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- Fri Nov 11, 2022 3:23 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Was the battleship Bismarck really the best of its time?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 83990
Re: Was the battleship Bismarck really the best of its time?
Thank you Thorsten! Do you know of any other battleship or cruiser fire control system stabilizing for elevation and bearing in any way as Bismarck's? Was this a unique feature or was it more common than I am aware of? Best regards Frank Can't prove it, but I suspect that Prinz Eugen may have been ...
- Sat Oct 23, 2021 2:32 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck radar detector
- Replies: 139
- Views: 16796
Re: Bismarck radar detector
Hello All, I wholeheartedly agree with Hans, the message inbound to Bismarck clearly indicates it was hoped her crew could detect and analyze the frequencies of British radars received by some system aboard ship. It may have been imagined that the British were using frequencies close enough to the ...
- Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:27 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck radar detector
- Replies: 139
- Views: 16796
Re: Bismarck radar detector
From reading various sources, my impression ist that B-Dienst did searching various frequencies.
- Fri Mar 26, 2021 6:31 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: bismark-after torpedo hit
- Replies: 208
- Views: 39234
Re: bismark-after torpedo hit
Consider this situation from another aspect. Suppose the Bismarck was a US Navy battleship instead of German. What would a US naval crew have done in that situation, cut off from any outside help, the US Navy having a different culture, history and traditions to the KM? There is USS Intrepid, which...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:46 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: bismark-after torpedo hit
- Replies: 208
- Views: 39234
Re: bismark-after torpedo hit
During Bismarcks testing in the Baltics with rudders locked at zero it was not possible to steer with engines. So they new it was an impossible task
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:36 pm
- Forum: World Navies Today
- Topic: Can the German Navy Be Saved?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21670
Re: Can the German Navy Be Saved?
I'll think I will wait on that one. If the Soviet Union (sorry, Russia) thinks that Brexit makes their strategic position in Europe stronger then they will find they are mistaken. Especially if the EU vanishes and a new Germany emerges with Poland as its strategic ally...…. As long as Germany and s...
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:32 pm
- Forum: World Navies Today
- Topic: Can the German Navy Be Saved?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21670
Re: Can the German Navy Be Saved?
Raise your glases, it looks like you will have Wodka in them.
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:21 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: Who won?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9356
Re: Who won?
Hi dale3242 If you want to get caught up in an argument about this Thus ranges beyond 24 km are not practical. Better read up on the recent Iowa vs Vanguard in hypotheticals or the much longer Long range Gunnery, where erudite theoretical explanations are presented as to why even though more distan...
- Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:53 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Question For Bill Jurens & All Re Barrel Length
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4122
Re: Question For Bill Jurens & All Re Barrel Length
@marcelo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-3_cannon There you can find some information about multi-charge guns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-3_cannon There you can find some information about multi-charge guns
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:38 pm
- Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
- Topic: Peter Mullers knife
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9384
Re: Peter Mullers knife
Unfortunately even HMA crew lists do not give more information
https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.d ... cl2=result
https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.d ... cl2=result
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:03 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck Tirpitz Scharnhorst vs King George V Prince of Wales Hood
- Replies: 107
- Views: 72090
Re: Bismarck Tirpitz Scharnhorst vs King George V Prince of Wales Hood
Gentlemen, I've been following this debate with interest but I'm afraid the mathematical calculations leave me 'dead in the water'! If this scenario was to take place then surely it would be fairer to assume that the KGV's involved had all their guns and radar working as they should which would pla...
- Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:56 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: If Bismarck had made it to France
- Replies: 101
- Views: 25164
Re: If Bismarck had made it to France
. We have to keep in mind however that, had Bismarck repairs lasted just a while, the German Atlantic network of tankers and support ship would have been anyway destroyed, thus preventing any further attempt to carry a serious merchant war in the Ocean and making unavoidable the "Channel Dash&...
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 7:51 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Tanks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6238
Re: Tanks
Unmanned drone tanks, AFVs, etc. are being considered. Not macho enough for the old school, I think. Hmmm ..... remotely guided/operated drones of all types are undeniably here to stay. I am however troubled by the potentially dangerous unintended consequences of the inevitable next technological s...
- Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:35 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck construction flaws
- Replies: 397
- Views: 291497
Re: Bismarck construction flaws
And did Bismarck suffer a hit in her boiler room during her final fight? Some claim so. Her vitals were supposed to be immune against such hits at these ranges. If you read the book from the Baron than there was no such hit. Even if no ship is immune against Shells fiert at point blank range. Fortu...
- Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:32 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck construction flaws
- Replies: 397
- Views: 291497
Re: Communication lines
Well, the gunnery control, bridge etc were exposed positions by definition and these are the places they can be knocked out..... a situation on any ship. But it is often pointed out in debates as a particular weakness of Bismarck's compared to other BBs which are said to have "proper" pro...