Sherman, please do your own research. The information is out there. Learning about the Yak-10, an insignificant Soviet fighter, is much less...
That's very shaky legal ground, chris. Hoyt is supposedly representing his work as historic fact. Established case law has already determined that...
The function of the "Bombe" machines was to sort candidate solutions by probability. This was done by examining letter groupings. For example,...
Surely there are footnotes, unless this Hoyt person you're relying on for support is on of those "post-modern historians" who don't rely on...
Much is made of the impact on Allied armor in the bocage country, but the enclosed terrain and cramped roads must have given advantages to both...
Germany didn't loose due to a lack of a "victory tank." Germany lost for a lot of reasons, one being a lack of tanks generally. Instead of dicking...
The Polish submarine in WWII achievement was spotty, in spite of having some excellent boats. Sęp managed to get herself interned by the Swedes,...
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It would help if you'd be more explicit.
Hey, I can't go easy on you guys. And you wouldn't want me too. Mere fanboiz would snag something like this: [img] So let's stick with my...
OK. Let's put aside the obscure auxiliaries. Here's a real warship (I mean the sub, not the rowboat): [IMG]
If you look carefully at the photo of Vestal listing and beached you can see the huge patches of rust where her paint was burned off by the...
Could that be USS Vestal after her conversion to a repair ship? [IMG] Here she is a collier: [img]
The A6M was an outstanding design in 1940, but the United States had a much more capable naval fighter project in development at least a year...
Well done, TiredOldSoldier. Crap. I thought maybe there'd be some sweat expended on this one. Next time no hints.
The gauntlet is thrown down: [IMG] hint: South of the border... I'll give you another: an unhappy ship...
Yes, she is a beaut! I see they've given her plain old shrouds. I wish the ratlines were still in place. Give me a bit to find a real corker,...
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This drives home the status of Hirohito very clearly: [IMG]
Enough! I've toyed with you long enough, SymphonicPoet! Here she is today, minus her brightwork... [IMG]
Buzzsaw, based on the ROF. The MG.42 was capable of 1200 rounds/minute. To the human ear 1200 rpm doesn't sound like BANG!-BANG!-BANG!, it's more...
