No, no, It's like with art, I just like what I like, I wish I knew more about Ships like you guys, hence this site being a v. valuable resource regarding exchanges of ideas and informationmarcelo_malara wrote:Well Lucas, I must admit you are a knowledgable person.
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- Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:12 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Lb meaning
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- Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Lb meaning
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- Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:44 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: ....3 screws.....
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- Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:24 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: ....3 screws.....
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Re: ....bismarck screws....
well i do know that a piper senaca, PA-34 which is a light twin, has counter rotating props.....and it was designed that way to eliminate torque, especially on take-off. I know that this is late in the day (of this thread), but just to confirm your point vis a vis avionics and torque, the Hawker se...
- Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:18 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Naval Senarios
- Replies: 54
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Tiornu: So what happens when the pocket battleships break into the Atlantic and encounter Patton and MacArthur? What's the immune zone for MacArthur's cranium? :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: I think he was trying to get back onto topic, since we took it to Mars or somewhere like th...
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:25 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Naval Senarios
- Replies: 54
- Views: 20008
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:11 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Naval Senarios
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I'm not aware of any US officer who liked Montgomery. And I'm not aware of Montgomery liking any US officer (although he did respect Patton's abilities as a commander) I think with Omar Bradley he had a point though, anyway, it was all mutual between the two of them. Then again even Omar had no res...
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:48 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Naval Senarios
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- Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:33 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Naval Senarios
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- Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:21 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Naval Senarios
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Karl has pretty much beat me to it, apart from these: Blood and Guts Patton was minted as we say in London, he came from a very rich family, he did'nt give a damn what they thought or said at Staff, even what FDR said, his family was usually richer than theirs anyway, that for one rubbed many up the...
- Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:37 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Naval Senarios
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- Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:30 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Naval Senarios
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You know, you rarely if ever meet a Dutchman who jokes about dykes (the fixed landlocked ones of course). Not because it's not a laughing matter, but because it's really an English tale. One major difference with Britain is that our army was easily swept aside and the Netherlands are a lot smaller ...
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:43 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Best rebuilt battleship?
- Replies: 63
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- Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:02 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Naval Senarios
- Replies: 54
- Views: 20008
Without them we would be the largerst seapower on earth and you would probably be speaking Dutch You are right that the Dutch gave the UK the impetus for the Navy since Cromwell's Republic. The were the best ships (the Dutch) packed with the most up to date technology in Sail even down to the intri...
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:42 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Best rebuilt battleship?
- Replies: 63
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QE History World War Two During World War II, she was part of the Mediterranean Fleet. She was mined and sunk by an Italian human torpedo attack on 18 December 1941 in shallow water in the harbour at Alexandria, Egypt. Although low in the water, her decks were clear and the Italian crews were captu...