I’m a big fan of the STEN. It was 100% the right SMG at the right time. They were far better than they had a right to be. They were one of the...
If we're talking Lugers, I'll have to vote for the Artillery Luger. They're just off the charts cool. The Luger is a WAY better pistol than most...
This is more WW1 than WW2, but I'm sure they found their way around in WW2. 1916 Colt New Service in .455 Mk IIl. What I love about this one is,...
Love your M&P, that's a really cool piece of history. I have a thing for British small arms. I recently picked up a .455 Colt New Service with...
1918 DWM Artillery Luger. Picked it up this weekend. Took my kids out to shoot it, and they had a lot of fun. Works perfectly, shoots pretty...
So you switched on me...I was speaking globally, and you picked out a specific. I guess we're both right:) But yeah, his order to hold 50% of...
Getting back to Mr. Snippy here... If you go back to my OP, I wasn't criticizing tactical doctrine at Midway...that specifically was NOT the...
Thanks for not being snippy.
I'm not always the best communicator. When I said "by design" I was talking of systems, not specifically the TBD. I should have stated that much...
Like someone else said, the torpedo bombers were quite effective against unarmed ships...when their torpedo's went off. But the dive bombers are...
Yeah Vietnam is a good example of the same principle applied to a different situation. I 100% agree, Vietnam was unwinnable, and we knew it LONG...
To win WW2, the IJN had to fight essentially a perfect war. Something like the US in the first gulf war. The US Navy could soak up tactical...
Hey all... I was wondering about US carrier air doctrine after the big failures of torpedo bombers at Midway. Now admittedly we made some...
They were unreliable, and very difficult to service. When 30% of your tanks are broken down, it doesn't really matter how good your gun and armor...
Okay, that makes more sense...thanks.
Recently watched an old newsreel about the hit on Yamamoto. In that 1943 newsreel they clearly state the communication was intercepted and...
Someone really likes to argue...I'm pretty comfortable with what I said regardless of someone disagreeing with me. I guess I'm just one of the...
Yeah, that too.
Here's the hole in that narrative. If their target was rail infrastructure, why then did they choose incendiary bombs? You don't take out...
Dresden by today's standards would be a war crime. The entire POINT of the study of history is to learn from it. So for me it's far more healthy...
