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The purpose of attacks like this is to get the states (France in this case) to crack down on their Muslim populations, which in turn creates more Jihadists.

I don't see any good solution.

Yamato had an auxiliary rudder, but in testing it wasn't able to turn the ship.

Let me know when the leadership of the "moderate Islamic community" speaks out against these outrages. Let me know when Europe finally becomes enraged. Let me know when Europe finally takes action. I regretfully anticipate more hand-wringing moral relativism and "mutual understanding...

What is the rounds/kill of the 40mm Bofors at 12,000 yds, when the 5"/38 begins to engage the target? :)

Garyt wrote:Thanks Steve, that's where I get most of my info on naval weaponry.

OK, but note the mention there of the small magazine size, etc. Your rounds per kill don't mean as much if you aren't able to fire very many rounds.

For more info on the IJN 25mm I suggest the following link: http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNJAP_25mm-60_mg.htm

There are good references on that site for most naval weapons.

You are apparently using "kills per round fired", which is extremely misleading. There is absolutely universal belief that the 20mm is FAR superior to the .50mg in both shipborne AA and air-to-air applications. I think those statistics are also incorrect, because there was a lot of over re...

Bill Jurens knows quite a bit about the investigation, but I don't recall the findings except that I don't think the sailor was found to be responsible. Personally, I don't see how the rammer operator could accidentally could ram 5 bags instead of 6, because the bags are dumped onto the loading tray...

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How in the world do you assign kills to 20mm, when 5" and 40mm have been shooting at the same target before the 20mm even begins firing? How do you assign kills to 40mm when the target may have already been damaged by 5" fire? Does the 5" only get credit when it downs a target before ...

So PQ-17 was also a success, because it delivered 70,000 tons of supplies to Russia, which was desperately locked in a war with Germany. In fact, pretty much every convoy in WWII was a success. I don't know of any that were completely destroyed.

Yamato was sunk by 12" airborne torpedoes and shinano was sunk by 21" submarine torpedoes, massive difference!!! Yamato was sunk by 22.4" Mark 13 torpedoes with warheads containing about 600 lb HBX. Sorry for the typo, I meant 22inch not 12 inch. I didn't realise the warheads were ro...

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Hurricanes are not dive bombers. They didn't have dive brakes and couldn't bomb using a dive bomber attack profile. The USN had 280 aircraft in the first wave of the attack on Yamato. The second wave had 100 aircraft. There were TBMs carrying more powerful torpedoes than the Swordfish carried, and t...

Raven & Roberts says 23 1/2 feet Belt depth, with 8 1/2 feet below the design standard waterline.