A Better Rifle at Halloween
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What do the Belgians/Entente even do with that nitrate? Is it particularly easy to move in a hurry, compared to everything else that's needed to be moved?
Good point. If recognizing the threat, could they train it out? Or if not enough time to get by train to France (or if in dockside in warehouses by boat to England) could they destroy it?
If it is stacked in the docks, turn fire hoses on it and flush into the river. If it can be loaded onto barges of ships quickly do so and send it to France and Britain.
Or do both, load what you can and ship it out, flush what you can't.
Anything that denies it to Germany is a win for the Entente.
Or do both, load what you can and ship it out, flush what you can't.
Anything that denies it to Germany is a win for the Entente.
Can you blow it up? If so how big would the bang be? If you could do it just as the Germans are trying to seize it and can evacuate the civilians from the immediate surrounding area that could be useful.
You'd likely kill everyone in the city blowing up all of Europe's nitrate imports, and they couldn't evacuate because Antwerp was under siege.
if necessary as a final fuck you, especially if its stored in the port. If they can move as much of it out as possible then great, otherwise destroy it.
In this scenario wouldn't they have time to evacuate more of the populace. Especially if the Brits control the cost. If possible send civilians to the ports.
Saltpetre (potassium nitrate) is what was generally imported. Technically it is non-flammable. But it is an oxidizer. You would need to mix it with something to get a boom.
I'm sure the city has plenty of coal that could be powdered and added to the mix if they wanted to, or for that matter flour. Both have a tendency to go boom under the wrong circumstances.
If I remember correctly as well as the nitrates there was a significant amount of copper in Antwerp when it fell. Enough to provide forcing bands for artillery shells for years.
Antwerp was and still is a major port you will find a lot there that would be useful for any war effort from nitrates, to copper, to steel, to coal, to grain ectra. To say nothing about its industry given it's a major city and port. Holding onto the city or at least denying what's wharehoused their will be a big plus to both Britian and France.
History repeats itself. There was a lot of Uranium in Belgium in 1940 which subsequently got used as erzatz penetrators in AT shells!
Where is your information for this , if Germany was desperate enough to use uranium in 1940 , why did it take the US until the 1970s to recreate this
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