Errr...ummm...that IS the best I can do Al. It was 30 years ago or more when
I interviewed the bloke. :-))) The only other thing I can recall, was that he...
After visiting my son at the Univ. of Illinois Friday night, I came back via Peoria (and the "Spring Offensive" wargames convention) on Saturday. (See the...
He says YES, they're ALL Neptuns! :-) Lou __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
Blimey! Do that and somewhere, some smart arse will have access to the
ships compliment list for the battle of North Cape and come back at you to
say he wasn't...
Mobius wrote - ... bows (dryness), and moderate metacentric heights (reduced rate of roll) were all ... Large slab sided ships provide a larger target for the...
Byron Angel
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May 2, 2005 2:08 pm
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Mal wrote - Yes, I concur with that. It was a gunnery assist radar. Interesting that in the first clashes it outclassed anything the British had yet within a...
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May 2, 2005 2:10 pm
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... I was thinking of the additional strain on the yards from suspending a bucket of seawater at the yardarm or outer end of the yard, not any extra weight...
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May 2, 2005 3:03 pm
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... From: Byron Angel Date: 05/02/05 23:40:41 To: DAVID MANLEY Subject: re[4]: [NavWarGames] Hypothetical BC Action Mal wrote - Yes, I concur with that. It was...
OK. OK. I thought the Alaska should be able to deal with the Scharnhorst on
reasonably even terms! But so far I have run two test battles with
different rules...
An explanation for that is that (IIRC) the Wehrmacht, Kreigmarine and Luftwaffe all had seperate R&D units which were in permanent competion for money and...
Paul D wrote - ... the land based AA fire control radars were and army or luftwaffe project, and there was no way the navy would go begging to them for help. ...
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May 2, 2005 4:01 pm
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Mal wrote- But....without the technical advances and materials to utilize them, that the Allies had. So they were always going to be behind from that cause...
Byron Angel
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May 2, 2005 4:10 pm
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...... Fair comment, although it is fair to say that German ground-based AA
FC radar did achieve a pretty sophisticated state. At the end of the day, it
stands...
Try to get General Quarters I + II for quick games to play. Jutland can be played in 8 hours. Clash of Arms - Fear God and Dreadnought - extremely releastic...
Gentlemen Good Morning: My question is what is the strategic assets in 1941 of the west coast of the United States of America, not counting Hawaii? Other than...
... The almost paranoid fear of counter detection which pervaded the German naval psyche and therefore prevented the operational use of radar on many occasions...
Sara was within sight of Point Loma then turned around and went back to Hawaii when she heard the news of the attack on Pearl. I don't know if she had an...
James,here's the Asiatic Fleet, 8 December 1941 Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Commander in Chief Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, Chief of Staff Rear Admiral William...
It strikes me that KM ships ran a great deal higher risk of being unpleasantly surprised while in emissions-silent mode, than they did from possible detection...
Byron Angel
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May 2, 2005 9:32 pm
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Ah, but the Germans did have an extensive array of radar detection devices -- although I don't know how effective they ultimately were. (Certainly the ca....
German ground-based air search radars where quite good. By the end of the war they were even toying with doppler radar to cope with chaff. But I don't recall...
I've read several books by U-boat captains, who all said that their Metox radar detector actually emitted a signal that Allied planes could pick up; far from...
I think this is rather like I have mentioned about historical research, but
in a real time situation. If you set out to prove something, you almost
certainly...
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