Short answer many were rather innovative, though their execution was occasionally lacking. Long answer check out the youtube channel sub brief.Question - how good were Soviet submarines post ww2?
Short answer many were rather innovative, though their execution was occasionally lacking. Long answer check out the youtube channel sub brief.Question - how good were Soviet submarines post ww2?
Excellent advice. Soviet and Russian submarines were very "Japanese".Long answer check out the youtube channel sub brief.
Actually watching his Yankee brief now. He is really the only source in anything Soviet I trust implicitly accuracy wise.Excellent advice. Soviet and Russian submarines were very "Japanese".
Atomic Rabbit | |
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Also known as | The Atomic Rabbit Show |
Genre | Science fiction Comedy Adventure Action Superhero |
Written by | ? |
Directed by | ? |
Voices of | ? |
Theme music composer | ? |
Composer | ? |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Producers | ? |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Walter Lantz Productions |
Distributor | Universal |
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Original network | DuMont |
Original release | November 7, 1966 – October 5, 1967 |
You need the USSR to see a need for such a fighter. The Mig-21 was meant to act as an interceptor to defend Soviet positions against enemy bombers. Thats a very useful role in the period and I dont see the Soviet air forces not building something like that. However they may decide they need something akin to the F4 to act as a strike fighter, who knows, they may have such a plane already but we dont hear about it.What Soviet fighter could be introduced instead of MiG-21? One that is more like F-4 in range
... that would mean making Argentina comunist for at least 10 years... good luck!AHC - have Argentina fight the Falklands war with exclusively Soviet made equipment
Not really. It might just be socialist like Egypt or Syria or India/... that would mean making Argentina comunist for at least 10 years... good luck!
On the topic: it would be very bad for the UK, assuming the People's Air Force of Argentina had Mig-23s and Su-22s
As someone said earlier, have Argentina be very close to the Soviets. But that would change the dynamic in South America significantly, that I can't see the war as OTL happening. Because after all the US State Department gave Argentina the (false) impression that the US would back Argentina in the war or at least stay very neutral (not like they did in the end), South American Anti-Soviet collaboration and all that, I don't remember the exact terms used offhand. Because after all, Argentina is the more important partner if it comes to war against the USSR than the UK...AHC - have Argentina fight the Falklands war with exclusively Soviet made equipment
37-39 is too soon, that's precisely when the IV is being developed and built. Go for 39-41 and use the VK20 series as basis.AHC - design a perfect German medium tank that
1. Has to replace the Pz iv
2. Enters production 1937-39
3. Has to be easier to produce and maintain than Pz IV
4. Good modernization potential
How about develop the timeline as an outline and submit it for peer review?Challenge - make the US and iran two most powerful states in the world
AHC - have Argentina fight the Falklands war with exclusively Soviet made equipment
General characteristics
10.02 m (33 ft) wings swept
- Crew: 1
- Length: 19.02 m (62 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 13.68 m (44 ft 11 in) wings spread
34.5 m2 (371 sq ft) wings swept
- Height: 5.12 m (16 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 38.5 m2 (414 sq ft) wings spread
Performance
- Airfoil: root: TsAGI SR-3S (5.9%); tip: TsAGI SR-3S (4.7%)[71]
- Empty weight: 12,160 kg (26,808 lb)
- Gross weight: 16,400 kg (36,156 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 19,430 kg (42,836 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 3,770 kg (8,311 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lyulka AL-21F-3 afterburning turbojet engine, 76.4 kN (17,200 lbf) thrust dry, 109.8 kN (24,700 lbf) with afterburner
1,860 km/h (1,160 mph; 1,000 kn) at altitude
- Maximum speed: 1,400 km/h (870 mph, 760 kn) / M1.13 at sea level
Armament
- Combat range: 1,150 km (710 mi, 620 nmi) hi-lo-hi attack with 2,000 kg (4,409 lb) warload
- Ferry range: 2,300 km (1,400 mi, 1,200 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 14,200 m (46,600 ft)
- g limits: +7
- Rate of climb: 230 m/s (45,000 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 443 kg/m2 (91 lb/sq ft)
- Thrust/weight: 0.68
- Guns:
- 2 × 30 mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30 autocannons (80 rounds per gun, 160 rounds total)
- UPK-23 or SPPU-22 gun pods for 2 × Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L autocannons
