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- Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:12 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Effect of bombs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10247
Re: Effect of bombs
It had to be dropped from 10,000 feet to achieve the necessary velocity. Arizona was destroyed because it set off a black powder magazine used to store catapault launching charges. The other battleships targeted by the same type of bombs ... basically all of the inboard ships ... received light to m...
- Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:35 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck Stern Anchor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4775
Re: Help!
yes.Bismarck_Tirpitz wrote:Hmm, why did they chose to use a cable rather than a chain, like the bow anchors. Did they weigh much more
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:42 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck Stern Anchor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4775
Re: Help!
The weight of the chain resting on the bottom represents a significant part of an anchor's holding capability, so one using a cable wouldn't be useful for the same sort of application.
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:22 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: New member first post
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3031
Re: New member first post
Welcome to the forum! I played Action Stations a lot in bygone days, but I don't think it will run on modern computers, will it? I haven't played Fighting Steel for a while either, but I think that is pretty good if you are looking for a more recent one. Oh, and the only way I ever played pvp was sw...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:32 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: German tanks
- Replies: 169
- Views: 42111
Re: German tanks
There are long threads debating this issue. In a nutshell: The Tiger I had a much more powerful gun than the T-34 and was harder to kill. It was slower and less maneuverable and harder to maintain. The Tiger II was larger and more powerful than the Tiger I. Thicker armor with better sloping, more po...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:21 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Effect of bombs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10247
Re: Effect of bombs
Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and especially Hiryu were undoubtedly maneuverning at high speed when they received fatal bomb hits from dive bombers. I suspect Yamato was also hit one or more times while maneuvering at high speed, but I don't know. From the prior examples, it was possible. High speed maneuveri...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:17 pm
- Forum: Military History and Technology
- Topic: Firing at pilots who have parachuted
- Replies: 20
- Views: 25758
Re: Firing at pilots who have parachuted
A well known German ace wrote in his autobiography of hanging from his chute as a Mustang approached and wondering whether he would be shot, but apparently the guy just wanted a close look at his opponent.
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:14 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Effect of bombs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10247
Re: Effect of bombs
Thank you for the clarification. I'd seen that 1,600 lb bomb listed as both SAP and AP but it makes more sense as an AP bomb. The explosive weight seems consistent with that of a 500 lb GP bomb, and I don't think that is necessarily inconsequential in the water alonside a ship. Not like a torpedo of...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:58 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Effect of bombs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10247
Re: Effect of bombs
I wonder what the burster of a 1,600 lb SAP bomb is. I have no idea, really. I expect those would burst on contact with the main armor deck of a battleship and in the case of Bismarck would penetrate the upper armored deck first, but I really don't know. If it did, I suspect the damage would be subs...
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:56 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Effect of bombs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10247
Re: Effect of bombs
The bombs don't "bounce off". They can do tremendous structural damage, destroy secondary battery and AA weapons and cause heavy crew casualties, making the ship vulnerable to attack by destroyers and torpedo carrying aircraft. Additionally, near misses by heavy bombs can cause flooding in...
- Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:28 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
- Replies: 257
- Views: 287735
Re: The Greatest Naval Battle in History
Augustus Caesar was a genius at managing empire. If he had been killed it might very well have effected the extent of the Roman empire. Presumably Egypt would have had greater autonomy. An important battle to be sure, and I'm not sure one can really choose between the truly important battles of hist...
- Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:23 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Ideal battleship design
- Replies: 162
- Views: 85381
Re: Ideal battleship design
.... And yet no modern ships have such large calibre AAA guns. Nothing bigger than 40mm with proximity fused warheads. What goes around comes around eh? The 76mm (Italian) and 5" guns on US ships are dual purpose. As are 57mm guns. The 20mm CIWS weapons are dual purpose, but the 25mm weapons a...
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:11 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Elongation of Homogeneous Armor
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13730
Re: Elongation of Homogeneous Armor
I too am a physicist by training, although one with no special expertise in this field. I also have some flexibility in my ideas: for example, I've become distinctly more favourable about the Richelieu this week, partly as a result of the arguments of others here and looking at what Dulin and Garzk...
- Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:47 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck vs. Iowa
- Replies: 322
- Views: 87883
Re: Bismarck vs. Iowa
To my knowledge the largest bomb carried on US carriers was 1600 lb APC.
- Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:17 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Ideal battleship design
- Replies: 162
- Views: 85381
Re: Ideal battleship design
Post war up to 1960 I don't think there has been much of aircraft engagement of ships so far as the US and UK were concerned; the obvious conflict to think of would be Korea but that was largely a land war. I would have thought therefore that radar and an open sea would allow a six inch gun to be d...