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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
Plausibility check: Elephant "APCs" ?
Plausibility check: Medieval or Ancient Tank
What was the absolute earliest that tanks could have emerged ?
Let's discuss the effects of steam driven tanks if they're invented in the late 1800s
Tanks with American Civil War era technology (1)
Tanks with American Civil War era technology (2)
"Need good alternate names for the tank" thread (1)
"Need good alternate names for the tank" thread (2)
"Need good alternate names for the tank" thread (3)
WI: Tanks in the Russo-Japanese War
Future of tanks in a not-stalemated WWI timeline
And what about British tanks ?
British armour development prior to WWII
Sloped armour invented earlier
Reactive armour developed prior to WWII
How to improve Italian armour ?
Design a better wagon for British tanks
Best ATL tank design for Allies in 1940 ?
Western Allies' usage of Soviet equipment
Post-WWII Czechoslovak arms industry if it remains non-communist
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Development of specific models
British accept De Mole's tank proposal in 1912
Germany invents the tank during WWI ?
WI the Vezdekhod is mass produced ?
Alternative British Army AVF 1930-40s
Germans adopt the Panzer IV as their MBT in 1938
Most suitable successor to the Panzer IV
And what about British tanks ?
British Universal Tank by January 1941
T34M in production before Barbarrossa
Plausibility check: Germany builds the VK3001(H) ?
Challenge: Better US tank (than Sherman) by 1942
Alternative Allied tank busters
Plausibility check: Original Panther design kept
Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Cold War
Challenge: Get US to adopt the Centurion Tank after WWII
M1 series cancelled, M60A4 project instead
Indigenous Israeli tanks by 1973
Australian Defence Force goes with Challenger 2 or Leopard 2 tank instead of the M1 Abrams
DBWI: Conqueror MBT vs Panzer XII ?
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Miscellaneous / Discussions
Tanks that never should have entered service
Armored vehicles and formations of late World War II - An essay, courtesy of DaleCoz.
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See Also
Points of Divergence : Aircraft
Points of Divergence : Wars and Battles
Useful Resources about Military History