 1942.

The other thing was the Tanks by this time not only had Radios, the could both send and receive, unlike the receive only Mk I, and these were 20 mile voice range, with far better reception thanks to crystal tuning for their preset comm channels. German Radios of the era were lucky to get 6km on Morse, except for the Command tanks, that could do 10km voice and 40 for Morse
 

DougM

Donor
Maybe Germany used the same method to Attack the US in 1939 that Imperial Germany (in the other thread) used in 1900
 
Maybe Germany used the same method to Attack the US in 1939 that Imperial Germany (in the other thread) used in 1900

Where are they going to get the warships and shipping to do that?
Any such naval buildup would antagonize the British. ALOT!
 

DougM

Donor
I guess my sarcasm was not obvious. My whole problem with the 1900 thread was that Germany could not get troops to the US but many people on that thread seamed to want to overlook the impossibleity of that. And I was just equating this thread with that one as they both are impossible in that Germany couldn’t actually get to the US in either case,
 
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