Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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5-inch Guns

Also searchable as 127 mm Guns, Five Inch Gun, Five Inch Guns.

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  1. Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?
    5:34A general-purpose successor to familiar escort designsChapter
  2. Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?
    10:13National choices for guns, torpedoes, and close defenceNotable Point
  3. South Korea's Chungnam Class Frigates: Aesthetics vs Missile Depth
    2:16Domestic shipbuilding with internationally sourced systemsNotable Point
  4. Products of Their Time: VLS vs Gun sighting in ship design
    0:36Italian gun calibres and the case for layered defenceNotable Point
  5. Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one
    9:22Shimakaze's armament and wartime defensive additionsNotable Point
  6. Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one
    16:55Yugumo's second torpedo salvo depended on survivalNotable Point
  7. Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one
    31:24Gun comparisons against thin-skinned destroyersNotable Point
  8. Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one
    32:42Smaller escort destroyers and the late search for quantityChapter
  9. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:05:30Replacing Tirpitz's secondary battery with 5-inch/54 gunsQ&A
  10. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    14:20Twin naval guns, recoil and wartime firepowerQ&A
  11. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:49:38Oto Melara's 127 mm and 76 mm gunsNotable Point
  12. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    9:05Fletcher guns, torpedoes, range, and machineryChapter
  13. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    15:29Single gun mounts and Fletcher crew working spaceNotable Point
  14. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    27:38Sumner armament and enduranceChapter
  15. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    29:04More Sumner firepower within nearly the same hull dimensionsNotable Point
  16. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    33:27A fourth twin mount would change the Sumner's compromisesNotable Point
  17. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    36:49Robert H. Smith ships adapted the Sumner for minelayingNotable Point
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:16:12Why automatic 6-inch guns disappointed in air defenceNotable Point
  22. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:58:09Why Royal Navy gun standardisation kept restartingQ&A
  23. 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
  24. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:20:42Missile minimum range preserves a place for 5-inch gunsNotable Point
  25. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    31:34Layered air defence and different gun rangesNotable Point
  26. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    22:19Farragut paired greater range with British-derived machineryNotable Point
  27. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    26:55Porter turned the destroyer leader into a scouting weaponChapter
  28. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    41:35Mahan restored domestic machinery development and Pacific rangeChapter
  29. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    54:07Gridley traded Pacific range for speed and torpedo powerChapter
  30. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:06:35Bagley paired long range with a mass torpedo attackChapter
  31. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:27:35Somers combined leader firepower with long-range flexibilityChapter
  32. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:27:59Somers concentrated twelve torpedoes in one salvoNotable Point
  33. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:40:16Benham exposed the tradeoff between torpedoes and screening weaponsChapter
  34. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    2:03:42Benson made machinery layout a form of protectionChapter
  35. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    2:15:44Gleaves strength shrank sharply when measured as available escortsChapter
  36. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:12:23Alaska remains useful with an early-war anti-aircraft batteryQ&A
  37. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    16:34Armament suited to a large carrier escortNotable Point
  38. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    1:12:57Will counter-drone warfare bring back more naval guns?Q&A
  39. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:57:07Railguns, Gauss guns, and the barrel-life problemQ&A
  40. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    12:04Type 1936B: a better destroyer that arrived in too few numbersChapter
  41. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    16:40Type 1936C showed how late German destroyer recovery had becomeNotable Point
  42. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    24:32The Type 1942 showed a more useful destroyer directionChapter
  43. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    46:54The 1945 project finally reflected the destroyer lessonsChapter
  44. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    42:20Would an 18-inch gun make a useful anti-submarine mortar?Q&A
  45. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    46:21The case for another look at 6-inch naval gunsNotable Point
  46. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    1:54:38Why a surviving Repulse would not immediately receive American 5-inch gunsQ&A
  47. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    1:39Royal Navy gun standardization created more variationChapter
  48. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    38:18How British gun ranges disrupted Japanese air tacticsNotable Point
  49. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:49:08A Vanguard-derived game design and its secondary-gun refitNotable Point
  50. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    11:03Impavido brings guided missiles to Italy's destroyersChapter
  51. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    13:53Audace gains room for modernizationChapter
  52. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:27:27Could an evolved Perry carry a 5-inch gun?Q&A
  53. Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?
    30:28Fixed VLS and swappable modules can divide core and optional weaponsChapter
  54. Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?
