How to invade England in 1940, or how to start a mutiny?
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And they'd have been trying to cross the Channel in Autumn. That'd be fun.From the backgrounds its obvious those vessels are on nice calm lakes or reservoirs somewhere. Just imagine those trying to cope with even a mild day in the English Channel. One good wave and you can say bye-bye to that gun crew and imagine that barge bobbing up and down at the shoreline while trying to unload that tank. All of which would be academic if they had the misfortune to run into an RN destroyer. They wouldn't even have to shoot, the wake from a destroyer making a hard turn would probably take out most of the ferry crew...
The poor Czechoslovakians were activly exporting and showing off already what was to become the Pzt38 after surrender so there's some precedent for the Germans having one earlier (Late 1930's) to make into a homegrown machine/equivalent of their own.
Depending on the year on country, had a variety of 20mm and 37mm cannons.Ah, the Toldi I. From what I understand it was armed not with a 20mm cannon but a 20mm anti-tank rifle. Can you imagine taking this up against a T-34? The Toldi II got a 40mm weapon (the 37mm up-bored to utilize 40mm ammo that Hungary manufactured) while the Toldi III finally got a decent 75mm weapons.
There is documented proof of an M8 scout car killing a King Tiger with its 37mm. Amazing what higher mobility along with situational awareness can do.OK, but still - would you take that up against a T-34? Or worse, a KV-1?
If you're coming up future techs that the Germans might have thought of and developed before 1940, then the one to come up with is proper Landing Craft Assault ship.
In all honesty, with the benefit of hindsight, the Germans would have been better off not bothering with the Bismark class battleships and concentrating on amphibious warfare.
do not know the practical limits of those? it would seem a better design than the 300-odd R-Boats they constructed during the '30's?
if not planned for the UK, then for Norway and the USSR? seems they evolved quickly thru the MFPs/AFPs?
do not know the practical limits of those? it would seem a better design than the 300-odd R-Boats they constructed during the '30's?
they eventually had a stronger bow, could the MAN diesels fro the R-Boats have been employed too? or would that be overkill? and/or they could not be operated at increased speeds?
I am really really surprised that the Germans built 300 small minesweepers in the 1930s. Are you sure about this number?
There is documented proof of an M8 scout car killing a King Tiger with its 37mm. Amazing what higher mobility along with situational awareness can do.
Oh, and crew with Brass Balls the size of melons.
It's a Light Tank. Light Tanks should do light tank things, like recon, and be able to knock out other light vehicles when they weight 9 tons.
Crews inside T34/76 were nearly blind to their surroundings when buttoned up, and KV only slightly better.
There is documented proof of an M8 scout car killing a King Tiger with its 37mm. Amazing what higher mobility along with situational awareness can do.