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by pg55555
Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:23 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Possible British 16inch guns on Battleships
Replies: 2
Views: 2048

Re: Possible British 16inch guns on Battleships

. The 68,000 ton design was an OUTLINE design only, i.e. "back-of-the-envelope" only, there was never any intention to do any proper design work on it. It would have had six (two triple) 16-inch Mark IV guns in "automatic" mountings. There were Mark II, Mark III and Mark IV test ...
by pg55555
Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:21 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Battle reports
Replies: 5
Views: 2054

Re: Battle reports

. The main problems in 1941 were weaknesses of the linkage for the fail-safe mechanisms (roughly related to the mechanical interlocks of railway signal-boxes). The problem has been grossly exaggerated because no battleship would expect a 100% output when firing at speed (this was PARTLY exaggerated ...
by pg55555
Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:12 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea
Replies: 117
Views: 28239

Re: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea

. USN interception/GCI techniques were those adopted from the UK via the visit of HMS Victorious. The UK's views on German techniques were based on the post-war study of the system in operation. Fantastic radar systems which were expensive, and slow and inefficient because of the way the radars guid...
by pg55555
Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:58 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Naval fire support in Normandy
Replies: 33
Views: 13715

Re: Naval fire support in Normandy

. That was rather a hilarious mis-understanding. On that (much more serious) issue, I once came across a "can-lad" (i.e. tea boy) on a construction site who was rather confused and ill. It turned out that he was a Pole who had been captured by the Soviets in 1940's "friendly" inv...
by pg55555
Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:27 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea
Replies: 117
Views: 28239

Re: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea

. So many things. Re. Nightfighters ; 1: "The proof of the pudding ....." the British using NON "state of the art" radar had the ability to hunt the German fighters, that is fact. 2: The British found that the German system of Ground Intercept integration was a wonder of complexi...
by pg55555
Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:54 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Naval fire support in Normandy
Replies: 33
Views: 13715

Re: Naval fire support in Normandy

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Why would sitting on the Italian border doing nothing impress Eastern Europeans ?

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by pg55555
Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:10 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Naval fire support in Normandy
Replies: 33
Views: 13715

Re: Naval fire support in Normandy

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Thanks.

However, did they just dig-in at Nice, enjoy the beaches and play football with the Germans, or was there any movement ?

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by pg55555
Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:50 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea
Replies: 117
Views: 28239

Re: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea

. IGNORE the performance of the aircraft - the Mosquitoes had to hunt for German nightfighters (radar receivers did help here), whereas the German nightfighters had the option to be guided bt ground radar. German radar just wasn't up to the job. ( By the way re naval radars, the British found USN cl...
by pg55555
Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:43 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Naval fire support in Normandy
Replies: 33
Views: 13715

Re: Naval fire support in Normandy

. RF (or whoever), I've always wondered what happened to the Eastern Front of Operation Dragoon. A lot is written of the advance northwards, but I cannot really found out what happened towards the Italian border. Did they proceed a certain distance and then dig-in ? Or was there continuous fighting ...
by pg55555
Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:06 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea
Replies: 117
Views: 28239

Re: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea

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You are ignoring the antennae and ACTUAL performance showed a very different picture, or else why were Mosquitoes with half a generation earlier radars able to hunt the German Nightfighters ?

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by pg55555
Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:52 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea
Replies: 117
Views: 28239

Re: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea

. Dave, You are using rose tinted glasses so strong that you really need to take them off. The idea that German mid to late war radars were anywhere near on par with the western allies (except in VERY specialised areas) is laughable. The worsy of your claims is with regards to airborne radar for nig...
by pg55555
Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:54 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea
Replies: 117
Views: 28239

Re: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea

. Looking at microwave radars the Germans could have used many, many versions. Yes, U-Boats could have used them - but due to the unbalance between the Germans and Western Allies their use would only have helped in the short-term as Escorts would have been equipped with radar intercept sets and, yet...
by pg55555
Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:49 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET IN WW2
Replies: 14
Views: 8931

Re: THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET IN WW2

. There is a HUGE amount of scholarship ( and dispute ! ) about the politics of Lend-Lease during WW2.. It can be seen as anything from benign to deeply cynical and part of the power-politics of the alliance. Roosevelt SEEMS to have started from relative generosity (but selling it rather cynically t...
by pg55555
Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:49 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea
Replies: 117
Views: 28239

Re: 10 moments that changed the course of the war at sea

. There is a big difference between magnetrons - what made the British one "special" and effective was the ease of manufacture, "tuning" and "strapping" which produced cheap and powerful centrimetric radar transmitters. The Germans, for instance, used separate methods t...
by pg55555
Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:47 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET IN WW2
Replies: 14
Views: 8931

Re: THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET IN WW2

. The problem in 1945 was that the amount of shipping (rounded grt) was fixed in strategic terms, plus starting at Xmas 1944 the USA started reducing Lend-Lease as there was a lobby in congress which wanted NO advantage to the UK by the end of the war. The UK felt obligated to transfer some of its f...