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Women should never be allowed in combat units! We had this chick in our unit. One day we go to the beach. As we pull up to the beach...

Yep ... as an old colleague used to say: 'As soon as you think something is idiot-proof, someone goes out and develops a better idiot.....'

I think Hitler's biggest incorrect assumption was that Stalin would fold like the Czar did in WWI - threaten Moscow/St. Petersburg and...

I though it was this month's models.

The Wright R-1820, required alternate engine, has diameter 1.38m vs Nakajima Sakae with diameter 1.12m means the Wildcat fuselage is...

The conclusive turning point in a war is when one side loses. Thus their ability to affect circumstances disappears entirely. The first...

The costs relatively match what I have for Kriegsmarine ships: Bismarck (capital ship) 197,000,000 Reichsmarks Admiral Hipper...

British estimated costs during Inter war period: Maintenance cost (annual) Aircraft cost (annual) Capital Cost (annualized) Mid...

That's clearly an intelligence officer lego doing the briefing because he's got it entirely wrong. The best place to target is the arch...

Hellcat has slotted flaps, not Fowler flaps Are any of the other fighters carrier planes? P-38, Ki -44 and K-84 aren't. Smart @$$ in...

OK, I've skied behind a quarter horse in winter (Skijoring); I've mushed a dog sled (harder than it looks) and I've skied in the ditch...

While Fowler flap do indeed offer increased lift at low speed - they effectively increase both wing area and camber. The effect of the...

I was comparing @Zmauky proposal to decrease the wing area of Wildcat to that of Bearcat. Apologies, if in my 1st response I didn't...