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NaibofTabr ,

None of the above, all would require infrastructure to support their equipment - infrastructure that is decades beyond the capabilities of the time. 1941 wouldn’t even have the electricity generation capacity to turn the lights on.

Instead I would bring the Pentagon. Forget the equipment, that building is full of people who study and operate large-scale logistics, operational security, information collection and analysis, battle tactics and broad strategy. Plus, I guarantee you there’s a copy in there of all the records ever collected about the Axis military, and hundreds of postwar analyses of those records - deployments, resources, communications, technology, officer profiles, command structure. That information could probably end the war in a year.

Intelligence, logistics and planning win wars.

Glemek ,

Too credible

NaibofTabr ,

Oh shit, you’re right, I forgot where I was.

superkret ,

Wouldn’t most US military equipment become pretty useless without jet fuel (also needed for tanks), the Internet and GPS?

NaibofTabr ,

The engine in the Abrams is actually a “multi-fuel” engine. It’s probably cleanest and most efficient on jet fuel, but it can run on marine diesel which is basically trash fuel.

Sanctus , (edited )
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Either AFBs, I feel like a modern aircraft would be hella support for either European or Pacific fronts.

BombOmOm , (edited )
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Blinkov’s Battlegrounds did a detailed thought experiment: what happens if a single F-15 is transported to 1941 Pearl Harbor. What could it do?

F-15 Video ConclusionsHe determined the most effective thing possible is drop seven 2,000lb laser guided bombs right into the heart of each of the Japanese carriers. While this is unlikely to sink all of them, it would at minimum cripple them and allow the undamaged US warships in the area to catch up and finish them off. Thus loping off a massive portion of Japan’s naval power right at the start of the war.

He also did a thought experiment along similar lines in a different video, if an entire modern supercarrier was transported back to WWII. Both videos are some of my favorites.

NaibofTabr ,

They could, for a little while. You’d have a very hard time refining petroleum fuel in 1942 to the quality necessary for the jets, so you’d be limited by however much was stored on the base.

I’m also not sure how you’d deploy those aircraft across the Pacific or Atlantic other than disassembling, shipping and then reassembling them.

shalafi ,

I’m guessing Norfolk is home base for a boomer or two? Yeah, I’d go for a pair or three thermonuclear bombs ending every fight, every front, overnight. Smash Berlin, Toyko and, just because Russians, Moscow.

InvertedParallax ,

just because Russians, Moscow.

Leningrad looked at me funny, I swear.

GBU_28 ,

Mmk 8 still left in the pot

InvertedParallax ,

I mean, Moscow is big, we don’t have to be stingy.

bobburger ,

Boomers and SSGNs are stationed at either Kings Bay, GA or Naval Base Kitsap in Washington.

verity_kindle ,

I like your style.

metaStatic , (edited )

Why attack Russia? Aren't they our friends now?

edit: anyone down voting a relevant terminator reference in this place should be perma banned from the internet

BearOfaTime ,

Korea is split in 2 courtesy of the Soviet Union and China post-WWII.

And then there’s the whole Cold War, Berlin Wall, gulags, etc.

NaibofTabr ,

Ask Patton.

can_you_change_your_username ,

I wouldn't do an airforce or naval base because modern air and sea systems couldn't be repaired and resupplied in 1941. Tanks still run on diesel and can fire the munitions used in WW2 so that's a possibility but they still can't be repaired and transporting them to Europe would be a significant undertaking. Imagine bringing them to the past only to lose half of them to a uboat in the middle of the Atlantic. They also wouldn't be very useful in the Pacific.

I'm going to go with Liberty. It has army special forces command, a Ranger regiment, and a modern medical facility. I think the most valuable thing we could send back to 1941 is knowledge and training. Deploy the Rangers as trainers and advisers, send the medical personnel to teach modern trauma medicine and lead surgical units.

GBU_28 ,

Only concern would be reach. There’s only so many personnel at liberty and a whole lot of war front.

Rivalarrival ,

I don’t think modern Rangers hold significant advantage over WWII rangers. I think they would actually be a detriment, as the WWII rangers were familiar with the technologies available in that time period.

My first thought was Norfolk. They’ve got enough ASW assets to stop the U-boats that were decimating the convoys.

My second thought is Wright Patterson AFB, home of the US Air Force museum. Designers get to tear apart aircraft that wouldn’t be built until after the war, but not so advanced that they exceed the nation’s ability to produce. They get turbine engines 4 years early, and figure out all the transonic effects thet kept them from breaking the sound barrier.

Third thought is to skip straight to the endgame and try to accelerate the Manhattan project. Send them the Savannah River site.

vaultdweller013 ,

Sierra Army depot, there is probably some weird shit there thatd be fun to give to the WW2 US military.

Inucune ,

Fort Polk not listed because they’re that bad.

INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

I would take fort castra back if it were a guaranteed win just to see how the fuck they manage to pull it off.

verity_kindle ,
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I had to look up castras and now, I must subscribe to your newsletter.

verity_kindle ,

Fort Hood.

mkwt ,

Now known as Cavazos. The country decided to maybe not name bases after traitorous losers.

verity_kindle ,

Thank you for your insight. The Army doesn’t have bases, they have “posts”. That one was my grandparents’ first post after they got married. My mother was born in the post hospital at Fort Bragg. I don’t know you. You don’t know me. Have a nice evening, anyways.

BearOfaTime ,

Fort Hood

Illegalmexicant ,

Oh noes! I now have forgotten all the confederate general’s names! This is un-american!

shalafi ,

Thank god the mod removed this. Otherwise I wouldn’t have been curious enough to click “source” and read it anyway.

nuke , (edited )
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I remove dumb fuck posts that don’t belong here

Illegalmexicant ,

I agree with this.

bulwark , (edited )

The US military is effective partly because it has so many bases. If you time traveled a single base back in time it would still need modern logistics from other bases. What ever they had in 1941 isn’t air to air refueling an f-35.

But probably Norfolk because of the carriers who would still need replenishment from other ships not in Norfolk.

kersploosh ,
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Minot. Curtis LeMay would have had wet dreams over it.

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