I am just falling interested in how a naval gun works, reading your discussions about explosives, shells and pointing devices function.
Do you know a site where I could find all those informations without going crazy while searching them in those section?;)
And, I found http://www.navweaps.com Does anyone know it?
Thanks in advance!
Naval guns and...
Naval guns and...
"Wir kämpfen bis zur letzten Granate."
Günther Lütjens
Günther Lütjens
At Eugene Slovers pages there is plenty to learn about the fine old art of Naval Gunnery:
http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/GS-USN-PAGE.html
Just browse and enjoy.
And here:
http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/primary_ ... MJ_toc.htm
you find the more or less complete legacy of the US Naval Technical Mission to Japan.
It might be that the files about Japanese military dentistry are not so interesting but there is lots on Japanese naval Ordnance as well.
Plenty to read through!
And - yes - you might well go crazy between all that information. But it's worth it!
Ciao,
Ufo
http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/GS-USN-PAGE.html
Just browse and enjoy.
And here:
http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/primary_ ... MJ_toc.htm
you find the more or less complete legacy of the US Naval Technical Mission to Japan.
It might be that the files about Japanese military dentistry are not so interesting but there is lots on Japanese naval Ordnance as well.
Plenty to read through!
And - yes - you might well go crazy between all that information. But it's worth it!
Ciao,
Ufo
If you are interested in WWI era naval gunnery -- how things were done by the Royal Navy at Dogger Bank or Jutland -- you should check out Tony Lovell's "The Dreadnought Project"
http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/sim/
Excellent work(!!!) on the Dumaresq and the Dreyer fire control table.
http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/sim/
Excellent work(!!!) on the Dumaresq and the Dreyer fire control table.
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You can also buy Warship International (http://www.inro.org), 2001 1, 2001 2 and 2001 3, there is and excellent account on the Dreyer and the Dumaresq, many diagrams and photos.
In Warship 2002-3 (ISBN 851779263) there is an article about the Admiralty fire control tables, that superseded the Dreyer.
Finally (I did not buy it yet) you have the expensive "Dreadnought Gunnery at the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control" at 115 dollars. That is all I could find on fire control.
Eugene Lover´s page is missing in my opinion some important features on fire control, for example how the enemy ship´s course is found. I think that is because the transcribed book is from 1957, when surface fire control was no longer so important, being replaced by aircraft and missiles.
In Warship 2002-3 (ISBN 851779263) there is an article about the Admiralty fire control tables, that superseded the Dreyer.
Finally (I did not buy it yet) you have the expensive "Dreadnought Gunnery at the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control" at 115 dollars. That is all I could find on fire control.
Eugene Lover´s page is missing in my opinion some important features on fire control, for example how the enemy ship´s course is found. I think that is because the transcribed book is from 1957, when surface fire control was no longer so important, being replaced by aircraft and missiles.
Hi Marcelo:
I am actually in the middle of reading "Dreadnought Gunnery at the Battle of Jutland". A very scholarly work. Yes I broke down and paid $115. It's good -- but I wouldn’t pay $115 for it unless I was very interested in the topic (which I am). It is -- as the title suggests -- focused exclusively upon the mechanics of RN gunnery during WWI, as well as the controversy surrounding the Dreyer and Pollen systems.
I suppose the publishing run on the book was extremely limited, and thus the over-inflated price. But than even if it was only 50-dollars, I would guess that only a very limited number of people are going to buy such a book.
Best Regards
Marty
I am actually in the middle of reading "Dreadnought Gunnery at the Battle of Jutland". A very scholarly work. Yes I broke down and paid $115. It's good -- but I wouldn’t pay $115 for it unless I was very interested in the topic (which I am). It is -- as the title suggests -- focused exclusively upon the mechanics of RN gunnery during WWI, as well as the controversy surrounding the Dreyer and Pollen systems.
I suppose the publishing run on the book was extremely limited, and thus the over-inflated price. But than even if it was only 50-dollars, I would guess that only a very limited number of people are going to buy such a book.
Best Regards
Marty
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