History, Politics And Current Affairs

Last ones for now, I’ll come back if I find any way to get the others.

Next set:

Popping back in to drop off a little present. About half of the Version 6.2 ratings threads were accessible via archive. Enjoy:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190407170 ... m.php?f=12

Appreciate the photos

No need for apologies. And I agree, with the Royal Navy winning the battles in the Mediterranean and the amount of air power the Allies can bring into the theater, the best the Italians can really do is just delay the inevitable.

A blog called Aircraft 101 has published an interesting series of posts over the last year where they have modeled the radar scattering properties of different stealth fighters. Models have been completed for the F-35A, the J-20, and the Su-57, as well as for a clean configuration F-16A. This post o...

The D-44 was only built to elevate up to 35 degrees, where most field pieces of the time were built to elevate up to 42 or 45 degrees. That's one key feature in allowing it to be built so much lighter. Judging by your gun's much longer range figures, I'd say it's better to err on the heavy side.

DE 25pdr A requirement developed in the early 1920s to replace the WW1 24pdr and 4.5" howitzer. This resulted in testing of a number of experimental weapons, including a 4.13" howitzer and a 3.7" field gun. The primary requirements were a range of 18,000 yards and a 'field weight'. C...

A battle to drydock the battleship USS Texas Apr 26, 2023 https://drydockmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Main-First-docking-BATTLESHIP-TEXAS-980x575.jpg No word yet on when the repairs are due to be finished, but they are said to be progressing well. I've been to this ship a couple of times...

Who fixes it when it breaks?

You mean Urajio?

I don't know if that was ever really true in the first place, but it certainly isn't now. Moscow's population is as large as the next seven biggest cities put together (St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Chelyabinsk) and it vastly outweighs any other city in term...

Now known as the TAI Kaan The new Turkish fighter is still under development with test stages in preparation for the maiden flight. As previously mentioned by Erdoğan, the preferred date for the Kaan’s first flight is October 29, 2023, when the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic will be celeb...

Lordroel wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 9:07 am Seems the Russians come more than actual members, despite this board having TLs that involved at least two major wars against the Old Soviet Union.

On the other hand, the TBOverse and Armageddon were both pretty friendly to the Russians.

I’ve seen Sabaton three times so far. I’m more of a casual fan but they’re the favorite band of one of my brothers, so we go to their shows whenever they come through. Always a blast. Managed to record a pretty decent video of Gott Mit Uns at one of them a few years ago. https://youtu.be/CgsZH_-w5gY

I'm no rocket scientist, but the whole concept of stacking up 33 little engines instead of building a few larger ones seems dodgy to me. Isn't that multiplying the odds of one of them experiencing a potentially fatal malfunction quite a bit?