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- Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:13 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Barr & Stroud Dreyer vs. German Zeiss
- Replies: 27
- Views: 14499
- Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:00 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Scharnhorst
- Replies: 42
- Views: 15608
Hindsight isn't necessarily a good guide; hindsight expects base fuses with reliable delay action, effective fire control and respectable rates of fire for heavy guns. Given that 6-in Krupp armour was basically proof against any service AP round up to say 1910 (we can bicker about the date), then it...
- Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:04 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: WW1 Invincible/ Inflexible vs. WW2 Scharnhorst/Gneisenau
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15892
- Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:30 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: German WWI Armor Piercing Shells?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13097
Oops...
From the above mentioned report: "Restricted letter from US Technical Mission in Europe to CNO (OP-16-PT) of 27 August 1945, serial 850, forwarded blueprints of starred projectiles shown in Fig. 1". The the 28cm L3.2 is marked with an asterisk so there are (were) blueprints in the US archi...
- Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:38 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: German WWI Armor Piercing Shells?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13097
I develop specific Cd curves based upon projectile shape and pressure distribution around the projectile as various speeds. It's a bit more reliable than trying to guess at form factors and drag functions. May I ask where you are deriving the 3.2-cal vs. 3.4-cal information from? It sounds like a c...
- Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:00 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: German WWI Armor Piercing Shells?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13097
I am of the opinion that 280mm psgr and spgr (and 380mm for that matter) are simply scaled down (or scaled up) versions of the 305mm shells. But I don't know this for certain, and would therefore like to find images or better scale drawings of 280mm psgr. I am interested in accurate information on ...
- Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:35 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: Cardonald Shells?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4896
Terminology
Terminology is specific to time and place. I don't think you'd find any such terminology in a British Admiralty document of WW2 or earlier, I haven't seen enough USN ones to know what they were doing. My interpretation is that although they would recognise the concepts these terms represent a conven...
- Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:05 am
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: German WWI Armor Piercing Shells?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13097
- Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:00 am
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: German WWI Armor Piercing Shells?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13097
I disagree, the shell base is more or less in line with his toes so he's in line or a little behind the nearest one. Unless he's a giant, the fact that the one nearest him comes to his waist makes it about 40-in tall unless he's very, very tall. So it's either 30.5-cm APC or 28-cm Spgr. The caps on ...
- Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:48 pm
- Forum: Naval Weapons
- Topic: 15" Mark I and 38cm SK. C/34 naval guns
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13500
- Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:15 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Spanish Book Cruiser Canarias
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12181
What?!
That means most libraries won't have one either! I can't believe they can cover their costs on that many. I know it's minority interest but that's ridiculous.
Still, at least it means I should be able to retire when I sell mine...
Mike
Still, at least it means I should be able to retire when I sell mine...
Mike