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- Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:31 pm
- Forum: Military Conflicts Today
- Topic: China and the Biden Administration
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7144
Re: China and the Biden Administration
Don't forget Japan. The whole reason Japan was in Korea and Manchuria 100+ years ago was because what happens in Korea finds its way across the strait to Kyushu and then to Honshu. Since the war, Japan and South Korea, and Taiwan, have been protected by the US nuclear umbrella. It has brought a sta...
- Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:04 pm
- Forum: Military Conflicts Today
- Topic: China and the Biden Administration
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7144
Re: China and the Biden Administration
Zhou Bai-den and company.paul.mercer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:37 am Hi Dave,
Thanks for your reply to my post, although I'm a bit puzzled about your last one, to whom are you referring?
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck radar detector
- Replies: 139
- Views: 16819
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:20 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck radar detector
- Replies: 139
- Views: 16819
Re: Bismarck radar detector
Are you still thinking Bismarck had a passive radar detector on board and are you now in position to tell us which antenna was used ? I concur with Giessler that it cannot now be determined but I think it as probable. I don’t know what antenna may have been used if that was the case. There are no p...
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:10 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck radar detector
- Replies: 139
- Views: 16819
Re: Bismarck radar detector
If I recall correctly, back in 2013 I was examining some commentary by Helmut Giessler about documents (which no longer exist) he had access to during the war on these matters. Giessler began his commentary on this specific issue by stating that it is no longer possible to know with certainty if Bis...
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:52 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Armour Metallurgy Properities
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2410
Re: Armour Metallurgy Properities
The numbers are not hard and fast for physical properties. It depends on the hardness level and the heat treatments. For example, the typical tensile strength of armor grade steels hardened to 250 brinel hardness, is about 75 kg/mm2. If the hardness is 300 BH then the TS increases to about 90 kg/mm2...
- Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:58 pm
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Tsushima
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5415
Re: Tsushima
In recent times USN personal from the USS Nimitz volunteered to repaint and do other restoration work on Mikasa while the air wing was based at Atsugi. It is kind of fitting that they were from USS Nimitz, because Admiral Nimitz himself was a leading force to preserving Mikasa during the decades fol...
- Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:50 pm
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Tsushima
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5415
Re: Tsushima
The Russian shooting wasn't bad, but not as good as the Japanese. Mikasa was reportedly hit 30 times at Tsushima. However, the shells mostly broke up against Mikasa's KC armour. One of the lessons learned from the Yellow Sea battle was the inadequacy of the munitions. It was one reason why Togo adop...
- Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:38 pm
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Tsushima
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5415
Re: Tsushima
Byron, see if this works:
Recommended Citation
Koda, Yoji (2005) "The Russo-Japanese War—Primary Causes of Japanese Success," Naval War College Review: Vol. 58 : No. 2 , Article
3.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-r ... l58/iss2/3
Recommended Citation
Koda, Yoji (2005) "The Russo-Japanese War—Primary Causes of Japanese Success," Naval War College Review: Vol. 58 : No. 2 , Article
3.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-r ... l58/iss2/3
- Sun May 30, 2021 3:30 pm
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Tsushima
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5415
Re: Tsushima
It seems to me that this became a habit of theirs! It's true that Japan planned surprise attacks in both the cases of the Russo-Japanese war and in Dec 1941. However, I don't think it was common practice. In 1894 they sent troops to Korea in response to China sending in troops in violation of treat...
- Sat May 29, 2021 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Tsushima
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5415
Re: Tsushima
Tsushima had large influence on further ship development (just after Yellow Sea and Tsushima battles, old pre-dreadnoughts were superceeded by dreadnoughts) and still influenced the Japanese naval strategy (and constructions) up to WWII. British officers on board Togo's ships (Japan officers were m...
- Fri May 28, 2021 2:55 am
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Tsushima
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5415
Re: Tsushima
Here's a photo tour I found of Togo's flagship the Mikasa. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/take-a-tour-of-the-114-year-old-japanese-battleship-mikasa-pictures/45/ Across the stern is Mikasa spelled in hiragana. It reads from right to left, rather than the modern convention of left to right. Usually ka...
- Thu May 27, 2021 3:03 pm
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Tsushima
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5415
Tsushima
Today not only marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Bismarck but it is also the anniversary of the Battle of Tsushima. During 1900 Russia occupied Manchuria. This posed a dire threat to Japan because it meant that Russia could gain control of Korea and then eventually Japan. Japan tried to re...
- Wed May 12, 2021 2:48 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Escape from the Scheer?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2457
Re: Escape from the Scheer?
I was not clear on the date of this encounter from the video. Was it on the 5th? It is not mentioned in the KTB for the 5th or in the action report of the battle with HX84 authored by Krancke. The convoy was located by the Scheer's scout plane 88 nautical miles away at 13:00. This presented Krancke ...
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 4:30 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: the Twins plus Bismarck
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2957
Re: the Twins plus Bismarck
Gentlemen, I'm sure we may ave discussed this before somewhere, but if the Bismarck had made it back to Brest and then came out with the twins it would have caused a mighty problem for the RN. But what about the logistics of keeping three large ships at sea, with very few 'friendly' ports to go to ...