===== Points of Divergence : Tanks and other armoured vehicles ===== Points of divergence dealing with alternate developments of armoured military vehicles. Entries in both POD sections are sorted as chronologically as possible. ---- ==== General musings ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=305135|Widely used war wagons ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=34191|Plausibility check: Elephant "APCs" ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/hussite-war-wagon-pod.1226/|Hussite war wagon POD]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=41683|Plausibility check: Medieval or Ancient Tank]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-was-the-absolute-earliest-that-tanks-could-have-emerged.394712/|What was the absolute earliest that tanks could have emerged ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266559|Let's discuss the effects of steam driven tanks if they're invented in the late 1800s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=305126|Tanks with American Civil War era technology (1)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/tanks-in-acw.3838/|Tanks with American Civil War era technology (2)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=246217|"Need good alternate names for the tank" thread (1)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=328381|"Need good alternate names for the tank" thread (2)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=279612|"Need good alternate names for the tank" thread (3)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=129118|Tanks invented before WWI (1)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=129118|Tanks invented before WWI (2)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=306596|WI: Tanks in the Russo-Japanese War]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=183179|Armored vehicles without WWI]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=78018|No tanks in WWI]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=322128|Future of tanks in a not-stalemated WWI timeline]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245689|Small tank guns ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260073|And what about British tanks ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=78733|British armour development prior to WWII]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=278306|Sloped armour invented earlier]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/reactive-armour-developed-prior-to-wwii.293018/|Reactive armour developed prior to WWII]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/how-to-improve-italian-armour.159324/|How to improve Italian armour ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272424|Design a better wagon for British tanks]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=58352|Best ATL tank design for Allies in 1940 ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=302324|Western Allies' usage of Soviet equipment]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=282903|Wide Tracked, Diesel Panzers]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=348997|Post-WWII Czechoslovak arms industry if it remains non-communist]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=88818|Challenge: Walking tanks]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Development of specific models ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=122408|The Burstyn Tank in WWI (1)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=192569|The Burstyn Tank in WWI (2)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255395|British accept De Mole's tank proposal in 1912]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270373|Germany invents the tank during WWI ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=289232|WI the Vezdekhod is mass produced ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=362567|Alternative British Army AVF 1930-40s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=292512|Germans adopt the Panzer IV as their MBT in 1938]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245632|Sloped Panzer IV armour ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/most-suitable-successor-to-the-panzer-iv.384116/|Most suitable successor to the Panzer IV]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260073|And what about British tanks ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262941|British Universal Tank by January 1941]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=232431|WI: No T-34]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=243534|T34M in production before Barbarrossa]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=62398|Allied T-34]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=353375|German T-34 ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=224294|Plausibility check: Germany builds the VK3001(H) ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=218611|Comets instead of Shermans]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=220649|Challenge: Better US tank (than Sherman) by 1942]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=305797|Alternative Allied tank busters]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=193790|Challenge: StuG Sherman]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=308853|Plausibility check: Original Panther design kept]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157849|American supertanks ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=139146|Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Cold War]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=342373|Challenge: Get US to adopt the Centurion Tank after WWII]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=188472|M1 series cancelled, M60A4 project instead]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=134383|Indigenous Israeli tanks by 1973]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=129824|Australian Defence Force goes with Challenger 2 or Leopard 2 tank instead of the M1 Abrams]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=133728|DBWI: Conqueror MBT vs Panzer XII ?]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Miscellaneous / Discussions ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=135156|Tanks that never should have entered service]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=145146|Worst tanks of WWII]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=144915|Armored vehicles and formations of late World War II]]** - An essay, courtesy of [[offtopic:DaleCoz]]. Know of any other discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[pods:Aircraft|Points of Divergence : Aircraft]]** **[[pods:Wars and Battles|Points of Divergence : Wars and Battles]]** **[[resources:military|Useful Resources about Military History]]** **[[alternate history:alternate terminology#tank|Alternate terms for tanks]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[pods:military technology|Military Technology PODs Main Directory]]** **[[pods:scientific discoveries and inventions|Scientific Discoveries and Inventions PODs Main Directory]]** **[[pods:pods|Points of Divergence Main Directory]]**