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plain translation from the "Unterlagen zu Bestimmung der Hauptkampfentfernung" "... It must therefore be sought, if at all possible, to incorporate also the horizontal plating in the entire system of the armor. This can be achieved, that is kept at least on the main combat distances, ...

There is no positive or negative confirmation on the(not) use of RPC for Bismarck. Most of the problems with firecontrol equipment were adressed to Scharnhorst and Gneisenau but "parts of the fire control do not meet the requirements of reliability and robustness" and they also mentioned p...

tommy303 wrote:This is a good site for USN projectiles:

http://www.hnsa.org/doc/ordnance/index.htm

Thank you
The drawing on page 63 dont belong to the 16 " 2700 lb Mod 8 projectile with the blunt and heavy AP cap

Does somebody know where I can find sectional drawings of projectiles of any size especially non german
Thanks

It was the primary firing procedure see here

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Bismarck's war diary states that she did conduct main armament gunnery shoots. Gehobene Gefechtsausbildung mit Klarschiffübungen, (teilweise verbunden mit Abkommschießen), Je 2 Tageskaliberschießen der S.A. und M.A. ............. Intensified battle training with clear­ship­for­action exercises, (in...

Additional B never conduct heavy battery firings prior to the DS. The work on the radar-controlled part of fire control lasted shortly until sortie to Bergen. Im sure that some of the recommended work according AVKS report on the fire control equipment was not completed. So the "exercise" ...

At 15° AOF the the distance for the 14" gun must be around 15-16km this means also ~500ms impact speed at impact on water the fuzing action starts even the shell is not deceleratet by the water, after remaining traveling distance of max 12,5m the shell explodes to pass under the belt the shell ...

Hood has heavier guns and lighter armor
from the standpoint of the weapon Hood was the more dangerous target

yamatos belt is inclined by 20 degrees so 12.000 yards should be a save distance against these guns

No. Not at all. A 46cm shell inflicts roughly 20% more striking energy, weighs 20% more, and contains 20% more explosive. There are advantages for the US shell, but Japanese shell will tend to be much more destructive. But the japanese shell has a projectile cross section wich is 28% larger than th...

I think there is no valueable target to risk the twins against a Yamato.

faced a complex set of defenses that would typically remove their nose ballistic and AP caps before they struck the armor plates. This finding definately doesnt sound like a all or nothing armor system . But this observation shows an possible defective attachment of AP-caps on japanese shells in ge...