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Gentlemen, Alberto wrote: he major problem for someone here is that the "accepted reconstruction" (e.g. the turn away of PoW at 6:01:30, after 1 minute under BS fire and immediately after the first shell received onboard) shows clearly that the regrettable aftermath (request for an "investigation"/B...

If the German Navy is to be a significant force then that requires Germany itself to be a significant power in its own right - it is not simply a matter of money and provision of resources on an existing budget. To answer the question directly it would need Germany to have an AFD government that ta...

Gentlemen,
Many thanks to you both those big bombs obviously did their job!

Gentlemen, I'm not sure where to place this post, but here it goes! Watching a program about the sinking of the Tirpitz by 9 and 617 squadrons, it was suggested that the 'Tallboy' bombs achieved or went through the sound barrier on their way down and that the several 'near misses' could gave given s...

Gentlemen, i do not intent to get into this argument as I know nothing about the subject. What I will say however is that we are entering a new year and a new decade and it would be a shame if the hostilities (for that is what they were) between certain members carries on into it. Perhaps it is time...

Gentlemen,
Seasons greetings and wishing you all a very happy New Year.
Paul

Thanks for your reply Bill.
You are of course quite right in saying that the US were more interested in building aircraft carriers, but I can't help thinking that a 'Montana' would have been a spectacular sight had they been built!

Consider too the design of the South Dakota class ships. The NC had been originally designed around a 14” gun and when up-gunned to 16” was considered unbalanced. The South Dakota class was intended to be a balanced 35,000 ton treaty battleship with the 16”45 2240lb combination. But when BuOrd devel...

Hi Francis, I've often wondered about hat too, i would think that a modern 'Exocet' type missile on a cruiser like the 'Belgrano' would be pretty devastating even though she would have had thicker armour than HMS Sheffield for instance who seemed to have a lot of flammable material on her. No doubt ...

Gentlemen, Have been 'out of action' for a few days whilst tackling my new knee. I read all the posts with interest and several things occurred to me, first of all, the in ability of Bismarck to hit the destroyers at 4000yds, I would have thought that at night, with a ship rolling around at about 10...

Gentlemen, I trust this last post is not going to lead us back to the topic of whether Capt Leach should have been Court Martialed after Denmark Strait! Personally I think that if either Lutjens or Lindermann were still alive they could have realised that they were in an impossible situation and sur...

Off topic commentary deleted. WJJ

Gentlemen, Your opinions please. Was president Trump correct in pulling out US troops from Syria and letting the Turks, Kurds and Syrians get on with it, even though it let the Russian in? Also, I believe Turkey has one of the largest armies in the Continent, so if the Russians ares involved could i...

Thanks very much for that Wadinga, the article was very interesting, particularly about the recoil One statement says, "We had an anti-tank rifle which temporarily incapacitated the firer after every round" Another said, " In an anti-tank rifle report on the 'Boys' it acquired the unsubstantiated na...

Gentlemen, Does anyone know anything about the Boys Anti-Tank rifle? I believe it was of .55 calibre and packed a mighty kick to those firing it, but what sort of tank would it be used against, as I cannot believe it would do much more than scratch the paintwork of a Panzer or Tiger and how would it...