Why 13.5 inch guns on Lions?
The original rationale for the Invincibles was as armored cruiser killers. As such they needed speed to catch an armored cruiser, armor protection against 8 inch or 9 inch guns and larger guns to out...
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sergeante wrote:WRT the actual topic, one needs to recall that the British conception of the battlecruiser was not about 12-inch guns per se, but about the standard battleship gun at a given time. In...
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mike1880 wrote:JohnR wrote:One point regarding the development of the 15"/42, as it is always stated that it was developed from the 13.5"/45 I had always made a casual assumption that that was the...
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I'm at work away from books at the moment, I'll dig around this evening and see if I can remember where the 18in situation is described. Most likely either Buxton's monitor book or Campbell's series...
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David Chessum wrote:This is a case of taking a way too small set of data points, and trying to extrapolate a generalised principle from them.I don't believe that it is a valid approach, nor that it...
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Hood had MkI guns; the turrets were MkIIs.The 15" is indeed longer than the 13.5", suggests that as long as the machinery can make rather than the same as the 13.5". The smaller gun could therefore...
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ChrisPat wrote:Hood had MkI guns; the turrets were MkIIs.The 15" is indeed longer than the 13.5", suggests that as long as the machinery can make rather than the same as the 13.5". The smaller gun...
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Wasn't it the improvement in fire control/director firing that brought about the increase in combat ranges that the higher elevation could exploit?
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johnalbion wrote:I have read reports of the RN's evaluation of the gun in WW.II from the cruiser Delhi after it was rebuilt and rearmed with the gun. The reports could not be more praising. With all...
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JAW wrote:Hey no worries J-, & if you'd spent as much time around Poms (Englanders) as you reckon, then of course, you will know.. .. that what Americans regard as proudly relating their...
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Interesting, isn't it, that most of us don't share much about our backgrounds on here?And that's probably best, if we don't want to open ourselves up to the argument that most of us cannot possibly...
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williewhizz wrote:A year or so ago a certain poster who has been, shall we simply say, less 'shy' in that respect than most of us began a side conversation with me via PMs that started amicably...
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williewhizz wrote:Interesting, isn't it, that most of us don't share much about our backgrounds on here?A few months back, New Golconda posted his observations and summary of the different types of...
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Cheers williewhizz, i think this is the the thread where to find the post you referred to. http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/27822/Norman-Friedman-Fighting-the-Great-War-at-Sea?page=1 I...
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ChrisPat wrote:There's other reasons some folk might choose not to reveal background, very good ones which invalidate any "tell us who you are or I don't believe what you say".Ummm...name some.
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Or ----, Since I happen to regard the vast majority of threads and boards as unscientific speculation, I tend to regard here as a pub. And we are a bunch of guys sitting around talking over a few...
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"sergeante wrote:williewhizz wrote:A year or so ago a certain poster who has been, shall we simply say, less 'shy' in that respect than most of us began a side conversation with me via PMs that...
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williewhizz wrote:Interesting, isn't it, that most of us don't share much about our backgrounds on here?And that's probably best, if we don't want to open ourselves up to the argument that most of us...
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ChrisPat wrote:williewhizz wrote:Interesting, isn't it, that most of us don't share much about our backgrounds on here?A few months back, New Golconda posted his observations and summary of the...
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Closed to give posters a chance to cool off and get back on topic.
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