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- Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:18 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck: Scuttled or Sunk?
- Replies: 206
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i dare say you are right, as a lot of inventions were invented independantly by various people, but i meant to use the example to show that the british 'invented' the cavity magnetron and used it to produce an effective centimetric radar as an example of their technical prowess . i wish i'd never me...
- Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:04 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck: Scuttled or Sunk?
- Replies: 206
- Views: 84690
- Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:36 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck: Scuttled or Sunk?
- Replies: 206
- Views: 84690
scuttling
all this talk of scuttling is just bs. i have seen James Cameron's movie, and all he seemed interested in was taking the credit for the sinking away from the British. maybe he wants to make a movie showing how it was really the American navy which sank the Bismarck! after all, Hollywood seems to wan...
- Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:55 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: No Swordfish shot down by Bismarck
- Replies: 27
- Views: 38910
swordfish
has anybody considered that the German gunners were maybe just bad shots? how much anti aircraft practice had they undergone? occam's razor. shooting and hitting a moving target is difficult, even when the shooter is stationary. when both shooter and target are moving in 4 planes, lack of hits is no...