Thanks for the photo of the Iowa class in the lock! Long ago when building models I always thought the straight hull sides were odd, then I read...
No doubt coaling ship was awful; the figure I read for the bakery area of Rodney was that it attained 140 degrees, and some men passed out from...
Notmi asked about "naval warfare at Indian Ocean" --------------- Here's one example, involving the French Battleship Richelieu and HMS Queen...
The Comet was delivered starting Dec '44, and in qty enough so that the 11th armored was "fully equipped" with Comets by war's end. Sounds like...
Oops I got carried away a bit from the topic question, sorry. Here's another then: *MI carbine with the long curved clip (30 rounds??) wow that...
*Low-tech, but the Hawker Hurricane (so tough and simple that it stayed as front line equipment in Burma thru Aug '45!) *The Jeep *The...
By the way, would anyone care to guess how hot it got in the Rodney's galley (sounds like specifically in the area where the bread was baked,...
Ome Joop wrote: "Wasn't the KGV styled after the HMS Warspite wich got rebuilt in 1934?" -------- I'm saying that the KGV's, Renown, Q.E. &...
The M18 was excellent for recon, not just fast, but quick. Even better than Cromwells which were also used for recon
I should have said that the 5.5" guns rather small size, 2 wheels, etc, makes it look very portable, for it's caliber 140mm. I have read...
HMS Rodney's 16" (!) gunnery was described as "uncanny" during Normandy as the shells "pursued" the Germans; A bit off topic, but just imagine!...
Oh and thanks Oli for the calculation; I thought it would be promising as the wings are so thin, esp compared to say a Hurricane. Sidney Camm...
I too had felt for a long time that the Gloster twin F.37 would have been a great fighter bomber/multi-role - and thought it was ingeneous how the...
Battlecruiser Renown, also of the Eastern Fleet '44 along with Valiant & Queen Elizabeth, also was "styled" similar to KGV; Renown would have...
My preference would be the Mosquito FB mkVI, with 8 AP rockets in addition to the 4 nose-mounted cannon which have the advantage of being tightly...
The Comets engine is better than the Centaur's; that matters too. And like I already said, "unless of course it was hit from side or rear" yes...
And Queen Elizabeth & Valiant, both modernised, were used in the Eastern Fleet, where thier improved dual-purpose secondary armament could be of...
For a combination of speed (good even in 1945) dogfighting ability (superb) and handling (legendary) I would have to say the Spitfire mk VIII,...
I think the U.S. mark 8 radar would allow the Iowa class to land hits first, and that could be devastating even against Yamato, I say could...
Roel stated "Medium: I'd pick the Easy Eight over the Comet for its heavier armour and wet storage, sacrificing a little bit in the areas of speed...