- Hardpoints:12 hardpoints with a capacity of up to 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) of stores,with provisions to carry combinations of:
- Missiles:
- Bombs: drop bombs, laser-guided bombs, electro-optical bombs, napalm bombs, drag chute bombs and cluster bombs
- Rockets: S-5, S-8 & S-13
General characteristics
9,800 kg (21,605 lb) paved runway with standard wheels and tyres10,400 kg (22,928 lb) paved runway with larger wheels and tyres
- Crew: 1
- Length: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) excluding pitot boom
- Wingspan: 7.154 m (23 ft 6 in)
- Height: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: 23 m2 (250 sq ft)
- Airfoil: root: TsAGI S-12 (4.2%); tip: TsAGI S-12 (5%)[156]
- Gross weight: 8,725 kg (19,235 lb) with two R-3S missiles
- Max takeoff weight: 8,800 kg (19,401 lb) unprepared or metal planking runway
Performance
- Powerplant: 1 × Tumansky R-25-300 afterburning turbojet, 40.18 kN (9,030 lbf) thrust dry, 69.58 kN (15,640 lbf) with afterburner
1,300 km/h (810 mph; 700 kn) / M1.06 at sea level
- Maximum speed: 2,175 km/h (1,351 mph, 1,174 kn) / M2.05 at 13,000 m (43,000 ft)
604 km (375 mi; 326 nmi) at 11,000 m (36,089 ft) with two R-3S missiles793 km (493 mi; 428 nmi) at 10,000 m (32,808 ft) with two R-3S missiles and 800 l (210 US gal; 180 imp gal) drop-tank
- Landing speed: 250 km/h (160 mph; 130 kn)
- Range: 660 km (410 mi, 360 nmi) clean at 11,000 m (36,089 ft)
Armament
- Service ceiling: 17,500 m (57,400 ft)
- Time to altitude: 17,000 m (55,774 ft) in 8 minutes 30 seconds
- Thrust/weight: 0.76
- Take-off run: 830 m (2,723 ft)
- Landing run with SPS and brake parachute: 550 m (1,804 ft)
Air-to-air missiles
- Guns: 1 × internal 23 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L autocannon with 200 rounds
- Hardpoints:5 (4 underwing + 1 ventral, reserved for fuel droptanks) with provisions to carry combinations of:
- Rockets: 4 × S-24 or 4× UB-16-57 rocket pods (4× 16 57 mm rockets)
- Missiles:
General characteristics
Performance
- Crew: 1
- Length: 15.35 m (50 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 9.42 m (30 ft 11 in)
- Height: 3.89 m (12 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 49.2 m2 (530 sq ft)
- Airfoil: 5%
- Empty weight: 7,865 kg (17,339 lb)
- Gross weight: 11,000 kg (24,251 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 11,914 kg (26,266 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Svenska Flygmotor RM6C afterburning turbojet engine, 56.5 kN (12,700 lbf) thrust dry, 78.4 kN (17,600 lbf) with afterburner
Armament
- Maximum speed: 2,450 km/h (1,520 mph, 1,320 kn) at 11,000 m (36,089 ft)
- Maximum speed: Mach 2
- Ferry range: 2,750 km (1,710 mi, 1,480 nmi) with external drop tanks
- Service ceiling: 20,000 m (66,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 199 m/s (39,200 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 231.6 kg/m2 (47.4 lb/sq ft)
- Thrust/weight: 0.7
- Takeoff roll: 800 m (2,625 ft)
- Guns: 1× or 2× 30 mm AKAN M/55 ADEN cannon with 100 rounds per gun (in Saab 35F one cannon was omitted (with 120 rounds) to fit avionics needed for Falcon missile integration,[24] earlier variants and export variants retained twin guns.)
- Hardpoints:six for ordnance, or drop tanks on the bottom two hardpoints, with a capacity of 2,900 kg (6,393 lb),with provisions to carry combinations of:
Specifications (An-12)[edit]
Antonov An-12
Data from Global Aircraft,[29] Airliners.net[30]
General characteristics
Performance
- Crew: 5 (two pilots, flight engineer, navigator, radio operator)
- Capacity: 20,000 kg (44,092 lb) payload / 60 paratroopers / 2x BMD-1 armoured vehicles
- Length: 33.1 m (108 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 38 m (124 ft 8 in)
- Height: 10.53 m (34 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 121.7 m2 (1,310 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 28,000 kg (61,729 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 61,000 kg (134,482 lb)
- Powerplant: 4 × Ivchenko AI-20L or AI-20M turboprop engines, 3,000 kW (4,000 shp) each equivalent
- Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed reversible-pitch propellers
3,600 km (2,200 mi; 1,900 nmi) with maximum payload
- Maximum speed: 660 km/h (410 mph, 360 kn)
- Cruise speed: 570 km/h (350 mph, 310 kn)
- Range: 5,700 km (3,500 mi, 3,100 nmi) with maximum fuel
Armament
- Service ceiling: 10,200 m (33,500 ft)
- Rate of climb: 10 m/s (2,000 ft/min)
- Guns: 2× 23 mm (0.906 in) Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons in a tail turret (some aircraft)
Problem is that it cannot reach the Falklands... either.Specifications (Il-28)[edit]
Ilyushin Il-28 3-view drawing
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83[37]
General characteristics
Performance
- Crew: 3
- Length: 17.65 m (57 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 21.45 m (70 ft 4 in)
