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by Tiornu
Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:00 pm
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: Terminal Velocity of Bombs
Replies: 26
Views: 16787

Re: Terminal Velocity of Bombs

Since the bombing of Tirpitz is usually represented as diverging from the preferred, textbook technique, we would need specifics on the bomb release before consulting any tables or curves.
by Tiornu
Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:35 pm
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: Terminal Velocity of Bombs
Replies: 26
Views: 16787

Re: Terminal Velocity of Bombs

Do we know that the Tirpitz bombs reached terminal velocity?
by Tiornu
Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:13 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Battleship Vittorio Veneto
Replies: 100
Views: 29743

Re: Battleship Vittorio Veneto

The next Italian design after VV was to be built without decapping plates or Pugliese tubes.
Diagrams of the Fritz-X hit to Warspite show little horizontal travel through the hull. She appears to have been struck at a steep angle.
by Tiornu
Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:44 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine
Replies: 151
Views: 45332

Re: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine

Good point. Better security, along with less micro-management = bigger RN headaches.
by Tiornu
Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:31 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?
Replies: 146
Views: 85134

Re: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?

Good one!
by Tiornu
Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:30 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the IJN?
Replies: 66
Views: 13675

Re: How would you improve the IJN?

By the way, there is a book in print called Japanese Military Strategy in the Pacific War by Wood. He examines this exact issue and offers ways in which the Japanese might have maximized their resistance to the Americans. There are some problems with the argument, but it's still interesting. I belie...
by Tiornu
Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:02 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?
Replies: 146
Views: 85134

Re: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?

No, I don't think I could make that argument.
Isn't anyone who considers US participation superfluous also going to prove impervious to reason? I don't see much developing from this except a scratchy-clawy cat fight.
by Tiornu
Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:45 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine
Replies: 151
Views: 45332

Re: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine

If it won't make any difference to the war, then why discuss it? Exactly. I don't know why it was brought up. Wouldn't someone have built the gun if it were possible? Rationally yes. But here we are talking Third Reich and internal nazi politics. We're also talking the United States and Great Brita...
by Tiornu
Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:43 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the IJN?
Replies: 66
Views: 13675

Re: How would you improve the IJN?

By far the most important change that could be made for the IJN would be a rewrite of the Japanese constitution which effectively established the army and navy as rival political parties, forcing both of them to maximize tensions with a foreign power in order to maximize their apparent importance to...
by Tiornu
Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:32 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: French Battleships
Replies: 14
Views: 10008

Re: French Battleships

Strasbourg had some thicker armor than Dunkerque, but Dunkerque was not poorly armored either. The French designed her to resist 12in gunfire.
by Tiornu
Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:55 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine
Replies: 151
Views: 45332

Re:

The British had an unlimited tonnage allotment of "sloops" (max 2000 tons and 20 knots, no torpedoes, up to four 6.1in guns). I'd love to crank out these things as training ships/minesweepers/escorts/patrol gunboats etc. The most important thing is to facilitate training. You're basically ...
by Tiornu
Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:50 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine
Replies: 151
Views: 45332

Re: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine

The rapid-fire 15cm gun is a dead-end. Let's say it's feasible--so what? It won't make one bit of difference in the war. As for the merits of the idea, look at the guns that actually served in WWII. Wouldn't someone have built the gun if it was possible? It's not like people weren't looking for rapi...
by Tiornu
Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:06 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine
Replies: 151
Views: 45332

Re:

Thanks, good to be back
Maybe it's best to articulate what the navy's role is before we start building ships for the sake of building ships.
1. Coast Defense
2. Command of the Baltic
3. Amphibious operations in the Baltic
4. Jeune ecole in the Atlantic
What do you think?
by Tiornu
Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:43 am
Forum: Buy, Sell and Trade
Topic: Warship
Replies: 2
Views: 9313

Re: Warship

Unfortunately, I've already sold every last item. That's not unfortunate for me, but for everybody else, yeah.
by Tiornu
Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:44 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine
Replies: 151
Views: 45332

Re: How would you improve the Kriegsmarine

The High Seas Fleet in World War I had one great success--Moon Sound. A perceptive admiralty might have fixed on this and specialized the navy for Baltic operations. Anything that hastens the German advance to Leningrad could have important repercussions. In my opinion, anything that strengthens the...