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Post by shadow007 on Dec 3, 2022 16:12:59 GMT
At the start of the Spanish Civil War a powerful and bored Time-traveler
100 of each tank: T90M, Leclerc XLR, Abrams M1A2 SEP vs3, Kv2 Black Panther, Challenger 2E
12 of each aircraft: Apache AH-64E, F-35B, MiG-35, Mil Mi-28, CAIC Z-10, Eurocipter Tiger HAD, Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3
7 of each armored vehicle and mobile artillery: M1151A1 Humvee, Kornet-D, Himar, T-15 Armata
5k of each anti-tank/explosive weapon: NLAW, RPG-29 , Javelin, LRAC F1 (each type gets 15k rockets)
-20k each of these modern nation's Best Infantry Body Armor: American, Russian, British and French
-300k plus 900k of each rifle and magazines: AK-105, XM5 rifle, M16A4, SA80 L85A2
Obviously this is overkill for the civil war, even if Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Spendthrift Romania committed the majority of their forces
Assuming a quick victory Spain and the Allies have a few years to prepare for WW2 and upgrade their military tech
Republican Spain existing during WW2 with such advanced weapons is a massive game-changer. They can easily bombard the Germans relentlessly, especially if using French airports, thus quickly winning WW2
The Cold War is altered dramatically. Republican Spain is going to be a neutral party trading with both NATO and the Commitern. It's economy and living standards are going to be much better compared to Real Life
Spain's culture and government is going to be a lot less protective of the Catholic church. And more likely to prosecute them for abusing kids
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Post by Otto Kretschmer on Dec 3, 2022 17:27:23 GMT
What about logistics for all those weapons? Remember that Spain cannot even manufacture as mmo for those weapon systems. So after the initial ammo is used, they're useless.
Spain does not even have enough fuel for the tanks.
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Post by shadow007 on Dec 3, 2022 21:09:22 GMT
What about logistics for all those weapons? Remember that Spain cannot even manufacture as mmo for those weapon systems. So after the initial ammo is used, they're useless. Spain does not even have enough fuel for the tanks. The initial use is to quickly demolish Franco and his rebels. WW2 doesn't start until three years later. Allies can share tech-research and resources together in a joint-research program (Unless Czechoslovakia says no this time. But 2 years is still a long time) Wondering how much better prepared the Allies would be for WW2 in this alternate timeline. What sorts of improvements or new/better equipment they could make in two-to-three years.
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