Hitler Popularized Term "Assault Rifle"
I verified that and my head asplode.
These historical minutiae are why I'm addicted to AH.com.
I verified that and my head asplode.
These historical minutiae are why I'm addicted to AH.com.
Weber's Germany: The Veterinarian Totalitarian
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Just caught up, loving every moment of the timeline. Please keep up the excellent work.
Thank you very much!
Unfortunately, revision for finals means that the next update is sadly delayed by at least a week, but I will try to wrap up Part 6 before summer starts.
shiftygiant
Gone Fishin'
Can I suggest Blitzgewehr?
I must say, this is a really good timeline, I wasn't expecting it to be so detailed. Honestly, this is quite the achievement, well done
Finally caught up with this. Can't wait to see how Weber's bold campaigns and bitter peaces changed post-War settlements. For one thing, he unintentionally narrowed the distance to Berlin for both the WAllies and Soviets to run across. On the other, the US isn't there to back them up (at least until Tojo, too, throws Weber's cautious plans to the shredder like Mussolini)
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To help drum up anticipation for the next update (and because I had a MOTF that wasn't going to post itself/shameless self-promotion ), here's a map of the Free State of Alsace-Lorraine, in all of its dubious, bankrupt, Mos Eisley-esque glory:
), here's a map of the Free State of Alsace-Lorraine, in all of its dubious, bankrupt, Mos Eisley-esque glory:
I'm guessing with Webber in charge, there's no Blomberg Fritch crisis, meaning they're still in their posts.
Thank you very much!Can I suggest Blitzgewehr?
I must say, this is a really good timeline, I wasn't expecting it to be so detailed. Honestly, this is quite the achievement, well done
I'll probably go with something disgustingly mundane like "machine-carbine" or "machine-rifle". That won't be for a few years down the road anyway.
A good summation. Weber might be single-handedly responsible for the death of "march up to some guy's capital and demand terms" treaties, much like how Hitler buried the idea of wars of aggression one and for all.
Weber's relationship with Konoe and Tojo will be an interesting one, for sure.
Blomberg's still there, as I explicitly pointed out, although he's skating on incredibly thin ice as it is. Oster, however, was purged from the Abwehr when Heydrich stepped in and was sent off to join Canaris in the Foreign Service on a tight leash.
To help drum up anticipation for the next update (and because I had a MOTF that wasn't going to post itself/shameless self-promotion
Very snazzy. Je approve!
I'll do my very best to bring in the next update this weekend.
Sir Chaos
Banned
Thank you very much!
I'll probably go with something disgustingly mundane like "machine-carbine" or "machine-rifle". That won't be for a few years down the road anyway.
Machine-carbine, then. Machine-rifle (Maschinengewehr) is already the term for machine guns.
Disgustingly mundane as it may be, machine-carbine as the smaller, portable version of the "machine-rifle" already used has a certain systematic appeal to it...
Remember, disgustingly dry and bureaucratic is the German way to do it. (And I´m saying that as a German myself)
What about automatic-rifle (automatisches-gewehr) Not assault, doesn't quite have the ring, but is automatic firing and is different from the machine-rifle.
Automatic could used as a propaganda tool. "Automatic-rifle, way of the future, displaying the glorious Aryan science of the Third Reich," etc. It would be a technological breakthrough in small-arms warfare.
Automatic could used as a propaganda tool. "Automatic-rifle, way of the future, displaying the glorious Aryan science of the Third Reich," etc. It would be a technological breakthrough in small-arms warfare.
Maybe the Browning Automatic Rifle could get developed further, and the M1 Garand developed into an *M14 earlier? The T20 version, according to Wikipedia, could use BAR magazines and fire on full-automatic.
Is Weber's Germany stockpiling strategic metals against the possibility of resuming war with the West? The lack of strategic metals made German turbojets very short-lived in operation, and according to Wikipedia Jumo 004 testing began in 1940, so this concern might already be on the minds of some advanced Luftwaffe planners.
How does Weber feel about rocketry?
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I was aware that "machine-rifle" means "machine gun" in German, but I reckon the West might translate it as "machine-rifle" given that "machine-carbine" means something else already in OTL. I do like "automatic rifle" eventually getting corrupted into "auto-rifle", though.
The Colt Monitor, at least on the surface, looks like an attempt to convert a BAR into a personal weapon, but I've learned that it would be a dead-end due to weight. An earlier M2/M14 might be more plausible, though. These are questions much more relevant a few years down the road, nonetheless.
His brutish ways were alluded to in the last update.
Short answers, yes, and increasingly piqued since he wants an anti-British deterrent without needing to splurge on the Kriegsmarine.
Will Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, the most successful submarine ace of all time, be in this TL?
Not a clue.
Please stop asking if random historical personages will feature in this timeline. Thank you for bringing some interesting figures to my attention, but if you'd like to continue doing so, kindly PM me instead.
Ryan has it right. I will continue updates regarding the *Final Solution after this part.
Sorry, update won't be tonight, but I'll do my best to bring it in by around this time tomorrow. Like the last time I pushed a Sunday update to Monday, I blame academia and alcohol. Sorry, chaps.
Oh. More industrialised murder. Ha-ha whee.
Unavoidable part of any alt-WWII, of course, but still less fun to read (and presumably to write) than the blowing-shit-up parts. Sorry, update won't be tonight, but I'll do my best to bring it in by around this time tomorrow. Like the last time I pushed a Sunday update to Monday, I blame academia and alcohol. Sorry, chaps.
A student drinking at the end of the academic year (on whatever crazy schedule you northern hemisphericals keep)? I'd say something snippy, but I've got to go put out a recycling bin full of bottles