Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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16-inch Guns

Also searchable as Sixteen Inch Gun, Sixteen Inch Guns.

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  1. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:25:45Lion-class battleships in place of the King George V classQ&A
  2. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:06:00Iowa modernisation into the 2000s and the problem of Aegis beside 16-inch gunsQ&A
  3. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    46:34Could extra time help the longer 15-inch gun?Notable Point
  4. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    36:55Successor construction and pressure for 18-inch gunsNotable Point
  5. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:03:44An experimental eight-inch gun for extreme rangeNotable Point
  6. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:04:34Faster shells and shorter-range hit probabilityQ&A
  7. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    45:05Larger British battleships and an earlier VanguardChapter
  8. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:07:44New Mexico with eight 16-inch gunsQ&A
  9. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:56:09Gun limits for a standardised Scharnhorst hullQ&A
  10. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    6:11Kirishima's last close-range battleship fightNotable Point
  11. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    10:57Lexington battlecruisers built with Hood-style protectionQ&A
  12. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    2:12:15Why the United States would not build Design D for StalinQ&A
  13. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    1:15:19Could a fast battleship with nine 16-inch guns appear by 1920?Q&A
  14. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    12:29G3 guns and completion dates in a no-treaty scenarioQ&A
  15. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    48:26An 18-inch alternative to the Montana designQ&A
  16. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:25:47British super-long gun experiments before the treatiesQ&A
  17. Bruships
    0:00The narrow case for 18-inch naval gunsNotable Point
  18. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    14:29Fast battleships force Britain to adopt new machineryNotable Point
  19. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    16:54Italy and France could avoid the largest battleship-gun raceNotable Point
  20. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    35:24Yamato's maximum range versus effective rangeQ&A
  21. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    38:51Why half an inch could fail to justify a new gun industryNotable Point
  22. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    44:03How a fourteen-inch Orion could have changed later gun choicesNotable Point
  23. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    56:32Why loading speed did not determine the combat rate of fireNotable Point
  24. Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun
    27:24G3 battlecruisers with 16.5-inch guns before the Washington TreatyNotable Point
  25. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    1:10:29Dominion Lions and the Pacific gun raceChapter
  26. Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships
    26:39Why battlecruisers were not simply second-class battleshipsQ&A
  27. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    7:36:03The Lion class as Britain's Iowa equivalentQ&A
  28. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    6:23:58Chatfield's gun preference and a heavier King George V counterfactualQ&A
  29. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    7:26:08If Alaska-class capability started the dreadnought raceQ&A
  30. Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:46:13Scaling the 16-inch/50 into a 15-inch naval gunQ&A
  31. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    16:24A 15-inch compromise and faster carriersNotable Point
  32. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    48:02Continued building advances British gunneryNotable Point
  33. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    1:00:00Lexington gun caliber trades range for protectionNotable Point
  34. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    1:05:21Japan's three new fast battleshipsChapter
  35. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    48:12German technology sparks a naval construction boomChapter
  36. What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?
    59:44Center Force matches the Americans only on paperChapter
  37. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    1:33:08A 50,000-ton British battleship sketch for 1922Q&A
  38. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    2:33:23Turning the fictional Karge battlecarrier into a usable warshipQ&A
  39. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    54:44An 80,000-ton American Pacific battleshipChapter
  40. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:23:48Distinguishing naval-shell rear tapers from boat tailsQ&A
  41. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:20:05The firepower and vulnerability of Japanese Battleship Number 23Q&A
  42. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:33:20Would 16.5-inch British guns push America to 18 inches?Q&A
  43. Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction
    52:12G3 and N3 designs fit imperial dockyards and treaty expectationsChapter
  44. Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction
    59:35Nelson's 16-inch gun and the danger of a false test resultNotable Point
  45. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    51:35A King George V class armament counterfactualNotable Point
  46. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:32:34A modernized Lexington could have become a carrier escortNotable Point
  47. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:35:21The 1920 South Dakotas as line-of-battle specialistsChapter
  48. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:45:44A 15-inch gun limit at the Washington Naval ConferenceQ&A
  49. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:24:58Earlier North Carolinas start with 16-inch gunsQ&A
  50. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:36:40British 15-inch/50 versus American 16-inch gunsQ&A
  51. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:21:02Could the World of Warships USS Maine be built?Q&A
  52. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:44How the Royal Navy would answer Cristoforo ColomboQ&A
  53. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued
