This is the gallery in front of the conning tower. In the middle is a helm console and just to left of it is the engine room control console.
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- Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:54 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
- Replies: 80
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- Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:44 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
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- Views: 28567
Re: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
I think instead of the admirals cabin, perhaps the admirals bridge might be a better choice. The admiral had his own bridge part way up the tower mast.
- Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:34 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
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Re: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
The helm console had some markings, such as the switch-over dial on the side which can be seen in the conning picture. On the whole, though, that can be ignored perhaps. It was marked 'aus' and 'ab' for off and on. There were a number of helm consoles with four in the forward bridge superstructure--...
- Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:55 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
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Re: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
The main conning tower was a split level structure with the actual fire control tower slightly higher than the roof of the conning position. The fire control space was roughly a triangle with rounded corners, while the conning position with helm and ship controls was a sort of horse shoe shape wrapp...
- Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:54 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
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- Views: 28567
Re: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
The helm console used a push button arrangement instead of a ship's wheel--very similar to rudder controls on a U boat. The helmsman gripped a horizontal bar with his hands and used the ball of his palm to push down on the right or left buttons. He had a rudder indicator to show how much rudder was ...
- Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:38 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
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Re: We are developers of a new naval sim and we need some help
Conning tower interior with helm console, periscope, and rudder position indicator on extreme left. Tube is a voice pipe going out through the forward vision slit. http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h130/thomas_fuller/Kommandostand.jpg Exterior shot showing temporary voice pipe exiting the vision sli...
- Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:48 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Yamato's fire control system
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6870
Re: Yamato's fire control system
Campbell gives a good description in Naval Weapons of WW2, as does Friedman in Naval Firepower. You might also want to check out
http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-086.htm
http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-086.htm
- Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:23 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck Tirpitz Scharnhorst vs King George V Prince of Wales Hood
- Replies: 107
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Re: Bismarck Tirpitz Scharnhorst vs King George V Prince of Wales Hood
http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/default2_bioNO.htm
In some ways you could really say he is a rocket scientist.
In some ways you could really say he is a rocket scientist.
- Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:17 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: Flooding magazines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8454
Re: Flooding magazines
In addition, bagged charges normally had a cloth envelope or pad sewn onto the end of the charge . This contained an igniter charge of several hundred grams of black powder which enhanced the action of the primer when the gun was fired, insuring that the fairly weak flash from the primer ignite the ...
- Tue Sep 01, 2015 12:58 am
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: Flooding magazines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8454
Re: Flooding magazines
Cloth bagged charges were normally kept, as Dave suggested, in flashtight cannisters within the magazines. These would have provided protection from flooding. The same with German fore charges. German main charges were metal cased with the end sealed by a brass cap, although how waterproof that was ...
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:32 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Warspite's Very Long Range Shot at Battle of Calabria
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19041
Re: Warspite's Very Long Range Shot at Battle of Calabria
A bit of both, I would say: good shooting acquired the target, but it was to a measure luck which got the hit as 26000 yards was somewhat in excess of Warspite's most practical range to engage.
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:04 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: Kriegsmarine 8.2 inch guns
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7329
Re: Kriegsmarine 8.2 inch guns
The 20,3cm L/60 SKC34 was a much harder hitting and longer ranged weapon than the 21cm SK L/40 and 21cm SK L45 (only in Bluecher). The SK L/45 was the more modern of the two 8.2in and it fired a heavier shell to greater range than the older guns, but was inferior to the 20,3cm in both range and weig...
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:51 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Cape Matapan and Italian WWII fighting procedures
- Replies: 119
- Views: 41265
Re: Cape Matapan and Italian WWII fighting procedures
The guns had even the muzzles closed by their tompion covers (not sure about the translation[, the metal caps of the gun when they are not used /i]) as it was established by our obsolete instructions for night sailing"
Yes, tompion.
- Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:24 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: 38 cm shells
- Replies: 60
- Views: 43139
Re: 38 cm shells
There was also a difference in hardening of the shell body. British shells were decrimentally hardened, while US (and the L/4,4 German shells were sheath hardened. Sheath hardening gave better results in oblique impacts, while decremental hardened shells gave their best results at low obliquity.
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:28 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Schlachtschiff Bismarck und Seemannschaft
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5861
Re: Schlachtschiff Bismarck und Seemannschaft
yes, good article.