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- Sat Nov 08, 2014 6:24 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Tribal class dd
- Replies: 137
- Views: 17395
Re: Tribal class dd
Maybe you folks can help me understand how HACS worked. As I understand it, one would try to determine a spot in space where the target was going to be at a certain point in time. The fuse setters were set to that range. Then the guns were all loaded. Then the fire contol person waited until the tar...
- Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:15 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Guadalcanal: decisive naval struggle?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7236
Re: Guadalcanal: decisive naval struggle?
I suspect you would argue that every naval battle fought in the Guadalcanal area was a US defeat. Why do you say that? Actually I am not sure the USN actually "won" any of those engagements. The IJN was often rescued by their excellent torpedoes, while the USN didn't really have any worki...
- Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:21 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Guadalcanal: decisive naval struggle?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7236
Re: Guadalcanal: decisive naval struggle?
By this defeat-the Japanese were intent on evacuating Guadalcanal I hope you mean that the USN was defeated in this battle. Tassafaronga was one of the worst and most humilating defeats of the war for the USN. I dare say it was worse than the German defeat at the Battle of Barents Sea four weeks la...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:20 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Tiger V Firefly
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11848
Re: Tiger V Firefly
Thanks :)OpanaPointer wrote:armour-piercing capped ballistic capSteve Crandell wrote:What does APCBC stand for?
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:06 am
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Tiger V Firefly
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11848
Re: Tiger V Firefly
What does APCBC stand for?
- Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:18 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: USS Massachusets V Jean Bart
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5287
Re: USS Massachusets V Jean Bart
Gentlemen, In another thread (Hits below the waterline) a post included USS Massachusetts is engaging and firing upon the French battleship Jean Bart, what were the circumstances of the action? On 8 Nov 1942 USS Massachusettes shelled Jean Bart, which was tied up at the pier in the Vichy French Por...
- Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:21 am
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Rommel
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12375
Re: Rommel
As far as I know he wasn't implicated in any war crimes.paul.mercer wrote:Gentlemen,
Yet another question for you! After the war a number of senior German military were tried at Nuremberg including Keitel and Manstein, if Rommel had survived the war would he also have been put on trial?
- Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:18 am
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Tiger V Firefly
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11848
Re: Tiger V Firefly
The British 17lb AT gun used in the Firefly was the most powerful anti-tank gun available to the allies in WWII. It had better penetration than the US 90mm gun on the M26. It was capable of penetrating the armor of the Tiger or Panther at most common battlefield ranges, so it made a huge difference ...
- Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:18 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Changes in Naval Warfare
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2374
Re: Changes in Naval Warfare
Try looking at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
You will see that the USN did that with the Iowa class battleships. By the time they were withdrawn from service for the last time they had a large missile battery, and the Tomahawks were used against Iraq.
You will see that the USN did that with the Iowa class battleships. By the time they were withdrawn from service for the last time they had a large missile battery, and the Tomahawks were used against Iraq.
- Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:15 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Changes in Naval Warfare
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2374
Re: Changes in Naval Warfare
I think that is pretty much what happened, even if there was no "doctrine".
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:20 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Gunfire hits below the waterline?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9034
Re: Gunfire hits below the waterline?
The loss of the IJN Kirishima's has been attributed to both scuttling and being holed below the waterline. Since neither the Bismarck nor the Scharnhorst sinkings describe such hits and damage resulting from them, is this something rare? I know that USS Boise took a special IJN diving shell below t...
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:13 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?
- Replies: 146
- Views: 85019
Re: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?
Probably no Manhattan project. How well would the Russians have done without US logistical support? Could the Australians hold out against the Japanese by themselves? A poster on the other board claimed British carriers were essentially immune to Japanese air attack because of their armored flight d...
- Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:15 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 35456
Re: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
Yes, of course.alecsandros wrote:
Who ? Andy ?
- Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:48 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 35456
Re: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
the recipe for success in the Pacific seems to be 16" guns and 1000lbs bombs dropped by SBD's :) Well, as previously pointed out, the 16" guns at Surigao Strait were not especially relevant to the outcome. Enough torpedoes were fired that even incompetent sailors were likely to get a few ...
- Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:08 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 35456
Re: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
Kind of makes one wonder how the USN managed to survive 1942 at all. Their torpedoes didn't work very well; I don't think they scored any effective torpedo hits at all during the battles around Guadalcanal. The consensus seems to be that cruiser fire was ineffective. That leaves the destroyers, but ...