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"There's oil in Libya." Boom, Axis victory.
Also, a manual on production of AR-15s or -18s + RPG-7s would do wonders. Simply knowing that a small fast round is feasible would save tons in logistic issues, and having a cheap AT rocket at the beginning of the war rather than the end could've negated Russia's heavy tank advantage.
You beat me to the AR-15 thing. It would have completely turned the tide of the ground battles. This alone would have changed the entire outcome. Nothing else would have been needed. Add high cap mags for good measure. 30+ each.
standard cap you mean also they need M-4 select fire rifles since we know AR—5s are not weapons of war
manual on production of AR-15s or -18s + RPG-7s would do wonders.
I'd like to agree with you on the AR designs, but I feel like in this case something with looser tolerances would be more productive from a manufacturer point of view.
Like it or not, the AR18 was built off of the lessons learned from the expenses and difficulty of forging, casting and milling all the parts of the AR15. I'm not sure they could have powered through and made cost effective AR18s without that experience.
While I wholeheartedly agree the AR15 is the superior weapon, I'd bring back a collection of SKSs, and the technical data package if I was going for a small arms anachronism. Semi-Auto, accurate, uses stripper clips, still a step towards a modem intermediate cartridge and familiar enough to be acceptable. Oh and no aluminum. Steel would have been easier to source if memory serves.
That's why I included the 18 in there. It used folded steel, which most of their weapons did already. But the 15 is actually more reliable than the 18 or sks in muddy environments, because the charging handle at the rear prevents most ingress of mud and gunk. Plus, the lighter bullet allows for more ammo capacity, something that's vital when everything they had was carried on a soldier's back or horse carts. By the end of the war, they had even run out of lead for bullets, something a smaller faster bullet might forestall.
Interesting, having easy access to oil would certainly change things.
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