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Like RF wrote, non-WT signataries could give a good exemple of what non-WT cruisers would look like, but even the Panzerschiffen were designed with the WT's limitations in mind. And Welcome to the Boards! The Panzerschiffe were not WT ships, they were Versailles peace treaty vessels. Germany was no...

the 18 sec cycle should refer to 4 gun part salvoes (Turmgruppen) as this division was a usual part of firing procedure.
were is the footage available?

according Unterlagen zur Bestimmung der Hauptkampfentfernung... RoF 2 per minute according "Vermerk für OB. d.M. Überschwere Kaliber für Kriegsschiffneubauten 06.11.1942 B.Nr. 7763-42 gKdos" shot sequence in loading position 2,5° : 24 s shot sequence at 15° elevation: 30 s shot sequence at...

german reports about the battles in the mediteranean sea in 1941 mentions that italian claims on enemy shipping sunk were always wrong, as the "italians count every splash by dolphine jumping as a enemy ship sunk". So italian reports were mostly useless in a realistic assessment of the act...

Francis - The worst ASW was the Germans. Incredibly, not one German destroyer during the whole war destroyed an enemy submarine with depth charges. no destroyer but sunk by german ASW Seahorse 07.01.1940 Undine 07.01.1940 Starfish 09.01.1940 Tarpon 14.04.1940 Sterlet 18.04.1940 H49 18.10.1940 Splen...

due to the flatter trajectory and higher velocity the inner zone of immunity (Belt penetration is pushed out by approximately 4500 yards for the same vertical target thickness. The same reason (flatter trajectory) results in a lower impact angle at deck targets at the same distance, so the outer zon...

Some tought from my side. Carriers were able to perform usually a comparatively massed first strike and this first strike could be more concentrated on key targets at longer distances. The outcome of modern warfare strongly depends on first recognized - maneuver - first shot - first hit. But they we...

ADM 186/259 Progress in Gunnery 1922/1923
mentions a
25-6 ft - 7.8m Zeiss stereoskopic rangefinder from Hindenburg

http://www.admirals.org.uk/records/adm/ ... 86-259.pdf

August 1945

USNTME technical Report No 372-45 German fire effect tables I have uploaeded the piece at the Marinearchiv Forum http://forum-marinearchiv.de/ DL requires registration http://forum-marinearchiv.de/coppermine/albums/userpics/11899/USNTMIE%20Technical%20Report%20No_%20372-45%20German%20Fire%20Effect%2...

the reference source of all assesments on german battleship protection

langsschnitt_100dpi.jpg contains the belt as outlined(dashed line) area.

at the dreadnoughtproject site there are som drawings of Prinz Eugen

http://dreadnoughtproject.org/plans/KM_ ... ugen_1940/

one tought Attacking Battleships with standard bombs makes almost no sense as they make mostly superficial damage to the upperworks. US ships usually operate in big task forces with a massive screen of CA/CL and DD. Additional they had a CAP above their heads. only torpedoes and AP bombs with suffic...

Ther is a USN report available, that the 5"/38 gave (non) satisfactory(or somwhat simililar meaning) results at target distances up to 13,000 ft(4,500m). The tone was somwhat less enthusiastic as usual. I'll look for that piece. http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/suicide_attacks.htm#def...