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by Karl Heidenreich
Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:04 am
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Is the 1/144 Glow Bismarck model available in Miami?
Replies: 1
Views: 12681

Is the 1/144 Glow Bismarck model available in Miami?

I am going to Miami this December and want to know if the 1/144 model kit from Aurora of the Bismarck available there? Any info?

Thanks!
by Karl Heidenreich
Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:16 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: Was Hitler a British Agent...
Replies: 64
Views: 31124

Re: Was Hitler a British Agent...

Latin America has not performed very well in military history. Mexico for example. However they beat the french and shot an Emperor. What the french did well during WWII was because they were saved, given shelter, equipped and given a new chance by the British and USA. We can say even more of the Po...
by Karl Heidenreich
Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:53 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: Was Hitler a British Agent...
Replies: 64
Views: 31124

Re: Was Hitler a British Agent...

I missed this one.

Nope: Hitler was not a British agent.

And yes:

The french are a bunch of losers since June 18th, 1815 forwards to present day pasing by the Sedan, Maginot and Dien Bien Phu aside their treachery of leaving NATO when they were (questionable) needed.
by Karl Heidenreich
Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:45 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: HMS Hood VS Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (Guns ONLY)
Replies: 19
Views: 18269

Re: HMS Hood VS Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (Guns ONLY)

Man, without missiles nor torpedoes the Arleigh Burke is just a tin can. Hood will take some time with her shitty Dreyer table to take it, but when she does one 15" high explosive and the Arleigh Burke is history. Just look to what some camel driver terrorists did to the USS Cole with home made...
by Karl Heidenreich
Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:41 am
Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
Topic: Pre-Dreadnoughts refitted to meet Dreadnought standard
Replies: 7
Views: 14967

Re: Pre-Dreadnoughts refitted to meet Dreadnought standard

Pre dreadnoughts need to be reffit with turbines which is something they were not designed.
by Karl Heidenreich
Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:37 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck construction flaws
Replies: 397
Views: 282384

Re: Bismarck construction flaws

Weak stern, Not enough armour on the hull, Should have been equipped with more AA guns. The Tirpitz had more of them. Not much you can do about the jammed rudder from the torpedoattack. Not enough armor on the hull? What makes that the rest of battleships with the sole exception of Yamato? More AA ...
by Karl Heidenreich
Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:21 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: Titles of nobility in Germany
Replies: 12
Views: 8650

Re: Titles of nobility in Germany

Remember that long periods of peace and comfortable democracy tend to pervert society which use to became decadent. As in all things character is the offspring of courage and sacrifice not timidity and well being.
by Karl Heidenreich
Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:11 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck survivor ring
Replies: 3
Views: 6903

Re: Bismarck survivor ring

Impressive! Wasn't aware of such distinction.

:ok:
by Karl Heidenreich
Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:14 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck and her contemporaries
Replies: 1296
Views: 213019

Re: Bismarck and her contemporaries

Djoser:

Of course you are correct. Another way to view this argumentative falacy: 1944.... 2012.... rest my case.
by Karl Heidenreich
Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:30 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck and her contemporaries
Replies: 1296
Views: 213019

Re: Bismarck and her contemporaries

lwd wrote:I also suspect that an M1 requires considerably less maintenance than a Tiger...
As a matter of fact this statement is the epitome of ridicule itself.
by Karl Heidenreich
Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:04 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: German coastal and rail mounted guns
Replies: 23
Views: 18989

Re: German coastal and rail mounted guns

I heard on Little David.... simply amazing!

There is also an atomic cannon somewhere. Early Cold War idea.
by Karl Heidenreich
Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:18 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: German coastal and rail mounted guns
Replies: 23
Views: 18989

Re: German coastal and rail mounted guns

Ok. The greatest guns ever mounted on rails and used in action were the Schwerer Gustav and the Dora. The Leopold (which is the one I made in 1:35) was a much smaller gun. The Dora: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_gun The Leopold: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_railway_gun And some other ver...
by Karl Heidenreich
Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:53 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Obama´s mosque
Replies: 193
Views: 52503

Re: Obama´s mosque

I never claimed there weren't a fair number of idiots here as is true of most places
You must know, in case you are put on trial they will be your peers... intelectually. :whistle:
by Karl Heidenreich
Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:52 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: German coastal and rail mounted guns
Replies: 23
Views: 18989

Re: German coastal and rail mounted guns

I think the super gun Dora was used, for it's brief life, without any problem from the allies. But I'm not that sure of it.
by Karl Heidenreich
Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:51 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: German coastal and rail mounted guns
Replies: 23
Views: 18989

Re: German coastal and rail mounted guns

The railway use for superweapons was tried also during the Cold War. In the eighties the MX missiles system was suggested to be mounted in a railway system to be moved from bunker to bunker to decieve soviet targeting.