Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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16.5-inch Guns

Also searchable as 42 cm Guns, 420 mm Guns, Forty Two Centimeter Guns.

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:20:17A 62,000-ton British battleship with fifteen heavy gunsQ&A
  2. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    1:25:01Eight or nine 16.5-inch guns in the successor classNotable Point
  3. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    1:36:55The 16.5-inch project and alternative British gun developmentNotable Point
  4. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    45:05Larger British battleships and an earlier VanguardChapter
  5. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:22:28Queen Elizabeths with 16.5-inch guns reshape the naval raceQ&A
  6. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:06:38Larger Queen Elizabeths price Germany out of the naval raceQ&A
  7. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:44:21Britain's 16.5-inch gun as the next design stepQ&A
  8. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    2:28:11Why some gun calibres offer a poor compromiseNotable Point
  9. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    12:29G3 guns and completion dates in a no-treaty scenarioQ&A
  10. What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)
    1:32:00Possible gun calibres without Washington restrictionsNotable Point
  11. What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)
    1:38:12G3 and N3 armament without the treaty settlementNotable Point
  12. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:07:44Why an N3 follow-on would not simply add twelve 16.5-inch gunsQ&A
  13. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    38:51Why half an inch could fail to justify a new gun industryNotable Point
  14. Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun
    27:24G3 battlecruisers with 16.5-inch guns before the Washington TreatyNotable Point
  15. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    1:37:17German and British 90,000-ton fast battleshipsChapter
  16. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    1:54:58Why use 16.5-inch guns on the German super-battleship?Q&A
  17. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?
    15:33Why favour a 16.5-inch battleship gun?Q&A
  18. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:20:31Who might use a hypothetical 17-inch treaty limit?Q&A
  19. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:33:20Would 16.5-inch British guns push America to 18 inches?Q&A
  20. Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction
    52:12G3 and N3 designs fit imperial dockyards and treaty expectationsChapter
  21. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    29:03Private firms kept alternative heavy-gun programs aliveChapter
  22. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:45:44A 15-inch gun limit at the Washington Naval ConferenceQ&A
  23. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    43:26If the US Navy jumped from twelve- to fifteen-inch gunsQ&A
  24. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    45:14How a 16.5-inch gun could change the Queen Elizabeth designNotable Point
  25. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:45:12Where battleship gun caliber reaches diminishing returnsQ&A
  26. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    3:48:22Why 16.5-inch guns rarely justify replacing 16-inch gunsQ&A
  27. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:01Why a larger gun can be the wrong upgradeNotable Point
  28. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:37:08British and American battleship caliber stepsNotable Point
  29. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:45:3718-inch guns and a Washington Treaty counterfactualChapter
  30. Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:21:28Rodney-class gun, armor, and speed compromiseNotable Point
  31. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:11:07British gun calibre choices and nine-gun salvosQ&A
  32. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:29:11Is an extra half-inch of gun calibre worthwhile?Q&A
  33. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:36:54Modernizing a battleship within its weight limitsNotable Point
  34. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    56:55An 85,000-ton battleship built around overwhelming firepowerNotable Point
  35. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:14:29Secondary batteries turn battleships into anti-destroyer screensChapter
  36. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:01:24Six giant battleships at Denmark Strait and North CapeNotable Point
  37. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    3:12:09What follows if the N3 and G3 designs are built?Q&A
  38. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    3:22:34Would 16.5-inch battleships still appear after an 18-inch Agincourt?Q&A
  39. Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    28:06Designing a sixteen-gun battleshipNotable Point
  40. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    52:53Why projected German 42 cm gun figures disagreeQ&A
  41. Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    45:08Setting the requirements for an 80,000-ton counterfactual battleshipChapter
  42. Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:17:20Why bigger battleship guns were not automatically betterQ&A