- Height: 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 60 m2 (650 sq ft)
- Airfoil: TsAGI SR-5S (12%)[53]
- Empty weight: 12,890 kg (28,418 lb)
- Gross weight: 18,400 kg (40,565 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 21,200 kg (46,738 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Klimov VK-1A centrifugal-flow turbojet engines, 26.5 kN (6,000 lbf) thrust each
Armament
- Maximum speed: 902 km/h (560 mph, 487 kn) at 4,500 m (14,764 ft)
- Cruise speed: 770 km/h (480 mph, 420 kn) at 10,000 m (32,808 ft)
- Range: 2,180 km (1,350 mi, 1,180 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 12,300 m (40,400 ft)
- Rate of climb: 15 m/s (3,000 ft/min)
- Guns: 4 × Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons (2 in nose and 2 in tail barbette)
- Bombs: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) of bombs in internal bay (1,000 kg (2,200 lb) normal)
General characteristics
Performance
- Crew: 1
- Length: 15.57 m (51 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 15.1 m (49 ft 6 in)
- Height: 4.94 m (16 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 45 m2 (480 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 10,000 kg (22,046 lb)
- Gross weight: 17,500 kg (38,581 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 21,000 kg (46,297 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × SNECMA Atar 101E-3 turbojet engines, 34.3 kN (7,700 lbf) thrust each
Armament
- Maximum speed: 1,106 km/h (687 mph, 597 kn) at sea level
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.9
- Range: 5,400 km (3,400 mi, 2,900 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 15,200 m (49,900 ft)
- Rate of climb: 60 m/s (12,000 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 403 kg/m2 (83 lb/sq ft)
- Thrust/weight: 0.4
- Guns: 4× 30 mm DEFA cannons with 100 rounds per gun
- Internal weapons bay for maximum of 2,725 kg (6,000 lb) of bombs (typically six 450 kg (1,000 lb) bombs), pack of 116× 68 mm (2.7 in) rockets, camera pack, or two 1,500 liter (400 U.S. gal) fuel tanks
- Hardpoints: Four underwing pylons each rated at 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) inboard and 500 kg (1,100 lb) outboard with a capacity of 4,000 kg (8,800 lb); maximum practical total weapons load 4,400 kg (9,700 lb) of bombs, rockets, missiles, or napalm tanks,
Better stick with the Sud. This turkey cannot reach the Falklands and stay either.General characteristics
Performance
- Crew: 2
- Length: 21.6 m (70 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
- Height: 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 37.6 m2 (405 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 9,970 kg (21,980 lb) [6]
- Gross weight: 15,000 kg (33,069 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 20,000 kg (44,092 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Tumansky R-11 afterburning turbojet engines, 46 kN (10,000 lbf) thrust each dry, 62 kN (14,000 lbf) with afterburner
Armament
- Maximum speed: 1,840 km/h (1,140 mph, 990 kn)
- Range: 2,500 km (1,600 mi, 1,300 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 16,750 m (54,950 ft)
- Wing loading: 531 kg/m2 (109 lb/sq ft)
- Thrust/weight: 0.62
- 2 × R-98M (AA-3 'Anab') air-to-air missiles, usually one R-98TM infrared and one R-98RM semi-active radar homing
- 2 × K-13A (AA-2 'Atoll') short-range missiles (occasionally fitted)
Pretty hard to do after 1900, but before 1900 is pretty easy. Have an Afsharid wank that culminates in Persia modernising, while the American Revolution still happens on schedule and the United States still forms. Afsharid Persia rules from Mesopotamia to the Indus and they maintain borders in Central Asia and the Caucasus. They're propped up by the British as an ally against the Russians enabling them to hold their own and play their own "Great Game". With their links with Europe, they're able to modernise with some difficulty to at least Russia levels by the early 20th century and form a cohesive ideology of Persian pan-nationalism and loyalty to the Afsharid shahs. Meanwhile American history still results in the westward expansion of the US, industrialisation, immigration, etc.Challenge - make the US and iran two most powerful states in the world
If P-51 does not get a good engine, what does US use as a high altitude fighter?
Only P-47N or something else?
A modified P-40 variant may work, but yeah some variant of P-47 seems very likely to do the job.If P-51 does not get a good engine, what does US use as a high altitude fighter?
Only P-47N or something else?
Corsair with 2 stage supercharger.If P-51 does not get a good engine, what does US use as a high altitude fighter?
Only P-47N or something else?
I can just imagine the accident rates if such a tricky to fly plane saw such widespread service. As well as hear the navy bragging about how when the air force wants the job done they use a navy plane.Corsair with 2 stage supercharger.