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According to Jordan and Dumas the hit that penetrated the magazine hit at 33° according to damage analysis. JB received flooding through bombs prior to the hit and the resulting list seems to be the cause for such an angle rather than the extreme range needed. The angle was not measured, but it was...

According to Jordan and Dumas the hit that penetrated the magazine hit at 33° according to damage analysis. JB received flooding through bombs prior to the hit and the resulting list seems to be the cause for such an angle rather than the extreme range needed. At such an angle penetration of her 150...

Although I'm loath to post here I will do so, since I met Thorsten some weeks ago and he shared some insight with me. Lets be clear, I speak for me, not for him. The admirality documents do not show, as far as I have seen them, that a spaced array is better that an aon scheme. They do show that it c...

I`m out, it`s hopeless.

You seem too imply that BS and VV were not considered then G&D say that the SoDak`s were the best treaty ships. That is not the case. The limit was simply ignored by the Italiens and Germans but they were still officially treaty ships and are therefore part of the comparison.

How about degrading Yamato and Musashi due to Shinano`s horrible damage control? Or is this case of an completely untrained crew (and still incomplete watertight integrity) not comparable to a green crew and an electrical problem as far as criticising the entire class is concerned? Both problems wer...

I have the book as well but not with me atm. There still is afaik no indication that this arrangement gave better firing solutions than others.

Afaik the 4 twin arrangement was only a German favourite according to G&D not a general one. It gave balanced firepower fore and aft but did not improve firing solutions.

Maybe you should reread G&D US Battleships Page 96, Karl, but since I have mentioned that twice before, I don't think you'll ever do that, maybe they are not considered experts in this special case...

This has been around for a few months. Rob already answered questions here: http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.c ... tml?page=1

Just ask him about his sources.

1. American ''Liberal'' 2. Liberal Socialist 3. Social Democratic 4. Social-Liberal 5. Anarcho-Communist American Liberal is Nr. 1? :D I guessed Social Democratic would be more correct. So for American Conservatives, which differ greatly from what we call conservative here in Germany I should be an ...

I would like to know where I ( or others) have ever disputed thath BS upper deck would initiate the fuzes of bombs and shells. G&D clearly consider the "heavily compromised" SoDak as the best treaty ship but you always choose to ignore things you don't like, Karl. There is your non int...

Do you have the third one?

Edit: Nevermind, someone already offered it.

Do you know if there is a longer version than this 3 sheet paper?

José: I Starting for the overall displacement and beam there are catches. Sorry, I don't understand what you are hinting at. Btw, imo R&R are good as far as British ships are conerned, but their opinions for foreign designs seem highly biased (e. g. british 15inch gun was the best battleship gu...