Recent content by Salamander

  1. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    I can see tanks equipped with mine rollers, mine ploughs, bangalore torpedoes, and other "Funnies" coming out of Hobart's Tea Partys
  2. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Isn't this the car that kept attracting random, kamikaze pianos whenever it was on Top Gear?
  3. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Marie will have a small-sword in one hand and a karambit in the other.
  4. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Not to mention the "We'd also like this to go away REALLY fast, so is this enough money to make it do so" way?
  5. Short Stirling used as Maritime Patrol Aircraft for Battle of Atlantic?

    But there are all those pesky post-war colonial bush wars and confrontations where they'd come in handy...
  6. Short Stirling used as Maritime Patrol Aircraft for Battle of Atlantic?

    The nose of the Sterling does seem to be a good candidate for a combination of both the QF 6-pdr Class M Mark I with Auto Loader Mk III, aka Mollins Gun, and 20mm Hispano-Suizas facing forward. With the addition of RP-3 (Rocket Projectile 3 inch) to the mix as well, then any U-boat would have a...
  7. Short Stirling used as Maritime Patrol Aircraft for Battle of Atlantic?

    For your consideration: with a Sterling LRMPA having fixed, forward-firing guns instead of a nose turret (I recommend 4 x 20mm Hispano-Suizas), could we be faced the possibility of aerial duels between Short Sterlings and Focke-Wulf Fw200 Condors?
  8. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    One reason for the OTL invasion of mainland Italy was to threaten an invasion of the Axis held Balkan nations. The proximity of Allied air power and major ports in southern Italy, combined with the activities of Tito's partisans and Churchill's well-known obsession with the Balkans being...
  9. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Yeah, he's doomed alright. Poor bugger might as well have given her a kitten and/or puppy. Edit: The main reason Tilo has "guided" Erich into the Navy's Special Forces, aside from hoping that he dies conveniently in a training accident, is because Tilo is very much aware of his family's...
  10. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I wonder if Nixon could get his healthcare bill through ITTL?
  11. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    The older brother and former (?) crush has fallen into the clutches of the Forestry Service as a Ranger. Last seen "working" on a property owned by Kat but leased to the German Special Forces as their premier training ground.
  12. WI ancient greek city state took on logic in all it's decisions making and behaviour civil and leadership

    ASB, simply because logic is merely a thought process, not an infallible one. You can use logic and still end up with an erroneous outcome, because the data on which you are basing your decisions on may be flawed.
  13. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Elke is just coming to realise that nobody messes with the Tigress' cubs without consequences, and Sophie is most definitely one of Kat's cubs. Elke may have given birth to Sophie, but Kat is her mother. Found family is family, after all.
  14. Short Stirling used as Maritime Patrol Aircraft for Battle of Atlantic?

    Except that the Lancaster was designed (actually redesigned) as a four engined heavy bomber. The Stirling was designed as four engined multi-role aircraft for which bombing was but a part of its specification, hence its size. It was intended to be able to carry its bomb load OR cargo OR troops...
  15. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I think the Aunties are coming to visit Germany
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