Bismarck armor plate
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Bismarck armor plate
Here is an interesting picture from an open-house at Blohm+Voss of what is described as a Bismarck plate.
http://www.smc-seefalke.de/B&V.htm
Die Korvette für Malaysia im überdachten Baudock und im Vergleich die Platte der BISMARCK! Ganz andere Verhältnisse!
The corvette for Malaysia in the roof-covered construction dock and for comparison the plate of the BISMARCK! Very different proportional relationships!
http://www.smc-seefalke.de/B&V.htm
Die Korvette für Malaysia im überdachten Baudock und im Vergleich die Platte der BISMARCK! Ganz andere Verhältnisse!
The corvette for Malaysia in the roof-covered construction dock and for comparison the plate of the BISMARCK! Very different proportional relationships!
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The plate is described as belonging to the armor belt of the Bismarck, consisting of KC n/A (Ni/Cr) steel with a "cemented", i.e., carbonized face-hardened outside external surface. The plate weighs 16 metric tons. This steel had its optimal strength at 0 degrees Celsius (in North Atlantic conditions). (Based on a report by Walter Keuker at http://www.pro-academia.de/forum/
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The armor plates were tested long before they ever reached Blohm+Voss. Some people say that the Bismarck's armor plating or at least the steel was made in the early to mid 1930s. It took a long time to make that much stuff and steel for ships did not have that much priority as far as I know. The testing of everything was strictly supervised by the OKM. See this web site http://www.kbismarck.com/archives/barmour.html
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