The Alamo

[Dill]

(09-22-2016, 02:59 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: Does anyone else ever day dream about the Alamo?  What would have happened if the defenders would have had 2 or 3 Gatlin guns with 10k rounds of ammo readily available? Or the WWI German machine gun? Strategically placed through out the compound.  Would that have stopped Mexicans from winning the battle?  What if they had another 100 well equipped soldiers?  What if they would have had 3 larger cannons from the Civil War era?

What would have been the minimum amount of help they would have needed to successfully repel the Mexicans from storming the Alamo that morning? 


Has anyone else ever thought about this or is this my first clue that maybe I should go get some professional psychiatric help?   

What might have stopped the Mexicans from winning? -- If Fannin had continued his relief march from Goliad. That would have reinforced the Alamo garrison with 300 men.  Some 480 strong then, the Texas would likely have defended successfully against an army of only 1,200 or so Mexicans--so long as they kept their guards alert.