    35:47Montana armament: twelve 16-inch or fewer 18-inch gunsQ&A
  54. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued
    43:30Choosing battleship main-gun barrel lengthQ&A
  55. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    48:42The stability concern with 16-inch submarine gunsQ&A
  56. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    57:40Why retain a 16-inch gun caliberQ&A
  57. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    54:15Nelson-class armour came at the price of speedNotable Point
  58. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    1:39:38Rodney ranges and disables BismarckChapter
  59. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    1:46:04A battleship fights like a destroyer at point-blank rangeNotable Point
  60. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:36:11If the King George V class entered service earlierQ&A
  61. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:45:12Where battleship gun caliber reaches diminishing returnsQ&A
  62. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    1:00:59What a 16-inch shell adds to shore bombardmentNotable Point
  63. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    3:48:22Why 16.5-inch guns rarely justify replacing 16-inch gunsQ&A
  64. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    11:38Lion's heavier 16-inch shell and intended battle rangeNotable Point
  65. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    2:40:41Why heavy naval guns appealed for defending northern NorwayQ&A
  66. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    2:43:05Sixteen-inch design studies and the case for eight-inch alternativesNotable Point
  67. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    2:50:05Iowa turret monitors and the future of heavy-gun presence shipsNotable Point
  68. What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?
    1:29:45The final choice was 16-inch firepower or another 5.5 knotsNotable Point
  69. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    1:10:02The counterfactual stays inside 1920 technologyNotable Point
  70. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    2:14:35An earlier US fast-battleship program could change fleet operationsChapter
  71. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    2:22:00Were 16-inch/50 guns already available for the cancelled American ships?Q&A
  72. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    2:09:23Would Hood's 18-inch guns make the US 16-inch/45 obsolete?Q&A
  73. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    2:08:07Why a 16-inch-gun landing ship would breach treaty logicQ&A
  74. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    2:38:51What Japan might build instead of YamatoQ&A
  75. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:28:41A twelve-gun Bismarck would push King George V toward heavier weaponsQ&A
  76. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    8:44:54Guided 16-inch shells trade range for cheaper heavy strikesQ&A
  77. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    1:18:23Why the Lion class would not simply mount larger gunsQ&A
  78. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    1:20:45Lion gun development could improve Nelson and RodneyNotable Point
  79. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    2:28:59If the G3 battlecruisers reached serviceQ&A
  80. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    2:47:33How long would restarting 16-inch gun production take?Q&A
  81. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    4:20:02Early US 16-inch guns accelerate the battleship raceQ&A
  82. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    1:09:17German armour drives British gun developmentChapter
  83. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    2:28:52Would alternate Nelsons keep 16-inch guns?Q&A
  84. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    2:49:39Nelson with four Montanas at Denmark StraitQ&A
  85. Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 106
    1:55:04A multi-power gun-calibre raceNotable Point
  86. Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat
    2:14:53How transferable were sailors between naval gun crews?Q&A
  87. Laying Minefields in the Sky... Some WWII Rocketry and Supersized T-Shirt Cannons...
    15:32Nelson and Rodney carried rockets above their main gunsNotable Point
  88. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    34:14Why 17-inch guns offered little over 18-inch weaponsQ&A
  89. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    1:52:01A fleet of Malta carriers and Lion battleships would transform British strategyQ&A
  90. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    26:09Twenty-inch guns: loading cycles and rangeNotable Point
  91. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    1:27:45British responses to very large guns and imperial logisticsNotable Point
  92. 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
  93. 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
  94. Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:33:20King George V's fourteen-inch guns in contextNotable Point
  95. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    4:26:14A gliding extended-range 16-inch shellQ&A
  96. Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more
    1:02:20Larger gun bores and thinner linersQ&A
  97. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    2:05:52Trading older 13.5-inch battleships for new treaty constructionQ&A
  98. IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class
    1:11:57Yamato's 18-inch guns as a deterrent design analogyNotable Point
  99. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    58:03Could Germany have gone directly to 16-inch guns?Q&A
  100. 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
  101. 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
  102. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:00:47Gibraltar could force a U-boat back to the surfaceNotable Point
  103. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    7:47An earlier battleship design offers a different Soviet divergenceNotable Point
  104. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    1:08:34Naval races contribute to war scares but do not cause wars aloneNotable Point
  105. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    2:07:11The case for a 16.5-inch battleship gunNotable Point
  106. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    3:59:08Gun caliber, pacific gestures, and battleship arms racesQ&A
  107. Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:32:07Could prewar spending have deterred Germany?Notable Point
