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The Germans could go the other way, deciding after reviewing the reports they have of the battles in North Africa that the uprated PZ.3 and PZ.4 models acquitted themself well against the British tanks but lacked the numbers and logistical support to be able to turn the tide against the flanking...

Thin wing Javelin fitted with RB106 to replace the Avons and Sapphires in later models. Starts as NATO's main all weather fighter, later morphing into a Formidable strike fighter, the Javelin's versatile air brake enabling it to hit targets with surprising accuracy, while having surprisingly...

Well it replaces the Seafires in the BPL as the anti Kamikaze interceptors, though I expect the Sea Vampire lacks the range for joining in attacks on the Japanese mainland.

I don't think he needs to rewrite anything just because you think he should, the last updates were from testing a tank at a proving ground, so they will probably be talking in generalities when talking about the equivalent armour rather than down to the exact 1000ths of an inch Before you start...

HMS Belfast Vs the Hipper. A study in whether rapid fire 6" shells will out damage slower but heavier 8" shells. I'm going for a Belfast win due to Hippers topsides being wrecked quite quickly and unable to range effectively, Belfast will be hurt but still sea worthy, the extra size helping...

So is the battle on the one perfect day a year when you can reliably range past 25000 Yards, because the Yamato is just going to be wasting shells at maximum range. Sou Daks will get into range because the Yamato will actually need to hit it's target to sink it, so the range will close.

You could wreck Liverpool (would anyone notice the difference?) and you still have Bristol and Glasgow as fully functioning alternatives. Add Cardiff, Newport, Port Talbot, Swansea and probably Milford/Pembroke as alternatives. Ayr, Barrow, Gloucester ports and Fleetwood could probably take...

If the IJN has a fleet of 16 capital ships and the USN has 29 capital ships then there is no way the RN can only have 22 capital ships to counter them alongside it's European commitments. You would probably see the 13.5" ships kept in service until another class of improved G3 type are added...

The same drivers exist for Torch style landings, freeing up SLOC through the Med is such a massive saving in shipping that it's worth invading just for that reason. Carrying out any other landings in the Med without clearing your supply lines from your home ports is idiotic just down to the...

While the North African Vichy forces offer little to the allied cause until they are brought up to date, it's the intangible benefits that taking the rest of north Africa will bring make it worth the political manoeuvring. Large iron ore deposits along with other raw materials closer to the...

The rest of your post was reasonable and well thought out, the part about the carriers was incorrect. The art of fighter direction had been worked on by Force H, usually HMS Sheffield so I think that will be as OTL. I can see less priority being given to British naval aircraft if American...

Well it's nice to see the same old misinformed statements coming out about the RN lacking experience using carriers together being rolled out against all the information available. RN carriers trained as air groups before the war in the Med for strikes against the Italian fleet while under...

Full size mock up made from Bavarian Bergkase, time are hard so they cant spare the steel. Add some pumpernickel and a beer and you can make the unwanted prototype disappear over lunch.

It's been a great timeline, plausible, well researched and thoroughly entertaining. I'd happy buy a copy for my Kindle.

ITTL I think you have a proven path for turning aero engines into diesels, giving the Meteor to Perkins to convert will utilise a seperate design team that now has experience in this area. I wonder if in a similar vein to making the Meteor out of cast iron, could the single stage centrifugal...