What If?......

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i kinda like the SMLE..............

 

[brad]

hay are we on about aicraft or tanks hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

neither, guns............

 

[brad]

why not get a gun site then hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

'cos this isn't a strictly aviation topic, it's for any "what if"

 

[brad]

ok what if the yanks had not come in the war what would have happend then

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

no B-17, yey!!!!

oh, and no friendly fire............

 

[brad]

i ment on the out come of the war

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

we would still have won, it would just take longer, what with all the tea breaks..........

 

[Gemhorse]

plan_D, my regards to your Dad, he was an astute man ! - SLR's are my absolutely favourite weapon; we were trained to strip, clean re-assemble them in total darkness, and although I was never in combat, all the exercises we did etc., we came to love it's durability, realiability and firepower. They are still in use in some countries, and far superior to AK47's- I've used both the Russian Chinese AK's and they're heavier and they fire a lighter round...7.62 x 39 - SLR's use 7.62 x 51, alot gruntier... The AK's only advantage was it could fire auto, but it's not how many you fire, it's where you place 'em...- I liked the American M1 and Thompsons too, from WWII...AND, I do sincerely believe the American's entry into WWII was what swung it, and altho' we give 'em a hard-time, it's a friendly thing...They did a great job, friendly-fire and all....

 

[plan_D]

I think the outcome of the war would have been still been a victory but all of Europe would have been Red, the Russians would have carried on past Germany and on to Holland, Belgium and France. Then done like they did to East Europe, Britain would have been isolated.

Europe save Britain would have been Soviet and Britain would have held North Africa and it's interests elsewhere. We would have won but it would have been a lot worse of a victory.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but there would be less friendly fire victims atleast..........

 

[cheddar cheese]

a soviet europe...... interesting

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it's as good as soviet anyway...............

 

[plan_D]

How do you figure that? You do realise the Soviet Union has collapsed and Russia is crippled, right?

 

[cheddar cheese]

hmmm, i wonder what life would be like if russia won the cold war

 

[cheddar cheese]

random note: this is already the 10th most popular topic yet it aint been up that long

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

How do you figure that? You do realise the Soviet Union has collapsed and Russia is crippled, right?

that's what they want you to think.................

 

[brad]

i say that the war would of been over a lot qicker if the usa people did not shoot each other

 

[plan_D]

Well Russia are doing a very good job of making everyone believe it, or maybe they are just crippled.

All their Eastern Block countries are now in the EU (As of 7th May) so there's that support gone. Russia is being politically deprived of sales from their oil reserves, their military is a shambles, they're a mere shadow of their former Soviet self, and we should be thankful of that.