  108. The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!
    26:52Project 21 and Stalin's minimum battleship demandNotable Point
  109. The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!
    1:10:33Why Britain might return to the 15-inch gunNotable Point
  110. 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
  111. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    22:37Missing sixteen-inch studies expose gaps in the design recordNotable Point
  112. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    27:06Design 16A favors twin-turret survivability at treaty displacementChapter
  113. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    55:08Infrastructure limits the Royal Navy's unconstrained battleshipNotable Point
  114. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    58:39Chatfield's fourteen-inch gamble points toward a nine-gun alternativeNotable Point
  115. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    39:14Placing a heavily armoured 16-inch battleship at JutlandQ&A
  116. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    2:18:20Ten fast battleships under a larger treaty allowanceNotable Point
  117. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    2:52:36A completed Tillman III reshapes the battleship raceNotable Point
  118. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    3:04:26Tillman III and Iowa trade speed against guns and armourNotable Point
  119. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    1:33:38Heavier Nelson shells would require a deliberate gun reworkQ&A
  120. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    2:22:53K2 and K3 were formidable designs rather than a final practical limitQ&A
  121. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    4:14:28Continuous 16-inch production could rearm the King George V classQ&A
  122. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    31:18Tillman III and IV as super-battleship benchmarksChapter
  123. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    54:04Rewriting the capital-ship limitsChapter
  124. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    58:18A treaty ceiling redirects British gun developmentNotable Point
  125. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    1:00:48Britain answers with faster Nelson alternativesChapter
  126. Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:07:00Why newly built battleships receive an immediate refitChapter
  127. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    1:25:49Three South Dakotas reshape the American settlementChapter
  128. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    1:33:31Britain can build a squadron of F3-like fast battleshipsChapter
  129. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    1:50:42Sixteen-inch battleships preserve visible parityQ&A
  130. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:37:04A longer F3-style hull separates magazines from machineryNotable Point
  131. Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:04:31Common ammunition simplifies a mixed battleship fleetNotable Point
  132. Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:05:29Sixteen-inch shells become anti-aircraft weaponsNotable Point
  133. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    1:47:59A 45,000-ton F3-style Nelson classQ&A
  134. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    12:16The treaty loophole behind small carriersChapter
  135. The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies
    26:19Automation ambitions behind the Lion-class gunsNotable Point
  136. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    42:04Yamato could plausibly carry twelve 16-inch gunsQ&A
  137. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:24:42A 1950 British fast battleship would align with American 16-inch logisticsQ&A
  138. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    31:46Was Iowa's proposed sabot eleven or twelve inches?Q&A
  139. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:41:03Could a sixteen-inch airburst disrupt a drone swarm?Q&A
  140. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:11:05A 12-inch Lexington would have a short useful lifeQ&A
  141. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:53:40Britain had the beginnings of a 16-inch Mark II battery for VanguardNotable Point
  142. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    10:26Lexington as reconnaissance ship and carrier task-force guardQ&A
  143. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    29:51What a no-treaty battlecruiser generation might have becomeQ&A
  144. Bruships 130: Battleships
    43:20Scaling a British autoloader for the Iowa classQ&A
  145. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    3:40:44Colorado's twin turrets in US 16-inch gun developmentNotable Point
  146. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    22:06A 42,000-ton battlecruiser and 37,000-ton battleship limitChapter
  147. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    41:02A Royal Navy programme that sustains shipbuildingChapter
  148. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    52:27Japan's Kongo force and new battleship choicesChapter
  149. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:03:21Lexingtons as a US reconnaissance forceChapter
  150. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:05:50USS Washington and the US sixteen-inch battle lineNotable Point
  151. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:15:14Fast treaty fleets leave German raiders few safe rolesNotable Point
  152. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:20:46Why a Yamato-like answer becomes less attractiveChapter
  153. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:03:43Japan's Eight-Eight fleet meets yard capacityChapter
  154. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:24:09Plan Z and the limits of German rearmamentChapter
  155. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:39:34British global commitments and the Lion classChapter
  156. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:53:59Soviet battleship and battlecruiser ambitionsChapter
  157. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    56:00Heavy shells made mechanical ammunition handling essentialChapter
  158. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:10:39What Rodney's 16-inch fire could do to aircraftQ&A
  159. Fleets of the Battle of Actium(31BC)
    8:42Why lost workshop knowledge defeats written instructionsNotable Point
  160. Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built
    2:25:54Adapting the G3 to a 45,000-ton treaty limitQ&A
  161. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    3:09:48Were 16-inch guns the real reason the Lion class stayed unfinished?Notable Point
  162. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    3:13:09How did the 16-inch/50 compare with the British 15-inch/42?Q&A
  163. 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
  164. Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 6
    33:09Speed, range control, and South Dakota's twelve gunsNotable Point
  165. Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 6
    37:28Shell volume can outweigh larger calibreNotable Point
  166. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    11:13Four main-battery calibres for ten battleshipsChapter
  167. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    54:39Would an early H-39 programme change Allied construction?Q&A
  168. Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?
