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- Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:47 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: NATO Battleships
- Replies: 14
- Views: 28271
Re: NATO Battleships
BTW, does anyone know if any BBs were equiped with nuclear shells?
- Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:08 am
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: NATO Battleships
- Replies: 14
- Views: 28271
Re: NATO Battleships
Yes, the 16in guns were fired in GW1. Also.....didnt Turkey have an old German battlecruiser that was assigned a NATO hull number? B70?
- Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:05 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: The sinking of the Konigsberg
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8947
Re: The sinking of the Konigsberg
The US maritime strike a/c was the B-17. The Air Corp assured everyone that they would have no trouble hitting ships from high altitude using the Norden bombsight. Of course it didnt quite work out that way. The mere fact that they couldnt hit ships from altitude didnt stop the AC from making some p...
- Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:32 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: The sinking of the Konigsberg
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8947
Re: The sinking of the Konigsberg
That is true. Lets not forget that the RN also began 5 BBs with those CVs and started on anoth 3 of which only one was completed.
- Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:26 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: The sinking of the Konigsberg
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8947
Re: The sinking of the Konigsberg
Not really sure what ur point is about the carrier construction in the mid to late 30s..........It would probably be worthwhile that during the times you mentioned the US was in a very isolationist mood, so getting funding for any sort of naval build up just wasnt in the cards. This "mood"...
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:07 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Duke of York & Renown at Noth Cape
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7558
Re: Duke of York & Renown at Noth Cape
Well, it seems that DoY's gunnery was good enough to slow Sharn down so the cruisers could get their torpedos in then.
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:15 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Strategic bombing during World War II
- Replies: 127
- Views: 56134
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:13 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: German tanks
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39772
Re: German tanks
I believe that a number of French tanks were repaired by the Germans and later used on the Russian Front...[/quote] Very good point. However, most of the captured stocks of French tanks were not used in a frontline role as they did not conform to German operational concepts. In other words, the one ...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:06 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Duke of York & Renown at Noth Cape
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7558
Re: Duke of York & Renown at Noth Cape
I'm lost here........if Scharnhorst was so well built and apparently well protected against 15in shells, why is she sitting on the bottom of the ocean? I mean, if she wasnt vulnerable to Renown firing 15in projectiles, how was she harmed by the 14in ones from DoY?
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:21 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Was the Blücher really such a bad design?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23724
Re: Was the Blücher really such a bad design?
I imaine he would have welcomed the Blucher in asia. I wonder if any thought had been given to sending a battlecruiser out there?
- Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:02 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Was the Blücher really such a bad design?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23724
Re: Was the Blücher really such a bad design?
I would say that as far as armored cruisers go, the Blucher was probably the best of them all.
- Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:17 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Was the Blücher really such a bad design?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23724
Re: Was the Blücher really such a bad design?
IMO she was a very good design for an armored cruiser, but their time had passed. She had the crew size and armor of a battlecruiser but not the speed or gun power. I would have to look up her commisioning dat, but maybe she should have been sent to the East Asia Squadron?
- Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:40 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Duke of York & Renown at Noth Cape
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7558
Re: Duke of York & Renown at Noth Cape
The germans seemed to have many problems with their high pressure steam plants.......
- Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:45 am
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Battle of the Falklands: 95 years ago
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10882
Re: Battle of the Falklands: 95 years ago
That should have been something of a wakeup call to the RN in general and the battlecruiser force in particular.
- Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:47 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Tirpitz and Graf Zeppelin 1941
- Replies: 335
- Views: 61072
Re: Tirpitz and Graf Zeppelin 1941
I believe GZ would need escorts (light cruisers perferably) if for nothing else than to act as plane guards.