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by marcelo_malara
Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:12 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: why couldnt she steer
Replies: 44
Views: 7922

Re: why couldnt she steer

Hi VeenenbergR:

Why is it, then, that every trial made to steer the ship mentions the propellers and never the starboard rudder?

Regards
by marcelo_malara
Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:01 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: why couldnt she steer
Replies: 44
Views: 7922

Re: why couldnt she steer

Vic, I re-read the BS story from Garzke, I will reproduce some parts and make a some questions: Page 235: "...eventually the starboard rudder was uncoupled from the steering gear, and the hand rudder was engaged to the rudder yoke, but the port coupling was so badly jammed that it could not be ...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:42 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: why couldnt she steer
Replies: 44
Views: 7922

Re: why couldnt she steer

Hi Vic: I only quoted Mr. Garzke, who being a renown naval arquitect would have his reasons for writing it. According to him the starboard rudder was disengaged from the machinery and could be used "manually", i presume he means some kind of tackle. If the damaged rudder could have been dr...
by marcelo_malara
Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:21 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: why couldnt she steer
Replies: 44
Views: 7922

Re: why couldnt she steer

Garzke in Battleships, Axis and neutrals says that had the rudder been separated she could have steered fine. Moreover, a study is mentioned of a method to severe a rudder shaft with explosives, without damage to the hull, for future cases. The study was suspended after a while.

Regards
by marcelo_malara
Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:35 am
Forum: Books and Reference
Topic: Naval Weapons of World War I: Stand up and be counted
Replies: 33
Views: 14415

Re: Naval Weapons of World War I: Stand up and be counted

Do not count me as customer for that...
by marcelo_malara
Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:01 pm
Forum: Books and Reference
Topic: Naval firepower by Friedman
Replies: 0
Views: 2047

Naval firepower by Friedman

Hi all: I have just finished reading it. I swear it is the last book I buy of the author. I don´t deny that it has some good content, but the author´s writing is very poor. He goes back and fore in his ideas and concepts, sometimes becoming confusing to the reader. The book is more historical than t...
by marcelo_malara
Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:36 pm
Forum: World Navies Today
Topic: Brazil buys 50 helicopters, 5 submarines from France
Replies: 114
Views: 31707

Re: Brazil buys 50 helicopters, 5 submarines from France

Hi Robert: Bolivia still claims her former land. I don´t know legally and diplomatically what is the state of the claim, but they feel they had been robbed. Bear in mind that the loss of those lands made Bolivia an inner country. Aside this, the Bolivian military has no capabilities at all to fight ...
by marcelo_malara
Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:49 pm
Forum: World Navies Today
Topic: Brazil buys 50 helicopters, 5 submarines from France
Replies: 114
Views: 31707

Re: Brazil buys 50 helicopters, 5 submarines from France

Hi guys: Currently there are very few conflic posiblities in the Southern Cone: -Chile has a long standing dispute on its northern border with Peru and Bolivia. That´s why they acquired F-16 and Leopard II recently -There is a feeling that the Evo Morales government in Bolivia can lead to internal u...
by marcelo_malara
Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:53 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
Replies: 30
Views: 8373

Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98

I am sorry but the KE deposit IS wrong. The prove is that to this theory, back in the 80s, many police agencies in the US (even the FBI) adopted high speed, light weight, hollow-point bullets, in the believe that the high KE of this bullets, caused mostly by the high-speed, would be fully transferre...
by marcelo_malara
Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:24 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
Replies: 30
Views: 8373

Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98

The pistol is more a social symbol in the army than a practical weapon. In fact some armies used pistols that were close to useless: the Japanese with their Nambus for example. I think that an army can do without them.
by marcelo_malara
Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:48 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
Replies: 30
Views: 8373

Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98

Fighting in the same room with a foe (basically a police scenario) is very rare in the military, you can´t tool up an army for it. I dídn´t say that a .45 wound wasn´t worst than a 9mm one, but that the diference (according to what I have read, I am not a surgeon) doesn´t deserve doubling the round ...
by marcelo_malara
Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:22 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
Replies: 30
Views: 8373

Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98

Yes, I know that Tommy. I was thinking about the post-war US. Once they had widely adopted the 9mm for SMG (MP-5, Ingram 10, etc..) then the natural move was to adopt 9mm for the sidearms.
by marcelo_malara
Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:28 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
Replies: 30
Views: 8373

Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98

The "KE deposit" theory has proven wrong over the years. The stopping power is based on central nervous system injury or blood loss, and both calibers have good chances here, the 45 with a little advantange due to its largest diameter (remember tissue is elastic and 50% more frontal area d...
by marcelo_malara
Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:21 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
Replies: 30
Views: 8373

Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98

The .45 ACP is about the same KE as the 9mm Luger, the .45's heavier bullet being balanced by the 9mm´s higher muzle velocity. For this reason (lighter bulllet and higher velocity) the 9mm has better medium range performance. Regarding lethality, it is a matter of a long controversy between them, th...
by marcelo_malara
Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:38 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
Replies: 30
Views: 8373

Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98

I think that the only units fully armed with MP-40s were the paratroopers.