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by spicmart
Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Fast Battleship League Table
Replies: 169
Views: 86850

Re: Fast Battleship League Table

Some do know. Many don't. And more don't care as they think that Navweaps is the premier naval forum anyway. I poste this on some facebook dreadnought groups. In most of them they were discarded as not valid. May I ask which data you use to come to these results? Maybe on some German forum as well a...
by spicmart
Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:59 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Fast Battleship League Table
Replies: 169
Views: 86850

Re: Fast Battleship League Table

@fsimon Very intriguing work!
Have you posted all this on Navweaps forum?
The reactions there would be interesting.
by spicmart
Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:57 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Armor efficiency/deficiency diagram?
Replies: 2
Views: 2653

Armor efficiency/deficiency diagram?

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 6151697676 I found this here in a Facebook group "Treaty Battleships".
What do you think about it?
by spicmart
Wed Jul 13, 2022 10:24 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Range and Penetration Table for the 38 cm SK C/34 Guns.
Replies: 9
Views: 2793

Re: Range and Penetration Table for the 38 cm SK C/34 Guns.

Thank you Mr. Jurens.
Can this paper be acquired somehow? I'm a layman but sometimes like to dive into these things.
by spicmart
Tue Jul 12, 2022 2:27 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Range and Penetration Table for the 38 cm SK C/34 Guns.
Replies: 9
Views: 2793

Re: Range and Penetration Table for the 38 cm SK C/34 Guns.

Unterlagen zur Bestimmung Hauptkampfentfernung und Geschosswahl Heft h, Schlachtschiffe Bismarck & Tirpitz http://forum-marinearchiv.de/coppermine/albums/userpics/11899/Unterlagen%20und%20Richtlinien%20zur%20Bestimmung%20der%20Hauptkampfentfernung%20und%20der%20Gescho%C3%9Fwahl%20Heft%20h%20Sch...
by spicmart
Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:32 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Range and Penetration Table for the 38 cm SK C/34 Guns.
Replies: 9
Views: 2793

Re: Range and Penetration Table for the 38 cm SK C/34 Guns.

Sorry, I forgot to say which figures I mean.
It is this here;
https://www.kbismarck.com/38cm.html
by spicmart
Mon Jul 11, 2022 10:07 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Range and Penetration Table for the 38 cm SK C/34 Guns.
Replies: 9
Views: 2793

Range and Penetration Table for the 38 cm SK C/34 Guns.

Hello,

Were these data actual test results or just calculated? And how accurate are they? I am especially interested in dispersion.
by spicmart
Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:26 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Was the battleship Bismarck really the best of its time?
Replies: 220
Views: 60292

Re: Was the battleship Bismarck really the best of its time?

Hello Thorsten, I have a couple of questions. I hope you don't mind. armor penetration at 20 kyard~18,2 km vertical 448 mm vs 442 mm horizontal nominally 109 mm vs <80 mm (the problem US vertical penetration was an estimate calculated with US-empirical -Thompson F formula ( Buord Sk. 78841)) this fo...
by spicmart
Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:29 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck's TDS so abysmal?
Replies: 16
Views: 4958

Re: Bismarck's TDS so abysmal?

At the position of turret Anton the minimum distance of the TDS to the barbettes is only 3 m. How would you rate this "weakness"?
How were other battleships protected against torpedoes in this area?
by spicmart
Wed Jan 05, 2022 12:40 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck's TDS so abysmal?
Replies: 16
Views: 4958

Re: Bismarck's TDS so abysmal?

2) What appears to be a flaw, actually isn't a flaw, and our negative interpretation of this feature resides in our incomplete or incorrect understanding of the full situation. I think 2) is possible. This kind of "gap" already existed on the large cruisers of the Mackensen-class and the ...
by spicmart
Mon Jan 03, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck's TDS so abysmal?
Replies: 16
Views: 4958

Re: Bismarck's TDS so abysmal?

Yes, Herr Nilsson.
That's the one!
At least the same spot is meant.
by spicmart
Mon Jan 03, 2022 3:34 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck's TDS so abysmal?
Replies: 16
Views: 4958

Re: Bismarck's TDS so abysmal?

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Hope that works.