If our American cousins need to get the 90 mm into service fast, all they need to do is what they did when they ran short on M-10 chassis to use for the M-36 ... they dropped the M-36 turret on an M-4 chassis .... the M36B1
Thanks John, a thorough and excellent story ... Very well done, as are all the rest of your compositions!
Enjoy your vacation. Myself and everyone else here will be awaiting your return.
from postings on the battle cruiser site, apparently the plan was to switch from the three triple 18's to the four triple 16.5's with only smallish changes in design weights and dimensions. the 16" came about more as a result of needing to save cost and displacement on the G-3's apparently...
While the original N-3 design of battleships called for a main battery of 9 – 18” guns in three triple turrets, late in the design process, the Admiralty requested a change of main armament to 12 – 16.5” guns in four triple turrets.
Of the four ships approved initially, just two would be...
I managed to break my leg at the 14 month mark of our house renovation project, so I'm laid up for a few weeks ... so what else is there to do but sort through my bad ship box and toss a few things up here?
I’m not going to get long-winded with this here (there’s a story coming … lol), but...
My Dad was in training for the Canadian 6th division at Camp Borden. He said that the only Canadian kit they would have was their rank and shoulder flashes.
He said that after the first A bomb was dropped their American weapons instructors had a party, and after the second one, they left...
How far out were the Rn destroyers in your scenario here? With their addition, along with Suffolk and Norfolk, and the limited airstrikes from Victorious, Bismarck would be facing a challenging future. Really enjoying this however you take this!
When looking at the pairing of the RN's heavy units in the run up to the Battle of Denmark Strait, one might be left with the impression that the better battle cruiser was paired with the weaker battleship. To clarify that, Hood was set out with Prince of Wales (with Hood as the flagship and...
... used to play Avalon-Hill's Jutland on the church hall floor ... great fun ... and the parents liked it because we learned a little history, it kept us out of mischief, and we left their smokes and booze alone ...
Raymond Collishaw ... from the skies of the western front in his Sopwith Tri-plane to the deserts of North Africa ... and still making history! Well done, and thank you for the inclusion of a personal favorite.
I first heard of him from my Uncle Mel way back in the 60's ... Uncle Mel was a...