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by Antonio Bonomi
Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:12 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody, @ Bill Jurens ( as moderator ), I just asked you to prevent intentional provocations and personal insults from a forum member to another forum member by this forum moderator. If there will be no intentional personal provocations, ... there will be no reactions. @ Jose' Rico, is all ...
by Antonio Bonomi
Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:22 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody, @ Wadinga, you wrote : The gross errors and mistakes in even the earliest reimagining of 2005 were identified at the time, but only when, instead of admitting the mistakes and correcting them, a series of further errors and baseless assertions were made in creating the relative posi...
by Antonio Bonomi
Sat Mar 30, 2019 6:55 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody, @ Bill Jurens ( as moderator ), you wrote : Although the debate remains healthy, I seem to be noticing a gradual return towards an increasingly combative tone again. I am really curious to see how long and until which point someone [redaction by moderator Jurens] will be allowed to ...
by Antonio Bonomi
Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:26 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody, @ Paul Mercer, you wrote : Gentlemen, Alberto wrote : The truth is possibly in the middle between PoW GAR (outlining Vickers' guns problems) and Vickers-Armstrong report (outlining PoW crew errors). As it seems that no-one is going to give ground on this subject would it not be wise...
by Antonio Bonomi
Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:30 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody,

@ Alberto Virtuani,

just for the record, ... here you have what Geoffrey Brooke wrote on his book " Alarm Starboard " at page 49 :


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by Antonio Bonomi
Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:29 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: The Tirpitz scale 1/100 project
Replies: 1
Views: 4762

The Tirpitz scale 1/100 project

Hello everybody, many years ago a Norwegian modeler started a Tirpitz 1/100 model from scratch : http://www.bjerkvikhistorie.no/trygve.htm?fbclid=IwAR2jMBkR4ee3Pv7T8qXPBCz_ddzvVvLhGS8LfVQEKPpn52CWPcP58bSv5Y4 I have met Trygve Lambertsen on 2004 and 2005 with my friend Even Blomkvist ( Tirpitz Museum...
by Antonio Bonomi
Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:40 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody, I will answer and provide the final value add on the Bismarck Denmark Strait battle photos and film when my Bismarck 3 books will be published with Robert Gehringer on 2020, 2021 and 2022 ... just like I am doing for the Tirpitz, ... where 4 books out of 5 are out and the feedback's...
by Antonio Bonomi
Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:51 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck at DS after the second turn
Replies: 377
Views: 65224

Re: Bismarck at DS after the second turn

Hello everybody, still taking about the 6th and last warship track of this Denmark Strait battle, ... the only one not known and available on the official historical maps, ... so the Bismarck one, ... we have gone thru the beginning of the battle following the documents stating that Bismarck followe...
by Antonio Bonomi
Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:46 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck at DS after the second turn
Replies: 377
Views: 65224

Re: Bismarck at DS after the second turn

Hello everybody, because the photos has been taken from the Prinz Eugen and we do have the Prinz Eugen original official map/track, ... it is not difficult, ... with a minimum knowledge of the Prinz Eugen and her track, ... to associate the PG film and the existing original photos to her track and r...
by Antonio Bonomi
Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:02 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck at DS after the second turn
Replies: 377
Views: 65224

Re: Bismarck at DS after the second turn

Hello everybody, now I think is possible to proceed with some analysis on the photos of the Bismarck taken after the NH 69727 ( taken at 06:05 and 30 seconds ). http://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8335&start=30#p81231 When I wrote : Now my question to everybody is : how many p...
by Antonio Bonomi
Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:03 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody, @ Paul Mercer, I am sure you found all the detailed descriptions and the many way to read what has been written about those crucial minutes on the thread I have attached. As far as the precise timing of those events goes, ... there are some time reference I like you to evaluate. Hoo...
by Antonio Bonomi
Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:12 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody, @ Herr Nillson, first of all, ... you asked : @all Once again I would prefer that my opinion or assumptions aren't derived that way. That just leads to unnecessary clarifications and it makes me feel that someone tries to exploit my "opinions" or "assumptions" to...
by Antonio Bonomi
Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:06 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody, @ Herr Nillson, you wrote : IIRC all bearings were right in this map I posted along time ago referencing your published map : http://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=82350#p82349 I am glad that your are assuming the fact that all known bearings must match on an accept...
by Antonio Bonomi
Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:12 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: The Catastrophic Sinking of HMS Glorious in 1940
Replies: 17
Views: 11974

Re: The Catastrophic Sinking of HMS Glorious in 1940

Hello everybody,

if someone is interested on read and have more here 2 magazines ( in Italian ) about it :
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by Antonio Bonomi
Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:59 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery
Replies: 515
Views: 62969

Re: PoW's gunnery VS BSM's gunnery

Hello everybody, it is more than clear who restarted the personal insults and offenses going off topics after Bill Jurens came onboard as moderator on this forum. It is evident that Bill Jurens did not admonish the guy about this negative attitude, despite being invited by me personally twice. In my...