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- Sun Jun 24, 2018 6:37 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Battleship for Freedonia
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14024
Re: Battleship for Freedonia
It is around 1936 and I have been appointed as Navy Minister by Freedonia. We are planning to build a battleship or class of battleships. As Freedonia has reasonably good relations with all the World's major naval powers, we are able to use technology from any country. We even have a few engineers ...
- Wed Jul 12, 2017 1:34 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Teleportation: H Classe in place of Bismarck
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12033
Re: Teleportation: H Classe in place of Bismarck
Honestly, if H is ready to go for Rheinübung, than you have either BS or TP available too. So H and BS will go and the short legged Prinz will stay at home, or go to Norway.
Then we have a totally different can of worms
Then we have a totally different can of worms
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:25 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Richelieu vs. Bismarck
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15856
Re: Richelieu vs. Bismarck
As far as I understood, KM main artillery was more mechanised than other navies. So basically it was push the right button at the right time.paul.mercer wrote:Gentlemen,
What about crew efficiency, were the Germans better trained and able to fire faster and more accurately?
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 11:55 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: West vs East
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10518
Re: West vs East
Indeed, many hold to the same view of socialism as Winston Churchill: Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. I still don't get it. You like the article, so I understand that you - like the author -fin...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 7:06 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck firing procedures at DS
- Replies: 967
- Views: 136595
Re: Bismarck firing procedures at DS
The loading cycle must technically faster than fastest possible firing sequence. Especially with the German firing techniques. Please note that neither turret direction nor gun elevation was at firing position during loading. Both moved after firing command was initiated. Both guns elevated individu...
- Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:49 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: 38 cm and 15 cm sound
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12323
Re: 38 cm and 15 cm sound
If you ask at forum-marinearchiv.de you might find one guy who maybe could confirm if the sound is ok, because he was with Target ship Hessen
- Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:52 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Paris - Friday, 13 November 2015
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8349
Re: Paris - Friday, 13 November 2015
You can keep pressure inside a boiler for so long. The failure was to support the opposition in Syria only verbal instead with hardware and logistics
- Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:11 pm
- Forum: Naval Propulsion
- Topic: Graf Spee cover-up
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14595
Re: Graf Spee cover-up
I wonder, if one could name a ship third of class realy experimental. I would agree that SC learned for her on cruise from GS
- Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:26 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: What if Hitler understood naval power?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3680
Re: What if Hitler understood naval power?
. As for the war at large, one way Hitler could have had a better outcome would have been to enter protracted negotiations with the Western Democracies to try to regain the German populated areas of Poland appropriated by Versailles without actually invading.a defense treaty with them. There is no ...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:01 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: What if no Normandy landings at all
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23110
Re: What if no Normandy landings at all
@RF
Do you have a source for the targets Munich and Nürnberg.
I red Mannheim (BASF) as first target.
Unfortunately I don't have this book anymore
Do you have a source for the targets Munich and Nürnberg.
I red Mannheim (BASF) as first target.
Unfortunately I don't have this book anymore
- Sat Jun 07, 2014 4:24 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: What if no Normandy landings at all
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23110
Re: What if no Normandy landings at all
If no landing operations in Europe shall occurs, than the Km has not lost the Battle of Atlantic. This would prevent the American troops stationed in England, reduce the supplies to Russia and Bombing war over Germany. With this in mind, I believe the Wehrmacht could stop the Red Army somewhere in U...
- Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:51 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Best choice for 45000 tons battleship
- Replies: 55
- Views: 11571
Re: Best choice for 45000 tons battleship
@ alecsandros
Why 2 additional guns? It will complicate and disturb the symmetry of the turret groups. KM found it optimum to fire in groups about every 10 to 15 seconds
Why 2 additional guns? It will complicate and disturb the symmetry of the turret groups. KM found it optimum to fire in groups about every 10 to 15 seconds
- Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:27 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Surface ship Naval Enigma
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1523
Re: Surface ship Naval Enigma
It might be that not Ciliax messages were decoded, but transmissions of the Luftwaffe which informed local commanders that TP would be at sea.
- Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:05 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Rosselsprung 1942 actual combat
- Replies: 93
- Views: 25076
Re: Rosselsprung 1942 actual combat
Where would you hide Schniewind's group? He could have given revange to Tovey
- Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:29 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Were Tirpitz guns ever relined or replaced ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1393
Re: Were Tirpitz guns ever relined or replaced ?
It memory serves, according to Brennecke and his Tirpitz book no.