Recent content by sarge

For Germany, leaving the Netherlands exposed would be foolish. The British and French had revealed that they were willing to violate the neutrality of Norway during the opening of that campaign. Who was to say that they would not do so again to another neutral, especially somewhere as...

In theory, yes. If the pilot survives the impact, he could then eject... there's no guarantee of surviving the crash into the airliner.

I have always felt Tiger would not have been all that useful in WW2, despite what many on this site claim. The only use I can see would be for hunting down raiding Deutschland or Hipper class ships... against one of the Twins I wouldn't bet on her, even modernized. Sure she is very fast. But...

The Atoll missile sucked for sure, but was capable of getting kills sometimes. 2 extra gives 100% more missiles, and could make the difference. The BIS variants were wired for the R-60 (although rarely used it in practice) and this was a great upgrade. But I can't see the Soviets creating this...

Don't forget, carrying an additional 30mm gun comes at the cost of more weight. Reducing fuel load to counterbalance the extra weight is a dumb idea, since the MiG-21 had a very short range as it was. I think the best bet to improve the performance of the MiG-21F-13 would be to give it 2...

But there's no reason at all this would occur... the US Navy holds all the cards, plus the jokers by 1945... the IJN can't do diddly squat to contest or stop any blockade of their home islands. If the US chose not to invade but rather starve Japan to submission, it would and it definitely...

The radiation was spread across a very wide area, and a lot of the cleanup involved demolishing buildings and farmhouses that were outside the city of Pripyat and burying the remains. The residents were forced to move elsewhere. The Soviet Union wasn't willing to let its civilians die from...

That's ASB impossible. Even if Albania never went communist, it's small population size makes overtaking Greece or Portugal impossible. It can absolutely do better than OTL, because it's hard to do worse than Albania did historically.

As GSD310 says, this seems like an easy way to create more unity among your adversaries and indeed, generate new ones. India sure won't like being told to pick a side by the West. It'll choose the Soviet Union without any doubt if forced.

I haven't read all 6 pages of replies, so forgive me if I'm stealing anyone's thunder. The absolute easiest way to improve the IJN's performance in a significant sense without changing literally anything else would be to end the absolute blood feud that they had with the Imperial Japanese...

For the West? Absolutely the A-10 and it's 30mm "tank killing" cannon. For the East? This one isn't easy. Perhaps the AK-47 and derivatives. It is a outstanding rifle and a personal favourite. But it's reliability has been overrated a bit... every firearm requires maintenance and cleaning for...

Japan was already bogged down in China. That was an unwinnable struggle as it was. While the Japanese Empire was able to seize large territories in Asia none of them were properly industrialized. Even if they had been, the logistics of being so far apart and on different islands doesn't help...

On the matter of Rommel, honestly in my own opinion he's been lionized quite a bit because of his death. Had he survived the war, while he'd still be known as the "good German" I don't think he would have quite the same following he has today. Although he'd survive Nuremberg for sure...

Yugoslavia had been on the outs with the Soviets since 1948. There was no Moscow to rebel against there.

The mix of 23mm and 37mm proved adequate but unexceptional in combat and the Soviets were quick to switch to twin 30mm NR-30 cannon on the MiG-19. I would personally choose to mount 3x NR-23 with additional ammunition for the MiG-15. It was a hard hitting gun in its own right and more than...