    2:18:33Could coastal guns preserve future battleship armament?Q&A
  169. How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?
    12:13Fitting twenty-four 16-inch guns on Tillman IVChapter
  170. How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?
    1:06:01The HARP gun as a battleship thought experimentNotable Point
  171. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    1:21:05Volume of fire over an 18-inch gunNotable Point
  172. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    1:23:33Lion batches for a globally divided fleetNotable Point
  173. Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD
    14:57A British response to Yamato would be a fleet problemChapter
  174. Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD
    20:28Salvo volume and ammunition endurance decide the Yamato trialNotable Point
  175. Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD
    24:47An off-the-shelf Lion successor with quadruple turretsNotable Point
  176. Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 1
    6:39Treaty limits did not end British capital-ship developmentChapter
  177. Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 1
    1:01:51Testing a 12-gun super-Lion against YamatoNotable Point
  178. Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...
    2:44A plausible Soviet capital ship for 1935Chapter
  179. Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...
    30:07Rebuilding the Soviet battleship around 1930 constraintsChapter
  180. Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...
    40:23Ambition versus a buildable Soviet battle fleetNotable Point
  181. Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...
    44:21How Soviet 16-inch ships could alter British calibre politicsNotable Point
  182. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    0:26Guided shells from large-calibre gunsChapter
  183. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    44:24A 14-inch advantage only lasts while rivals lagNotable Point
  184. Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 8
    13:41Tillman I’s 70,000-ton design benchmarkNotable Point
  185. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    4:16:13Flooding and upper command protection during Bismarck's final actionNotable Point
  186. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    4:21:45How close was Rodney when her shells disabled Bismarck's turrets?Q&A
  187. Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 4
    17:49Comparing Lexington with HMS HoodNotable Point
  188. G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 3
    10:24Why G3 and N3 would disrupt rival battlefleetsNotable Point
  189. G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 3
    13:20G3 as concentrated capability, not one breakthroughChapter
  190. The full quick gun calibre guide (10-18in) to Dreadnought style ships
    1:00Colorado's 16-inch gun in human scaleNotable Point
  191. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    7:46Why gun calibre alone does not determine rangeNotable Point
  192. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    2:05:43What would a 45,000-ton treaty battleship demand?Notable Point
  193. A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?
    34:12Broadside weight versus the danger of an 18-inch hitChapter
  194. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    2:00Queen Elizabeth Maximus design setupChapter
  195. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    23:21Long-range ranging, gun caliber, and engagement controlNotable Point
  196. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    49:48A plausible Queen Elizabeth Maximus layout and UAD's date limitsNotable Point
  197. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:07:31Armor weight and compact turret placementNotable Point
  198. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:54:42Ajax's fifteen-gun battery against an enlarged German opponentNotable Point
  199. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    2:10:47How might the United States answer Queen Elizabeth Maximus?Notable Point
  200. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    2:11:42Giving the German opponent fifteen main gunsNotable Point
  201. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    2:22:57Engine damage brings Ajax within seven-inch gun rangeNotable Point
  202. Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?
    49:10Tosa becomes Japan's ten-gun prestige battleshipNotable Point
  203. Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites
    1:06:52Fisher's hypothetical 1930s carriers, battleships, and rebuildsQ&A
  204. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?
