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Zz42 replied to the thread German logistics, purchase programs and war booty, reality and alternatives 1935-43.No, it's not easier. In fact, significantly harder. And the tank encyclopedia article linked by @Zmauky is wrong in saying "Luckily...
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Zz42 reacted to tomo pauk's post in the thread German logistics, purchase programs and war booty, reality and alternatives 1935-43 with.
Bingo. Again, great points. Germany would've been a much a greater threat if they did basically everything wrt. the plausible and... -
Zz42 reacted to tomo pauk's post in the thread German logistics, purchase programs and war booty, reality and alternatives 1935-43 with.Volumetric density of the LPG Propane is 25.3 MJ/L, that of the LPG Butane is 27.7, and that of the gasoline (petrol) is 34.2. Kerosene...
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Zz42 replied to the thread German logistics, purchase programs and war booty, reality and alternatives 1935-43.There might be a typo here, but to clear up potential confusion: LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas; a mixture of mostly propane and butane...
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Zz42 replied to the thread Bangkok and Beyond! A quick trip to the Thai capital.I remember visiting the Death Railway Museum in Kanchanaburi, uh, it must have been something like 20 years ago with my girlfriend at...
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Zz42 reacted to nuuumannn's post in the thread Bangkok and Beyond! A quick trip to the Thai capital with.On with the voyage through Kanchanaburi. We are in the Death Railway Museum and this display focusses on the development of the Azon...
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Zz42 reacted to nuuumannn's post in the thread Bangkok and Beyond! A quick trip to the Thai capital with.Thanks for following along, everyone. Today we take a look into one of the darker chapters of Thai history, the construction of the Thai...
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Zz42 reacted to ThomasP's post in the thread German logistics, purchase programs and war booty, reality and alternatives 1935-43 with.I think it is accurate to say that the main reason for the occurrence post-war is due to trade & economics. The balance in cost - by...
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Zz42 replied to the thread German logistics, purchase programs and war booty, reality and alternatives 1935-43.Natural gas consumption in Germany was insignificant before the 1970ies. That was around the time when the pipelines from the USSR were...
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Zz42 reacted to nuuumannn's post in the thread Bangkok and Beyond! A quick trip to the Thai capital with.Gidday folks, thanks ever so much for following along. We continue our look at Phi Suea Samut Fort. This fort's origins go back to the...
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Zz42 reacted to GrauGeist's post in the thread Japanese logistics, purchase programs and war booty, reality and alternatives 1936-44 with.During the Battle of Midway, B-17s claimed to have sunk a Japanese Cruiser, which, according to them, sank in 15 seconds. Fortunately...
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ZI have no doubts that your view is founded upon personal experience and I am no Labour supporter, having voted Liberal* all my life. The...
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ZThe arrangement was that all surviving lend lease material was to be returned to US control or destroyed. By October 1945 pretty much...
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Zz42 reacted to nuuumannn's post in the thread Bangkok and Beyond! A quick trip to the Thai capital with.Gidday everyone, apologies for the delay, life stuff 'n all. We are continuing our look at the guns and things at the Chulachomklao Fort...
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Zz42 replied to the thread Japanese logistics, purchase programs and war booty, reality and alternatives 1936-44.What enabled modern turbos to be so much more compact? Was it mostly better alloys allowing a smaller hotter faster spinning turbine, or...
