The CNT militias, by contrast, very much allowed discussion and debate of orders from the superiors by the rank and file. So, while they were very motivated, the CNT militias ended up being hamstrung by indecision and were therefore very inflexible combat units.

That will need to be remedied, then.

The Quinto Regimiento de Milicias Populares was considered an elite corps, made up of volunteers (initially, mostly from the MAOC, but later from other sources). It was described as a model military unit, loyal to the Republic and elite.

Basically, the MAOC ...

Broadly speaking:

CNT (anarchists): the largest of the Republican militia, 50,000. High morale but very low military effectiveness.
UGT (socialist trade-unionist): 30,000
MAOC/PCE (Stalinist communist): 10,000 (initially MAOC, then growing into PCE) - probably the most militarily effective, the ...

The new build that Q-ball and Przemek is testing is based on an attempt to reflect the naval war in the Spanish Civil War better.

The Spanish Civil War’s naval balance began by favouring the Republic, because most operational ships and many crews stayed loyal or seized ships from pro-rebel officers ...

I think the issue is one of concentration, there are only a limited number of airfields available, and the Nationalist player doesn't have any fighters for a while.

That being said the Nationalist player could shuffle the transports around between Larache, Sania Ramel, Tauima etc and not leave them ...

Looking forward to this one!

While the Republicans have a massive advantage in pure numbers and tonnage of merchant ships, it's important to bear in mind that the majority of the Spanish merchant fleet is old and relatively slow. The average age of the Spanish merchant fleet (for steamers above ...

Here is one visualisation of a "what if". Three large twin-gun turrets for the 51cms, much larger central superstructure than Yamato. Otherwise profile the same.

Guys and Girls,

Looking at doing a new variant of Empire mod with less CV construction prior to WW2 but weaker treaty so more BB, kind of halfway house to WPO. Now Empire mod is pretty much ironed out, we are finding less and less to improve, I will use Scn 42 to make a new one soon.

I was ...

<t> It's not quite that simple. Accuracy is different for various weapon types (and not relevant to a large number of them).<br/>
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But let's assume you are talking naval guns.<br/>
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I have developed my own formula to "fit" values to the values assigned to devices in DBB. For naval guns ...

<t> They did carry the Type 0 Common (or HE) shell. But this was relatively low-filler (4.5% bursting charge) compared to the 2.3% for the Type 91 APC round. This would have resulted in suboptimal fragmentation against soft targets (the casing splinters into fewer, larger, heavier pieces) compared ...

I agree. It's a historical war game. Numerous place names changed from 1941 to today. Do we change Rangoon to Yangon? Port Arthur to Lushunkou? Canton to Guangzhou?

The B-339-C's had the 1,000 hp G105 Cyclones. The B-339-Ds had the more powerful Cyclone 40s (1200 hp). The B-339-23s (most of which went to Australia) had the G205.

The Japanese Type 99 20mm cannon (the Mark 1) was a continuation of the design philosophy behind the Zero - low weight at all costs. This meant low muzzle velocity and a low rate of fire. The heavier IJAAF 20mm Ho-5 cannon was far superior.

<t> Fully agree with you re the Brewsters with export Cyclones. At low altitude a Buffalo I or B-339 stood some sort of chance, at higher altitudes they were slaughtered.<br/>
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The real weakness of Japanese aircraft design was the lack of properly powerful engines. They therefore decided to ...

<t> Most of it comes down to pilot quality, numerical parity and suitable tactics. The Dutch CW-21s and even the export Curtiss Hawks could perform adequately with Zeroes and Oscars in a dogfight but they faced numerical superiority and were whittled down.<br/>
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The Zero and Oscar were ...

<t> The F4F-3 was very agile and nimble. Slightly faster than the Zero, good climb rate and in the right hands would outturn a Zero. But then they went and packed her full of additional weight (around 500lb extra) for the -4 variant, which dramatically reduced her maneuverability.<br/>
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The ...

<t> You forgot to add this bit from the Wikipedia article you took your quotes from:<br/>
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"For 54 years there was no definitive answer as to whether he had been brought down by friendly fire or the Japanese bomber's nose gunner. In 1997 the publication of the primary source for this article ...

<t> That being said, the Iowas were initially designed in response to the conversion of the Kongos. At the time (around 1938) the US designers only knew that the Japanese were violating the naval treaties, so they invoked the escalator clauses under the treaties. In mid-1938 they expanded the ...

Hiryu took 16 months from being laid down to being launched on the slip at Yokosuka Naval Yard. It then took another 20 months to commission.

The Yanks had a relatively good idea:

http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-084.php