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  1. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    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...

  2. European NATO airforces alternatives, 1950-1990

    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...

  3. De Havilland Vampire enters service in 1944

    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.

  4. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    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...

  5. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    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...

  6. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    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.

  7. WI: Luftwaffe focused on Liverpool docks

    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...

  8. No Naval Treaties 1922/30/36? Consequences & build your own navy fleet.

    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...

  9. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    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...

  10. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    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...

  11. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    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...

  12. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    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...

  13. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    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.

  14. Munich Shuffle: 1938-1942

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

  15. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    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...

  16. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    A Meteor with a Rootes type supercharger would provide a boost in power without the need for complicated turbo set ups. It would be a waste to set up Meteor production then swap it for another engine design so soon, no matter how similar. I think the Meteor will be good for anything up to the...

  17. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Why is this an issue only an issue for the RN when the USN had 16" guns that fired different shell types between ship classes, as did some of the 14" guns?

  18. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Not really. Ever hear of an RN ship having to sail without ammunition? The USN had 5"/51, 5"/38 and 5"/25 all with differing shell types, 4" guns for the flush deck destroyers and several marks of 3" guns in service in WW2. USN BB guns had the same spread of size in 16", 14" and 12" with the...

  19. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    The RN laughs at your concerns........

  20. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    A) Yet they had army co-operation squadrons in service, no one knew how quickly the role would change once combat started. B) FAA has gone to the Admiralty by then, late 20s early 30s RN carrier aircraft were as good as the RAF models, once the FAA is back under admiralty control they set the...
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