    1:12:04The post-battle choice between heavier guns and fighting rangeNotable Point
  205. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    2:06:36Treaty loopholes and a giant pre-dreadnoughtQ&A
  206. Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers
    38:29HMS Inflexible as a benchmark for changing weaponsNotable Point
  207. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    49:31Scharnhorst's battleship role and cruiser-caliber gunsNotable Point
  208. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    1:09:20H-class scale, range, and the raiding contradictionNotable Point
  209. Washington Cheaties: Comment Response
    22:07German H-class guns found a role without their battleshipsNotable Point
  210. Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships
    28:53Why 16-inch prestige defeated the faster F3Chapter
  211. Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships
    39:39Nelson's compact machinery and disputed top speedNotable Point
  212. Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships
    53:40Nelson as the home-fleet apex behind Hood's prestigeNotable Point
  213. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    40:11The British choice between fifteen- and sixteen-inch gunsQ&A
  214. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    1:59:55Why old sixteen-inch shells still require replacementQ&A
  215. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    15:44Lion-class battleship guns and turret designQ&A
  216. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    1:20:58Could Nelson fire Lion-class 16-inch shells?Q&A
  217. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    2:07:18Why a huge battleship might still carry nine gunsQ&A
  218. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    47:06French Dunkirk-type ships with British heavy gunsQ&A
  219. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    12:24When a 16-inch King George V becomes a LionQ&A
  220. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    3:26:56The cost case for regunning VanguardQ&A
  221. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    37:04How Yamato disclosure could reshape German ambitionsNotable Point
  222. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    15:24Dunkerque turret complexity versus fleet numbersNotable Point
  223. 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
  224. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    30:38A 1905 dreadnought built with later machinery and gunsNotable Point
  225. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    2:16:42Why smaller battleship shells do not deliver cruiser-like fire ratesQ&A
  226. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    12:56North Carolina shows what 35,000 tons could deliverNotable Point
  227. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    18:16King George V and the 14-inch gun gambleChapter
  228. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    23:25Two early battleships as industrial insuranceChapter
  229. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    28:41Why battleship gun caliber carried national prestigeNotable Point
  230. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    31:05Capital-ship limits and replacement agesNotable Point
  231. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)
    14:48Why the counterfactual keeps a 16-inch gun ceilingNotable Point
  232. Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    0:30Building a 40,000-ton battlecruiser in Ultimate Admiral: DreadnoughtsChapter
  233. Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    33:25How a small speed edge controls range and manoeuvreNotable Point
  234. Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    35:44Armour buys survival time, not invulnerabilityNotable Point
  235. County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)
    23:18Graf Spee and the calibre ceilingNotable Point
  236. More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    2:28Designing a 1926 all-forward fast battleshipChapter
  237. More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    15:34Building an explicitly ahistorical Spanish opponentChapter
  238. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    10:40Setting up the four-versus-four battleChapter
  239. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    36:46Ammunition limits the simulated British victoryNotable Point
  240. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:00:01What extra treaty tonnage does for a Nelson-type shipNotable Point
  241. County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)
    36:30Spain had treaty freedom to protect its two flagshipsNotable Point
  242. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    7:10H-class battleships and the risks of paper designNotable Point
  243. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    2:44A 42,000-ton capital-ship ceilingNotable Point
  244. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    30:29A Royal Navy of early fast battleshipsNotable Point
  245. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    45:00Modelling a Kii-based Japanese battleshipNotable Point
  246. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    48:21American firepower at the cost of speedNotable Point
  247. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    56:33Eighty-four guns against fifty in a 1926 scenarioNotable Point
  248. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:01:13When gun counts become comparableNotable Point
  249. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:22:10How the British design changes the comparisonNotable Point
  250. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:30:14What 252 guns against 140 means per salvoNotable Point
  251. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:53:17Why 16-inch Kongos become glass cannonsQ&A
  252. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    3:23:42What determines the Lion class's successor batteryQ&A
  253. If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion
    9:10Designing a faster, larger NelsonChapter
  254. If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion
    42:19What 41,000 tons buys a capital shipChapter
  255. If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion
    1:06:02Gun calibre sets a floor beneath treaty tonnageNotable Point
  256. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    5:22A 28-knot alternative to Nelson and RodneyChapter
