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- Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:32 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Graf Zeppelin vs HMS Ark Royal and Victorious
- Replies: 122
- Views: 37243
Graf Zeppelin vs Ark Royal alone is a losing proposition for the Germans. Of course! The Germans are such incompetent fellows and lousy sailors. In every scenario potrayed here, in your opinion, there is a nil chance for the Germans to accomplish more than to be easily defeated. Being that the case...
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:19 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Graf Zeppelin vs HMS Ark Royal and Victorious
- Replies: 122
- Views: 37243
yes, but i was focusing on the air superiority of the Bf vs. the Swordfish... wouldn't the combination of Bf, Ju be a better attack force, than just Swordfishes on the British carriers... I felt that two on one complicates matters, the GZ has two separate targets to contend with. Swordfishes are ce...
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:59 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Reverse into Bay of Biscay?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 29846
Re: Going Backwards or giving up?
The Prime Directive of Nazi Germany was Invade, Defeat, Enslave and/or Kill/Exterminate. The Prime Directive of any military force is to hurt people and break things. Looking after your own military personnel is a secondary consideration. Military leaders have to expect casualties to achieve their ...
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:43 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Reverse into Bay of Biscay?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 29846
Re: Going Backwards or giving up?
With a jammed rudder it would have virtually impossible to steer Bismarck except forwards with the weather on the bow pushing against it and balancing the tendency due to the rudder. This meant towards the British and Doom. RF and Co. have to accept that it is impossible, just as driving your car b...
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:35 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Could Vichy have saved Bismarck?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3746
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:30 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Marschall instead of Lutjens
- Replies: 179
- Views: 40093
I incline to the view that Lutjens should have hung around Denmark Strait long enough to sink (or at least give a good pasting to) PRINCE OF WALES. He'd already sunk the HOOD, so he knew he had nothing more to worry about from her. Yes, I know those two CAs (SUFFOLK and NORFOLK) were in the area. O...
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:26 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: KGV Class Battleships
- Replies: 99
- Views: 57946
KGV Class Battleships
Given the problem with quadruple gun turrets on the KGV class battleships is there any reason for the arrangement of the A and B turrets, one four gun and one two gun, when alternatively they both could have been triple turrets?
The four gun and two gun arrangement seems odd.
The four gun and two gun arrangement seems odd.
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:21 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Francisco Solano Lopez
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2486
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:18 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: British Armed Merchant Cruiser tonnages
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1623
British Armed Merchant Cruiser tonnages
Technically speaking, are AMCs classed as merchant ships or as real warships?
Regarding U-boat and surface raider tonnages sunk, do AMCs sunk count as merchant ship sinkings?
It appears that U-boats include AMCs in tonnage sunk but not surface raiders - is there any rule on this?
Regarding U-boat and surface raider tonnages sunk, do AMCs sunk count as merchant ship sinkings?
It appears that U-boats include AMCs in tonnage sunk but not surface raiders - is there any rule on this?
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:14 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Ajax vs. Leipzig
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3586
Ajax vs. Leipzig
Would the triple turrets of Leipzig prove superior to Ajax?
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:13 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: WW1 Invincible/ Inflexible vs. WW2 Scharnhorst/Gneisenau
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15681
I am not an expert in WW1 naval gunnery so not fully aware of the shooting reach of Invincible/Inflexible so I infer from your query that Scharnhorst/Gneisenau would substantially outrange them. Yes?mike1880 wrote:Why?But the German ships would still have to come within range of the 12 inch to engage?
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:08 am
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Gunther Lutjens: a biography?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6059
Gunther Lutjens: a biography?
Has anyone attempted a biography of Gunther Lutjens - I don't specifically mean a potted history of Rheinubung or Operation Berlin, but focussing on his earlier life, his WW1 experiences and the inter-war period?
Such a biography would I think be useful in reducing the enigma of Lutjens as a person.
Such a biography would I think be useful in reducing the enigma of Lutjens as a person.
- Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:44 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: BISMARCK news reels
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5151
Re: Good material
By the way did everybody realize that the last link on Ulrich post is about Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Adm Hipper operation Juno. They show June 1940 action against the HMS Glorious, Acasta and Ardent. You can clearly see Scharnhorst and Gneisenau guns in action and the smoke on the horizon of the ...
- Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:36 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: A new "Sink the Bismarck!" movie?
- Replies: 115
- Views: 89213
I think a docu-drama would be far better than a Hollywood movie - and cut out the showbiz names. It would be best possibly to focus on the German side, say on Mullenheim-Rechberg, on a style of format similar to ''Das Boot'' but it would require a good film director to pull it off. The difficult bit...
- Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:27 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Hood vs. Prinz Eugen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2065
Hood vs. Prinz Eugen
In another thread Karl has proposed Hood facing Bismarck in a straight one to one, with full broadsides from the off. Lets turn the coin - Hood and Prinz Eugen say at DS conditions. This initially sounds as one sided as Karls' proposition but PE did land two shells on Hood, one killing 200 sailors. ...