Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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5.25-inch Guns

Also searchable as 5.25-inch Gun, Five Point Two Five Inch Gun, Five Point Two Five Inch Guns, Five Point Two Inch Guns, QF 5.25-inch Gun, QF 5.25-inch Guns.

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  1. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    47:39Hood's proposed secondary mountsQ&A
  2. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:00:21Comparing 5-inch/38 and 5.25-inch gun coverageNotable Point
  3. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:03:27Heavy anti-aircraft fire, formation disruption and Force ZNotable Point
  4. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:06:29Why missile-era kill metrics misjudge older heavy gunsNotable Point
  5. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:07:52Catching aircraft orbiting beyond 5-inch gun rangeNotable Point
  6. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:01:21Revisiting wartime guns and a 5.25-inch Daring alternativeQ&A
  7. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    31:34Layered air defence and different gun rangesNotable Point
  8. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    1:39Royal Navy gun standardization created more variationChapter
  9. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    2:12Why one gun calibre did not guarantee one fleet standardNotable Point
  10. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    38:18How British gun ranges disrupted Japanese air tacticsNotable Point
  11. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:49:08A Vanguard-derived game design and its secondary-gun refitNotable Point
  12. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:55Royal Navy dual-purpose guns and the Dido roleQ&A
  13. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:31:02What automatic 5.25-inch guns could have changedQ&A
  14. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:59:13Why the Royal Navy accumulated so many gun calibresQ&A
  15. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    32:31Why protected and armored cruisers do not map neatly onto treaty cruisersQ&A
  16. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    1:49Why the Royal Navy fielded so many gun calibresQ&A
  17. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    1:58:40Surface power versus anti-aircraft rate in secondary batteriesNotable Point
  18. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    2:49:39Why Britain's preferred dual-purpose guns still complicated supplyNotable Point
  19. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    6:41:18Arethusa, Dido, and the cost of fitting more into a smaller cruiserNotable Point
  20. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    8:55:54Locating a surviving Diadem gun turretNotable Point
  21. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    9:18:44Why Britain chose 5.25-inch instead of 5.5-inch gunsQ&A
  22. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    3:25Royal Navy gun diversity reflected changing prioritiesNotable Point
  23. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    24:26Could 4.5-inch guns replace the 5.25-inch battery?Chapter
  24. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    33:10An all-4.5-inch Dido could trade shell weight for gun densityNotable Point
  25. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    41:43How heavy anti-aircraft fire disrupts an air strikeChapter
  26. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:42A J3 Hood, dual-purpose secondaries, and higher treaty limitsQ&A
  27. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:50:40Why a future naval gun may jump from five to six inchesQ&A
  28. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:58:12An early 5.25-inch dual-purpose gun standardizes the Royal NavyQ&A
  29. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:58:45Why game statistics cannot be read as warship engineeringNotable Point
  30. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:45:30A postwar Royal Navy standardized on 5.25-inch gunsNotable Point
  31. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    11:39The Dido requirement was fleet screeningChapter
  32. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    23:00Dido force design under treaty limitsChapter
  33. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    25:01Dido concentrated six forward guns against destroyer attacksNotable Point
  34. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    35:18Why the Atlanta duplicated destroyer capabilityChapter
  35. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    43:14Universal guns traded experimentation for logisticsNotable Point
  36. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:05:15Didos came of age in Mediterranean fleet warfareChapter
  37. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:09:16Why the 5.25-inch gun reached useful cruiser fighting rangesNotable Point
  38. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:15:05Didos as escort-carrier command shipsChapter
  39. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:19:40Black Prince backed the 10th Destroyer FlotillaNotable Point
  40. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    19:03Could an early AA cruiser simply be upgunned?Q&A
  41. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    52:14Armament shortages changed early Dido completionsNotable Point
  42. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    15:59Crew demands of twin 135 mm and 5.25-inch mountsQ&A
  43. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    56:17K25 cruisers and layered fleet air defenseQ&A
  44. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    4:35:54Why K31 favoured 6-inch gunsQ&A
  45. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    46:53Royal Navy AA conversions in a war delayed to 1942Q&A
  46. HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure
    36:02The interwar development behind light fleet carriersNotable Point
  47. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    47:37Armament, endurance, and wartime growth marginsChapter
  48. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    5:32:17Henderson and the Dido class's 5.25-inch compromiseQ&A
  49. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    53:04Would 5.25-inch guns fit the old hulls?Q&A
  50. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    2:54:32Why six-inch guns do not suit a Tribal hullQ&A
  51. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    2:49:15Sixteen 5.25-inch guns and the limits of extra firepowerNotable Point
  52. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:28:39Why an automatic 6-inch gun could displace the 5.25-inch caliberQ&A
  53. Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    25:15Could Britain have chosen a better dual-purpose gun route?Q&A
  54. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    3:30:12Why destroyers avoided a single 5.25-inch gunQ&A
  55. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    1:33:52Six parallel gun calibres expose a procurement problemNotable Point
  56. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:06:08A slimmer King George V favors 4.5-inch gunsNotable Point
  57. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    1:09:39Capital ships inside a whole fleet systemNotable Point
  58. Battle of Hakodate(1869)
    3:17:26How did cruiser and 5.25-inch gun shortages shape the Didos?Q&A
  59. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:00:35King George V alternative without Chatfield's choiceChapter
  60. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:13:51Choosing secondaries for the King George V alternativeNotable Point
  61. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    7:06Why a 6-inch heavy-AA battery was unlikelyQ&A
  62. What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    5:39How the failed five-inch project split British gun developmentNotable Point
  63. Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again
    1:59:32What could replace the Anson subclass's six-inch guns?Q&A
  64. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    2:48:37Capitani Romani firepower and Italian quality controlQ&A
  65. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    1:19:56Why cost killed the K25 light cruiserQ&A
  66. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    19:03Italian speed doctrine meets the escort problemChapter
  67. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    57:39Cruiser gun calibre follows independent or escort dutyNotable Point
  68. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    5:00Why the Royal Navy retained six-inch cruisersNotable Point
  69. What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    8:48Rate of fire against destroyers and torpedo boatsNotable Point
  70. The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?
    31:31Dido firepower, Black Swan ASW and Britain's specialist choiceChapter
  71. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:14:54Unfinished Tigers were offered across the CommonwealthNotable Point
  72. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya
    6:41Battle of Crete air attacks exhaust cruiser ammunitionChapter
  73. Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction
    35:36Gun-cycle averages behind cruiser procurementChapter
  74. Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction
    39:25Why shell volume mattered with long flight timesNotable Point
  75. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    26:35Why the 5.25-inch gun was a temporary compromiseQ&A
  76. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:21:20The changing comparison between British 5.25-inch and American 5-inch gunsQ&A
  77. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:25:30Quadruple turrets could have reshaped the Crown ColoniesQ&A