  257. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    16:41Testing the design against BismarckNotable Point
  258. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    32:57How turret layout changes the forward firing arcNotable Point
  259. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    44:21Why treaty-maximum guns made the pair preciousNotable Point
  260. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    2:43:00Why quadruple 16-inch turrets create punishing design tradeoffsQ&A
  261. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    22:48Why the first simulation cannot isolate gun layoutNotable Point
  262. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    32:03N3 and G3 as a fleet systemChapter
  263. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    45:03A faster three-shaft Nelson alternativeNotable Point
  264. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    23:41The 16-inch ceiling and why Hood could be retainedNotable Point
  265. Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)
    30:13Why treaty gun ceilings become design targetsChapter
  266. Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)
    33:12Four older battleships for two Nelson-class shipsNotable Point
  267. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    2:52:34Q&A: could Nelson fire all nine guns ahead?Q&A
  268. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    3:37:22Q&A: why choose 16-inch guns despite logistics?Q&A
  269. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    3:49:19The heavier 16-inch shell option and flawed trialsNotable Point
  270. Some Sunday Naval Books
    29:54The dreadnought race was wider than Britain and GermanyNotable Point
  271. What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    25:34G3's layered gun and torpedo batteryNotable Point
  272. Bruships 69: The Decider
    1:41:19What fifty 16-inch battleships would do to the naval warQ&A
  273. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    1:57:17What 16-inch guns might have changed for the King George V classQ&A
  274. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    25:46What makes a four-quadruple-turret battleship superQ&A
  275. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)
    47:24Could early triple-turret ships be re-gunned later?Q&A
  276. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    2:00:00Early warning preserves shipyards and heavier battleship choicesNotable Point
  277. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    2:16:20The unfinished 1920 South Dakotas were slow but overwhelmingNotable Point
  278. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    7:22The cost of a quadruple-turret G3 hullChapter
  279. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    18:24Why a 1920s hull grows heavier by the Second World WarNotable Point
  280. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    21:30Designing a general-purpose battleship for fleet actionChapter
  281. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    5:26:41Why British capital-ship planning was about growth, not simple replacementQ&A
  282. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    29:30The Vickers 14-inch gun and treaty politicsQ&A
  283. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    2:25:41Why the Alaska class was not a capital shipQ&A
  284. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    3:00:47Was Nelson's all-forward gun arrangement worth it?Q&A
  285. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    1:32:26Why the United States could prefer many 16-inch gunsQ&A
  286. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    1:49:34Earlier 16-inch guns could redefine DreadnoughtQ&A
  287. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    1:50:37Nelson and Rodney lead the 1920s 16-inch comparisonQ&A
  288. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    48:57How a 14-inch choice might have changed British gun developmentNotable Point
  289. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    1:42:37American 16-inch guns widened the dreadnought competitionChapter
  290. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    2:14:36A 16-inch Gatling gun would become a thousand-ton installationQ&A
  291. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    2:43:23Britain could answer H-44 with volume rather than caliberQ&A
  292. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1915
    6:42The unbuilt Lyon class as a French design choiceChapter
  293. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1915
    19:18Postwar capital ships extended the technology raceNotable Point
  294. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1913
    7:18Bayern, Revenge, and fleet numbersChapter
  295. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1912
    13:23Queen Elizabeth raises the calibre stakesChapter
  296. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    1:01Could the dreadnought revolution have waited until after 1945?Q&A
  297. Some More Battle Cruisers
    42:05Amagi pairs immense firepower with a torpedo liabilityChapter
  298. Some More Battle Cruisers
    48:59Lexington's machinery and range suit a Pacific battlecruiserChapter
  299. Some More Battle Cruisers
    53:44G3 trades Lexington's speed for a ninth 16-inch gunChapter
  300. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    1:37:04What naval gunfire does to tanks ashoreQ&A
  301. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    2:37:59Agincourt and Brazil's bigger-gun ambitionChapter
  302. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    33:51Could the X Kiwi design fit a 35,000-ton limit?Q&A
  303. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    41:15G3 design lessons and carrier-conversion potentialNotable Point
  304. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    1:59:41A King George V redesign for a drier bow and heavier gunsQ&A
  305. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    47:36Vanguard's design compromises and a 16-inch alternativeQ&A
  306. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    53:13Why Rodney's guns were poor candidates for VanguardQ&A
  307. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    59:37The ammunition condition behind a Falklands VanguardQ&A
  308. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:43:26Fifteen-inch guns offer a strong battleship balanceQ&A
  309. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    15:09The tables preserved speculative designs and an evolving destroyer roleNotable Point