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... In reality, Bismarck was, in Lindemann’s own evaulation, ready in all respects for a peace time cruise. The rush by the naval high command to get Bismarck into action had caused problems that limited Bismarck’s effectiveness. Actually: "The state of training that has been reached compares ...

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hans zurbriggen wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 3:11 pm ...(he was apparently using his own names/abbreviations for steel types):
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K.C.s = Krupp, cementiert gehärtet, schwierig
K.W.s = Krupp, weich, schwierig
N = niedrig prozentiger Nickelstahl
S = Sonderstahl

Try PG33572. It contains most of the allotment from 1939 to 1941. However, there are several snipets in other Rolls.

Thorsten Wahl wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:38 pmTS4 ?

AFAIK TS4 was meter wave and used for Flum. TS1 and TS6 were decimeter wave.

Ask Dave.

Hello Mr. Nilsson, you write: 'The first series is unit 1-31. That should be FuMG 39G (in case of Bismarck FuMO 23). It is almost confirmed Bismarck got unit 11 and 17 (the third one remains unclear). The first technical change was made in unit 32 and following (FuMG 40G?= FuMO 27). The whereabouts...

Herr Nilsson wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:06 am TS1 tube vs TS9 tube?

It should read
TS 1 tube vs TS 6 tube.

The crucial question is: What's the difference between FuMO 23 and 27 at all?

• 2000 Hz vs 500 Hz?
• No "Feinpeil" vs "Feinpeil"?
• TS1 tube vs TS9 tube?

Thank you for your replies! The magazines weren't full when they left Norway? "Verschuss" implies the shells were really shot. In my opinion it's unlikely PG wasn't fully equipped. The fact that 8 + 155 = 163 seems significant. I suspect that there was a typo in the M.A.Za. report and/or t...

There is a discrepancy between Jasper's GAR and the request for topping up the shells.

KTB May, 24th 1942
M.A.Za. (Marineartilleriezeugamt Brest ~ Naval Artillery Arsenal Brest) June, 7th 1941
Any thoughts?

Bismarck and Tirpitz were different. Bismarck's specific consumption was rising again beyond a certain WPS-rate, but Tirpitz' specific consumption (as a function of WPS) was always decreasing.

Prinz Eugen got radar sets from the first series (No. 10 foretop and No. 15 aft).

It's just a matter of a good memory, patience, opportunity, luck and unfortunately a whole lot of money.

Hello Mr. Nilsson, really impressive for Tirpitz, many thanks. One thing I can't understand is why Hood is "limited" to 27,5 kn (even in May 1941, at operational displacement, she did 29 kn for long time so that it was difficult for PoW to keep up): I would have expected a comparison of t...