:( i don't know what to think now! Netmarine.net, with a complete history of the ship and the delaited figh against BB59, does not speak about one shell exploding in a an empty ammo magazine. http://www.netmarine.net/bat/croiseur/jeanbart/histoire.htm This website do the same: http://polyticks.com/b...
Did the 16" round that ended up in Jean Barts (fortunatly empty) secondary magazine go high order? Didn't at least one other round get into what would have been vital areas had she been at sea? Of the five shells that hit Jean Bart, two, perhaps three, failed to explode. The two that exploded ...
Hi ostriker: Vietnam Argel No comments... And what's the problem? I don´t have a very bad concept of the europeans: my family is from there in the first place. But I don´t see the reciprocity for the help given in the past. Of course you can have arguments and reasons, there are always arguments an...
ostriker: I totally agree for the "own blindness" in the 1930's but i disagree for 1914. D'ont make a mixture of politics and citizen. The farmer of the languedoc province no wanted these wars as his westphalian counterpart no wanted it no more. War are political products, like the irak o...
Karl Heidenreich wrote:No one can seriously compare what happened in France in 1940 with the Eastern Front....
Sure Karl i just put this number for a smallcomparison.
And don't worry im not basic stupid "frogish", i know what is stalingrad, as the german know what is Verdun.
This was demonstrated by the last ditch resistence on the Somme on June 5-8th, the only time the French fought effectively, when their interior was being invaded. Interesting point. The loss on both sides show this. German losses (killed + wounded) From 10 may 1940 to 3rd june 1940: 2499 / day From...
June 6th: Operation Overlord. When US-Canadian and British forces land on the northern coast of France to rescue (the second of three times) the europeans from their own blindness. I totally agree for the "own blindness" in the 1930's but i disagree for 1914. D'ont make a mixture of polit...
The only case of shell interchangability i know is for the french AA 127mm mod 1948. These gun were french-designed but took the advantage of the availability of the US Ammunition.
So, using the same logic, the AP shell could be, potentially, more dangerous to a modern warship than the actual missiles? Best regards. If we look only in terms of performance and effect, i think that a 16" AP shell could make more damage than a exocet. And a HE shell too. On top of that, a s...