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Hi Marcelo, In the still conditions prevailing, the lifeboats could be used to push a suspended carpet towards the hull side. Water flow/pressure would do the rest. Organising enough men to do the work would not have been easy, but not impossible, there was labour a-plenty. In another age, it might...

Hello to All, Thanks also for the background on the weight comparison between land-based and ship-based artillery barrels. In your opinion, are there any influences on the possible function of a muzzle brake, regardless of the increase in temperature and the resulting increased load on naval barrel...

Guys, look at these numbers. 155mm land gun barrel weight: 4352 kg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/155_mm_gun_M1 6" Mk 16 USN naval gun barrel weight: 6.5 t http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_6-47_mk16.php The naval gun barrel is about 50% heavier. I think that it was so because: 1-The naval ...

Hi Marcelo, Pictures of various saloons in the ship show large carpets manufactured by a Glasgow company. They could tear up as many carpets as they needed. :D However, as other posters have observed, there seems to have been little original thinking or initiative displayed. I expect most people ab...

I had to check that the Gardiners were not the same person. Whew! If any enjoy speculations what about my thought experiment? Rip up one (or more) of those huge luxurious Axminster carpets from one of the saloons and lower on ropes over the side to act as a collision mat. Water pressure would suck ...

I used to think like that, Marcelo. Then I was liberated by the blessing of a healthy cynicism that my advancing years have bestowed upon me. Nowadays, I am willing to accept (if not the plausibility) the possibility of just about anything ..... :dance: Here's another interesting curiosity stemming...

• But this is probably the case with all muzzle brakes which are intended to counteract recoil (i.e. backwards). Yes, I was thinking about this. In a field gun, the crew would move away from the gun before firing, so it would not be dangerous for them. On a tank, the crew is protected by the hull. ...

• Advantages of muzzle brakes The fact is yes; - muzzle brakes basically have the function of directing parts of the gas pressure backwards. This not only shortens the recoil of the gun barrel. It also relieves the load on the carriage and gun bed. This means that the construction can also be light...

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I have to correct myself. I had only read the English author. Fritz Fischer ; - yes, well-known, notorious and very controversial. I have both books: “ Griff nach der Weltmacht “ – Fritz Fischer 1961, as thesis “ Kein Griff nach der Weltmacht “ – Alexander Will 2012, as an antithesis It is quite in...

Hello everyone! I hope you had a pleasant start on the new year! I wonder if there is some detailed plans of the boiler rooms and/or the turbine rooms of the Bismarck or Scharnhorst class ships? I am looking for something more detailed than the general plans, like for example these plans from the c...

I think you be aware oft he general background in Middle East during the 2. WW?! Really not, every day I learn something :D . So petrol (and food) would be no problem with Irak allied, that would lessen the logistic effort. It would only remain the ammo and spares for the mechanized forces. Only qu...

Example: - Years ago I found very unknown documents in this archiv that showed that the German High Command was working on serious plans to launch a `Central African Offensive´ in 1915. I posted a few letters and plans at our colleagues at AHF. GERMAN PLANS AND CONCRETE PREPERATIONS FOR A ``CENTRAL...

Excellent question. I have to google the answer, found this: This is more the thing. You'll notice that muzzle brakes on larger guns appear where the firing platform may not be massive enough to fully handle the recoil of the cannon. Heavier tanks, like the modern main battle tank, can be built heav...

Hi Marcelo, As long ago as 1995 Dan Van Der Vat,(who has written some reasonable factual naval history) got mixed up with a Robin Gardiner and espoused this conspiracy theory in a joint-authored book called The Titanic Conspiracy: Cover-Ups and Mysteries of the World's Most Famous Sea Disaster. He ...