I wasn't aware that the brits had shipped tanks out to North African till 1940 and that they only had AC's till then? FNG
no, they are aiming for a balance based on capacity and range. Like all designs a comremise has to be made as weight affects performance and...
why would they need to? Plus for every 1lb of fuel carried to get you that bit further reduces the carrying capacity. As such it's...
certainly read what to us is classic SF. I am currently reading the foundation series, I read the lensman last year and I have some more EE Doc...
the changes would seem to be mainly armour upgrades which are difficult to see, if at all possable. The H introduced a new ball turret for the...
I agree, Bushido as a code go's back many centuries and was probably finalised around the 17th and 18th centries when Japanese Samuari culture...
I think I know where the myth of the knife and the armour has come from. The official US military handbook on Jap tanks and anti tank tactiocs...
they did produce 88's in AT mode which were both low and fitted with a gun shield. I can't see that much difference between an emplaced 88 and...
not the front for added armour like with the spare tracks? FNG
probably none have been "destroyed" but I can imagine a lot have sustained significant damage rendering them unservicable and unrepairable in the...
I haven't seen half tracks in modern service outside the 60's and I assume most of those where throw backs to ww2. half tracks like all tracked...
I don't know about the atlantic but in the med they knew where the boats where so sent planes to search the area. Needless to say they were...
see this site for a breakdown of recorded jumps http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/year_table.htm FNG
the germans had parachutes and there are recorded cases of them being used. However they were not very reliable. I am not aware of the allies...
caltrop? FNG
Supply by air is not practical, look at Stalengrad. You can take in men, you can take in starvation rations and limited light defensive rounds....
what swastika? FNG
my 5 year olds horsey sticker book says that English shires are the decendents of the destrier but are smaller than they used to be FNG
or Caen or Coventry. We all suffered but that is not the point BTW, the thread is called "A bombs were not needed to end the war?" which is...
if you want to see what an invasion of the homeland would have been like imagine okinawa but Worse! I believe that the bombs were a lessor evil...
