[TML] Molding Ships

[Charles Prevatte]

ATGM are not practical unless you are assuming the "space men" came in
legion force levels with a massive space ship and lots of on board factory
capacity.

I was assuming a small group on ONE side with a small ship and a good
library package.  Say a TL 11 commecial ship or perhaps just a life boat
with the survivers personal electronics and perhaps one of them is an
engineer.

ATGM would take recreating 1970s level electronics at the least.  That would
take 10+ years assuming 1940s tube technology.  It takes time to build up a
base of train personel to build totally new things.

A transister would be near magic to most 1940s personel, while an engine
that had a better compression ratio is perfectly understandable, even if the
way the better tolerences are achieved is a bit of a mistery.

In the case of the transiter you have to train the entire production staff
and the users.

In the case of the engine, a few people to help in the final assembly have
to learn a new trick or two that is very close to what they already are
doing.

There is a very large difference in scale.

Look at the engine in the Wright brothers plane.  Today we have better and
more powerfull engines in leaf blowers and lawnmowers, but the basic
principle is exactly the same.  No new concepts to learn, just refinements.

Charles L.

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> > From: tml-bounces at travellercentral.com [mailto:tml-
> > bounces at travellercentral.com] On Behalf Of Tom Cusworth
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> > Erm,
> >
> > I thought the failure of Market Garden was due to a number of factors,
> not
> > least of which was the terrible prevalence of fog in the South of
> England
> > after the initial drop of the British 1st Airborne. This prevented
> > reinforcement by the Polish until Thursday, September 21st (IIRC). The
> > other
> > main factor in the faiure of the assault was, as correctly pointed
> out,
> > the
> > inadequacy of the Dutch road system, which prevented XXX Corps moving
> up
> > to
> > Arnhem swiftly enough to intevene in the battle for the bridge across
> the
> > Rhine.
> >
> > It's an interesting thought to imagine what difference helicopters
> would
> > have made, though. What about 60 or 70 ATGMs? Or man-portable
> integrated
> > radio system, allowing integrated command & control of dispersed
> units? Or
> > even a NAW capability for aircraft?
> >
> > -Tom
>
> Lets not forget the nearby presence of two SS Panzer divisions
> (understrengt though they may be). Now if we're handing the allies
> modern attack helicopters, what would happen if the Germans had ATGM's?
> Forget about XXX Corp then. Or the effect of Manpads to allied airpower?
>
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