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alecsandros wrote:The Bismarck maximum output was 138000hp, with an overload of 9.2%, up to 150700hp...

Alecsandros, the Tirpitz made 163,026 hp so I think Bismarck could do more 150,700 hp (even if maybe she was never pushed that far) since both ships had the same machinery.

sad to see people use others work to make money.

ok thanks.

Ga&D state that their info comes from Captain Leach's action reports. They list a number of admiralty documents amongst their source material. I see. any idea which document gives 134,000 shaft horsepower so we try and check? The log entries state time, shaft RPM and speed. what about shaft hor...

And there is one other problem that the Fuhrer would obsess about. The fear that Stalin would try to stab him inthe back if he concentrated his land forces for an invasion of Britain....... I think you are right here, but this is a hypothetical scenario in which I presume USSR stays neutral and Hit...

PoW, for example achieved 134000shp in service you keep repeating this all over the place as if it was law because G&D worte: "...main machinery steamed at overload powers of 128,000 to 134,000 shaft horsepower with no difficulties..." ok, thats fine they are great authors and researc...

PoW, for example achieved 134000shp in service you keep repeating this all over the place as if it was law because G&D worte: "...main machinery steamed at overload powers of 128,000 to 134,000 shaft horsepower with no difficulties..." ok, thats fine they are great authors and researc...

Funny how these drawings look exactly like the one in "Anatomy of the Ship The Battleship Bismarck" It might be interesting to find out what the lawyers at Conway Maritime Press, who own these drawing think. I have the Anatomy Bismarck book and it is great. are you sure are the same drawi...

1. but thats just the approach start of the target selection. as the kamikaze gets closer and closer to the target speed would increase.

2. ok, I see.

pilots were told to keep their speeds down to ensure control and accurate aim in the final phase. is there any source for this? Suicide attacks by pilots flying modern aircraft were common in the IJN even in 1942, when the pilot felt that his aircraft was fatally damaged. I must be missing somethin...

Wikipedia Howe page has: speed: 29.5 knots (55 km/h) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Howe_%2832%29#Design Any idea where this comes from ? dont know where it comes from. the wiki is good but you have to remember that anybody can edit the information there. the pages of the PoW and DoY give a speed...

hello all
there is just no way pom-poms can save Yamato.
however, considering the small space required to install a Phalanx, Yamato could easily be equipped with what 20 Phalanx mountings, 10 by side? Enough to shoot down a fly if needed.

hello,
interesting post. what about a couple of modern Phalanx CIWS? woud that make the difference shotting down vintage wwii planes?

ok, I will give more details. the idea was to launch Sea Lion II in the summer 1941, no invasion of Russia but North Africa and the Balkan campaign are executed more or less as historical. the Nazi-Soviet pact remains in effect and Russia stays neutral at least until mid-1942. but what I was really ...

Hello all,
had Germany focused all her resources vs the UK in 1941 instead of invading Russia, could the UK be defeated before the end of the year?
what do you think?