  43. The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!
    1:11:00Did Nelson and Rodney use the G3 battlecruiser's gun?Q&A
  44. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    2:55:48Britain would need a faster, heavier answer to Tillman IIINotable Point
  45. Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response
    7:43Why 20-inch super-heavy shells exceed practical limitsQ&A
  46. Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response
    12:31How Britain might answer a 30-knot Tillman IIIQ&A
  47. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:45:32Eight 16.5-inch guns offer the stronger heavy-battery choiceQ&A
  48. HMS Repulse (1892): KSS1 S9 Comment Response
    18:08A twelve-gun 16.5-inch battleship counterfactualQ&A
  49. Building A British Super Battleship!
    15:28Why the main battery drops to 16.5 inchesNotable Point
  50. Building A British Super Battleship!
    18:58Rodney meets an Italian battleship test opponentChapter
  51. Building A British Super Battleship!
    38:33Armageddon: rebuilding from the heaviest requirementsChapter
  52. Building A British Super Battleship!
    51:24The final Rodney combines speed, heavy guns, and all-around secondary fireChapter
  53. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    34:10Introducing Eagle's heavily armored capital-ship designChapter
  54. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    37:59Trialing Eagle against an obsolete isolated cruiserNotable Point
  55. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    46:17Why mature 16.5-inch turrets beat newer 17-inch gunsChapter
  56. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    54:38Spending saved gun weight on shells, protection, speed, and radarChapter
  57. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    3:31Why bigger naval guns were not automatically betterNotable Point
  58. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    9:40Germany's L20 and the appeal of 16.5-inch gunsNotable Point
  59. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    38:55G3 and N3 at opposite ends of the capital-ship spectrumChapter
  60. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:04:02Why Britain's post-G3 plans remain uncertainNotable Point
  61. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:24:09Plan Z and the limits of German rearmamentChapter
  62. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:31:03Yamato and the ultimate-weapon trapNotable Point
  63. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    2:34:23Fast battleships after a different JutlandNotable Point
  64. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 8
    30:14Why 16.5-inch guns appeal as a heavy-gun compromiseNotable Point
  65. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    39:02Range, speed, and armor in a battlecruiser duelChapter
  66. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    1:46:27The Hood class: broadside and fire arcsNotable Point
  67. Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion
    20:07British 16.5-inch and 18-inch work was more credible than a 20-inch leapChapter
  68. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    2:51:10Choosing 16.5-inch guns for fast capital shipsChapter
  69. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    2:59:50A 36-knot battlecruiser refitNotable Point
  70. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    3:05:30Balancing a 61,000-ton fast battleshipChapter
  71. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    3:33:15Refitting or retiring an ageing battlecruiser fleetChapter
  72. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    3:45:50Keeping an obsolete Tiger useful at 33 knotsNotable Point
  73. HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 8
    19:58Incomparable versus G3: calibre against volume of fireChapter
  74. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    11:13Four main-battery calibres for ten battleshipsChapter
  75. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    40:36H-42's gun existed ahead of its factoryNotable Point
  76. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 3
    1:10:49Combining armour, speed, and heavy gunsChapter
  77. A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?
    54:12Reworking G3 and F3 capital-ship ideasChapter
  78. Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.
    2:56:34Could Admiral-class successors carry 16.5-inch or 18-inch guns?Q&A
  79. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    2:29Inspecting the Queen Elizabeth MaximusChapter
  80. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    20:57Scaling speed and armour for a maximum Queen ElizabethNotable Point
  81. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    58:43The trade-off between 16.5-inch and 18-inch gunsNotable Point
  82. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    2:00Queen Elizabeth Maximus design setupChapter
  83. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    49:48A plausible Queen Elizabeth Maximus layout and UAD's date limitsNotable Point
  84. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:54:42Ajax's fifteen-gun battery against an enlarged German opponentNotable Point
  85. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    2:10:47How might the United States answer Queen Elizabeth Maximus?Notable Point
  86. Washington Cheaties: Comment Response
    55:43What a 38,000-ton Nelson built around the F3 layout might offerQ&A
  87. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    2:08:22Why British big-gun studies gravitated toward 16.5 inchesQ&A
  88. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    2:48Were G3 battlecruisers intended for 16-inch or 16.5-inch guns?Q&A