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by Laurenz
Thu May 24, 2007 8:56 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Bismarck armed with 11-inch guns
Replies: 29
Views: 10559

11'

Dear Tiornu,
that means a 15' has an average weight of 805 kg?
This is quite a difference to 330 kg i must realize.
Kind regards,
L.
by Laurenz
Wed May 23, 2007 10:47 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Bismarck armed with 11-inch guns
Replies: 29
Views: 10559

Thank you Tiornu, but, please, what is lbs?


Karl,
of course :-)
L.
by Laurenz
Wed May 23, 2007 10:42 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: May 24th, 2007: 66th DS anniversary!
Replies: 39
Views: 13308

Auf einem Seemansgrab wachsen keine Rosen......this is a good song for such a day....
L.
by Laurenz
Wed May 23, 2007 3:13 pm
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: 15 cm secondary artillery
Replies: 26
Views: 11681

15 cm secondary artillery at DS

Dear Sirs,
when i read correct, i understood that at Denmark strait Bismarck's main artillery opened fire on Hood and the secondary (15cm) on PoW. Is this correct?
Did they launched any hit on PoW?
Kind regards,
L.
by Laurenz
Wed May 23, 2007 3:08 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: POW instead of DoY at North Cape
Replies: 27
Views: 9877

North Cape

Dear Sirs,
what Tiornu wrote is even the same was i read about it.
Im my sources the Japanese used at first flashless gunpowder.
Kind regards,
L.
by Laurenz
Wed May 23, 2007 2:58 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Bismarck armed with 11-inch guns
Replies: 29
Views: 10559

11'

Dear Karl, maybe you are right. On the other hand we do not really know the ability of the 11'. If the penetration counts 11' are enough, as i read here, i think Tiornu wrote it. My question here is: Where the German 11 inch shells longer than usual? Could i find something about the weight of the sh...
by Laurenz
Wed May 23, 2007 8:05 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Bismarck armed with 11-inch guns
Replies: 29
Views: 10559

11'

The Twins already existed. And we do not really know, what would have happened if they would have engaged single British BB esquorts. The Twins were quick. I read the idea with Bismarck was to draw the attention of the esquort. Prinz Eugen should engage the convoy. But maybe somebody knows it better...
by Laurenz
Tue May 22, 2007 8:32 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: KG 5 class underestimated?
Replies: 116
Views: 44259

Comment

A 4 turret system spread the risk to be hit, tecnical problems etc. more than a 3 turret system.
Kind regards,
L.
by Laurenz
Mon May 21, 2007 1:08 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: 15 cm secondary artillery
Replies: 26
Views: 11681

15 cm secondary artillery

But may be no admiral was willing to put his sign in a BB without it, so it was carried to WWII days.
Dear Marcelo,
ok, but Holland did it on Hood?
Kind regards,
L.
by Laurenz
Sat May 19, 2007 11:45 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: 15 cm secondary artillery
Replies: 26
Views: 11681

??

Dear Tiornu,
ok, thank you, understand.
But that means the German 15cm on Bismarck, Tirpitz, the Twins and the Pocket-battleships had been useless?
Should they had been removed like on Hood to increase the speed?
Kind regards,
L.
by Laurenz
Sat May 19, 2007 9:22 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: 15 cm secondary artillery
Replies: 26
Views: 11681

15 cm secondary artillery

Dear Sirs, ich have a question about the secondary artillery, please. Very often i red about the worse performance of the 15 cm artillery on German ships. How important was this artillery to defend the ships against destroyers and cruisers? Or it would have been better to remove this artillery? The ...
by Laurenz
Sat May 19, 2007 9:04 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Refit Hood at DS
Replies: 21
Views: 8584

Hood

Dear Duncan, thanks for information. The differnt stories about the ships speed is really a mass. In films, interviews and books i had always the information, that Hood did 28 knots. The forum here is more detailed and reliable, but still there are different opinions, in a way funny, when we talk ab...
by Laurenz
Fri May 18, 2007 7:01 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Refit Hood at DS
Replies: 21
Views: 8584

Hood

Dear Sirs,

i have got questions.

With a more thick armor Hood would reach 28 knots?

As i know Hood had no secondary artillerie. Is this one
of the facts (less weight) she could reach 28 knots?

Kind regards,
L.
by Laurenz
Fri May 18, 2007 6:39 pm
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: The Kaiser's sparkling wine tax
Replies: 12
Views: 15564

Sparkling wine tax :-)

Dear RF, such a party might be not bad at all. :-) But as i mentioned, the Germans learned nothing really. The public system is very old. Nothing has really changed. In each western country the press release is more free than in Germany. The French and the British news are really different from ours...
by Laurenz
Wed May 16, 2007 7:04 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck construction flaws
Replies: 397
Views: 284321

:-)

Dear Yonmin, sealion was not possible. The plan was to send 70 divisions to England. 70 divisions were at this time a main part of the Wehrmacht. Stalin could have done easely a step into Europe, what he did later. Only the speed of the US troups and the sinking motivation of the Germans at the west...