Thank you Mr. Nilsson!
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- Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:30 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.
- Replies: 32
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- Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:19 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 58593
Re: Bismarck and European battleships vs.US battleships - hull shape and seakeeping qualities.
Hello Mr. Nilsson, while I fully agree with you re. Bismarck seagoing qualities, I would just ask why you say that A turret rangefinder was never installed: in all photos, I see its hood in place on A turret (like in all other turrets) until winter 1940. Rangefinder hood was removed from A turret in...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:24 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
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Re: How close was the final battle?
Hello all, no comment would be needed to above post. KGV Gunnery Control.jpg KGV Enclosure N.3_Section II_3.jpg Willingness to read and understand what is written in KGV GAR should be enough to judge whether there were problems or not with 284 personnel training (interpretation of echoes) and cooper...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:04 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
- Views: 2207526
Re: How close was the final battle?
Hi Byron, 1943 284M was clearly superior to 1941 284. Your point about early war radar "art" is very interesting and may explain problems on board KGV on May 27, despite a well tuned radar. Germans too had severe shortages of personnel training in usage of radar equipment. I feel British g...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
- Views: 2207526
Re: How close was the final battle?
Hi Byron, thanks again for your new info and reference ! I find a sentence from G. Mason quite interesting. He obviously analysed KGV GAR (as we are doing here; https://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=91787#p91787 and in earlier posts) to summarize what happened during the engagement on May ...
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:53 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
- Views: 2207526
Re: How close was the final battle?
Hi Byron, I agree: it looks like this is an a.a. aid only. I'm convinced that, in 1941, an 'average' 284 was limited to anti-ship gunnery usable range of 18.000-20.000 yards, as per precious 'Handbook' you kindly posted here (https://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=91770#p91770). Fact that, ...
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:08 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
- Views: 2207526
Re: How close was the final battle?
Hi Byron, thanks again for corrections to my wrong understanding, for explanations and additional info on 284 capabilities in 1941. It looks clear that in 1941 284 was able to receive echoes from distant ships (even up to 28.000 yards) but that "usable" ranging was possible only below 18.0...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:35 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
- Views: 2207526
Re: How close was the final battle?
Hi Byron, thanks a lot, a most interesting document, confirming ranging tolerance of +/-150 yards for Type 284 vs +/- 40 meters of German FuMO radars in 1941. I wasn't aware that 284 had two panels: "ranging" scope and "warning" scope. I had always thought to 284 as dedicated gun...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:39 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Fast Battleship League Table
- Replies: 169
- Views: 78523
Re: Fast Battleship League Table
Hi Frank, thanks this "league" is very interesting. I don't want to create problems or workload, but I have to observe that to call a draw with 20% difference is a bit too much. I can understand that a draw is called when <10% or possibly just 5%, but I feel that a 20% superiority is quite...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:31 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Fast Battleship League Table
- Replies: 169
- Views: 78523
Re: Fast Battleship League Table
Hi Frank, thanks for re-playing BS vs PoW match with new "rules". However, when doubting whether "calibration "of radar vs optical ranging could have changed other results, I was thinking more to ships with poor or no radar at all (Littorio and Richelieu) vs ships with fairly goo...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:03 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Fast Battleship League Table
- Replies: 169
- Views: 78523
Re: Fast Battleship League Table
Hi Frank,
I feel this will be more fair and result of last "match" seem to me more reflecting real strength of ships.
I wonder whether this can change any of the previous results too...
hans
I feel this will be more fair and result of last "match" seem to me more reflecting real strength of ships.
I wonder whether this can change any of the previous results too...
hans
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:47 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Fast Battleship League Table
- Replies: 169
- Views: 78523
Re: Fast Battleship League Table
Hi Frank, one general comment on BB league "rules": I feel up to now too much emphasis has been given to radar contribution to final result. I had got this feeling already (especially for daylight confrontations) but last "match" reinforced it. It is true that end war radars (esp...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:07 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
- Views: 2207526
Re: How close was the final battle?
Hello all, I feel everything has been well documented. I won't answer anymore to screams (repeated annoying "!"), speculations (sold as truth) and hindsights (" we now know... ") that have nothing to do with what is clearly written in GAR and Enclosures re. actual KGV personnel e...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:25 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
- Views: 2207526
Re: How close was the final battle?
Hello all, this is my two cents opinion (I don't pretend to be right) of what might have happened at (e.g.) 08:50 on KGV 284 panel (based on analysis of Rodney's GAR and salvo plot, KGV GAR and its enclosures and estimated Bismarck course/range rate). Thanks to Byron for providing link I used for ex...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:53 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: How close was the final battle?
- Replies: 256
- Views: 2207526
Re: How close was the final battle?
Hello all, "we now know that Type 284 could not produce a radar echo from a salvo at that range" This is not what is written in GAR and usage of this aftermath info is supposition. Please let's try to stick to evidences: 284 radar operator reported fall of shot of first salvo as short, thu...