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- Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:07 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: why couldnt she steer
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7960
Re: why couldnt she steer
I think that some info is lacking here. From AOTS´Bismarck, I see that there are 6 compartments involved, from stern to bow: Rudder gear room 2 - Rudder gear room 1 Rudder machine room 2 - Rudder machine room 1 Manual steering room 2 - Manual steering room 1 From Garzke´s: Page 235: "The torped...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:12 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: why couldnt she steer
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7960
Re: why couldnt she steer
Hi VeenenbergR:
Why is it, then, that every trial made to steer the ship mentions the propellers and never the starboard rudder?
Regards
Why is it, then, that every trial made to steer the ship mentions the propellers and never the starboard rudder?
Regards
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:01 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: why couldnt she steer
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7960
Re: why couldnt she steer
Vic, I re-read the BS story from Garzke, I will reproduce some parts and make a some questions: Page 235: "...eventually the starboard rudder was uncoupled from the steering gear, and the hand rudder was engaged to the rudder yoke, but the port coupling was so badly jammed that it could not be ...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:42 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: why couldnt she steer
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7960
Re: why couldnt she steer
Hi Vic: I only quoted Mr. Garzke, who being a renown naval arquitect would have his reasons for writing it. According to him the starboard rudder was disengaged from the machinery and could be used "manually", i presume he means some kind of tackle. If the damaged rudder could have been dr...
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:21 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: why couldnt she steer
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7960
Re: why couldnt she steer
Garzke in Battleships, Axis and neutrals says that had the rudder been separated she could have steered fine. Moreover, a study is mentioned of a method to severe a rudder shaft with explosives, without damage to the hull, for future cases. The study was suspended after a while.
Regards
Regards
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:35 am
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Naval Weapons of World War I: Stand up and be counted
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14428
Re: Naval Weapons of World War I: Stand up and be counted
Do not count me as customer for that...
- Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:01 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Naval firepower by Friedman
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2057
Naval firepower by Friedman
Hi all: I have just finished reading it. I swear it is the last book I buy of the author. I don´t deny that it has some good content, but the author´s writing is very poor. He goes back and fore in his ideas and concepts, sometimes becoming confusing to the reader. The book is more historical than t...
- Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:36 pm
- Forum: World Navies Today
- Topic: Brazil buys 50 helicopters, 5 submarines from France
- Replies: 114
- Views: 31896
Re: Brazil buys 50 helicopters, 5 submarines from France
Hi Robert: Bolivia still claims her former land. I don´t know legally and diplomatically what is the state of the claim, but they feel they had been robbed. Bear in mind that the loss of those lands made Bolivia an inner country. Aside this, the Bolivian military has no capabilities at all to fight ...
- Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:49 pm
- Forum: World Navies Today
- Topic: Brazil buys 50 helicopters, 5 submarines from France
- Replies: 114
- Views: 31896
Re: Brazil buys 50 helicopters, 5 submarines from France
Hi guys: Currently there are very few conflic posiblities in the Southern Cone: -Chile has a long standing dispute on its northern border with Peru and Bolivia. That´s why they acquired F-16 and Leopard II recently -There is a feeling that the Evo Morales government in Bolivia can lead to internal u...
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:53 am
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8399
Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
I am sorry but the KE deposit IS wrong. The prove is that to this theory, back in the 80s, many police agencies in the US (even the FBI) adopted high speed, light weight, hollow-point bullets, in the believe that the high KE of this bullets, caused mostly by the high-speed, would be fully transferre...
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:24 am
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8399
Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
The pistol is more a social symbol in the army than a practical weapon. In fact some armies used pistols that were close to useless: the Japanese with their Nambus for example. I think that an army can do without them.
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:48 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8399
Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
Fighting in the same room with a foe (basically a police scenario) is very rare in the military, you can´t tool up an army for it. I dídn´t say that a .45 wound wasn´t worst than a 9mm one, but that the diference (according to what I have read, I am not a surgeon) doesn´t deserve doubling the round ...
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:22 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8399
Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
Yes, I know that Tommy. I was thinking about the post-war US. Once they had widely adopted the 9mm for SMG (MP-5, Ingram 10, etc..) then the natural move was to adopt 9mm for the sidearms.
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:28 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8399
Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
The "KE deposit" theory has proven wrong over the years. The stopping power is based on central nervous system injury or blood loss, and both calibers have good chances here, the 45 with a little advantange due to its largest diameter (remember tissue is elastic and 50% more frontal area d...
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:21 am
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8399
Re: M-1 Garand vs. Mauser K98
The .45 ACP is about the same KE as the 9mm Luger, the .45's heavier bullet being balanced by the 9mm´s higher muzle velocity. For this reason (lighter bulllet and higher velocity) the 9mm has better medium range performance. Regarding lethality, it is a matter of a long controversy between them, th...