    37:45The MEKO A400 could combine Aegis, fixed VLS, and modular payloadsChapter
  55. Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:36:32Yamato dual-purpose secondary battery tradeoffQ&A
  56. Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:49:19Kingfisher gun-launched munitions against undersea dronesQ&A
  57. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:26:01How larger main guns could make room for 3-inch weaponsNotable Point
  58. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:02:14A more conventional Zumwalt with mixed VLS batteriesQ&A
  59. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    59:39Guns and VLS should be complementary magazinesNotable Point
  60. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    1:01:20Cold War destroyers must fight and look convincingNotable Point
  61. Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)
    24:21Type 83's gun battery remains an open design choiceNotable Point
  62. Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)
    1:36:17Gun-fired underwater defence and an active anti-torpedo layerNotable Point
  63. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    0:00Gearing destroyers as the Cold War baselineChapter
  64. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    10:36Norfolk and Mitscher test status against capabilityChapter
  65. How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds
    42:57The 5-inch gun's automation and perceived diplomatic effectNotable Point
  66. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:52:08An ice-rated Canadian large surface combatantQ&A
  67. Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...
    1:00:00Narvik and rushed destroyer developmentChapter
  68. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:30:10Why historical gun names cannot always be reduced to millimetresNotable Point
  69. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    2:06:13Which heavy anti-aircraft gun suits a carrier?Q&A
  70. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:59:13Why the Royal Navy accumulated so many gun calibresQ&A
  71. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    3:54:15Could shorter class runs reduce US procurement risk?Q&A
  72. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    44:08A modern destroyer's guns and radios in earlier naval battlesQ&A
  73. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    32:28A family design for a heavily armed Type 45Notable Point
  74. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    1:49Why the Royal Navy fielded so many gun calibresQ&A
  75. Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun
    16:19What gun calibre suits a modern capital ship?Q&A
  76. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    2:43:14Off-the-shelf guns constrain a large combatantQ&A
  77. Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far
    20:38Why pairs of defensive systems leave dangerous arcsChapter
  78. Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far
    30:03Twin 5-inch guns and the missing aviation pictureChapter
  79. Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far
    44:01Why visible guns matter in a diplomatic visitNotable Point
  80. Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates
    14:45Why Burke production keeps defeating its replacementNotable Point
  81. Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates
    21:32Why army gun production does not translate directly to frigatesQ&A
  82. Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates
    25:10Choosing between 76 mm, 5-inch and 6-inch gunsNotable Point
  83. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    1:12:26The logistics benefit of standardizing on five-inch ammunitionQ&A
  84. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    1:54:12Why the US 5-inch/38 succeeded as a complete systemNotable Point
  85. 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
  86. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    2:15:15Why a 137 mm US destroyer gun was not worth the costQ&A
  87. Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:25:33The Royal Navy's slow move to the 5-inch/62 gunQ&A
  88. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    2:09:12The Royal Navy receives hundreds of Gearing-class destroyers in 1940Q&A
  89. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    3:35:59A conservative Constitution built from mature weaponsNotable Point
  90. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:14:29An Omaha refit for Norwegian coastal defenceNotable Point
  91. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:06:28Why the 5-inch/38 succeeded as a complete systemChapter
  92. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:07:49Why the 5-inch/38 needed a new barrel designNotable Point
  93. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:15:23Germany's 127 mm gun and the deployment gapChapter
  94. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:20:26Japan's 127 mm guns and attrition doctrineChapter
  95. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:24:24Why elevation alone did not make Japan's 127 mm gun effectiveNotable Point
  96. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:02:53How the Bureau of Ordnance could have sabotaged the US war effortQ&A
  97. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    3:25Royal Navy gun diversity reflected changing prioritiesNotable Point
  98. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    28:38A ubiquitous British dual-purpose gunNotable Point
  99. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:21:32Why higher gun volume matters when ships and missiles are scarceNotable Point
  100. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:40Independent targeting versus twin-turret redundancyQ&A
  101. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:31:07One layered defense against drones and missilesQ&A
  102. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:43:46Modern and World War II five-inch naval guns comparedQ&A
  103. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    35:18Why the Atlanta duplicated destroyer capabilityChapter
  104. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    38:44Why the U.S. Navy stopped at eight AtlantasNotable Point
  105. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    43:14Universal guns traded experimentation for logisticsNotable Point
  106. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    45:19More directors would leave Atlanta with the same main gunNotable Point
  107. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    46:24CL-154 pushed the screening cruiser much furtherNotable Point
  108. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:22:32Guadalcanal exposed Atlanta's role mismatchChapter
  109. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:28:52Atlanta and Juneau first broke the air attackNotable Point
  110. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:09:25HMS Delhi's American 5-inch/38 conversionNotable Point
  111. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    3:14:06Would the 5-inch/54 have prolonged Atlanta production?Q&A
  112. Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:45:04What an early 5-inch/54 gun would change in the wartime US NavyQ&A
  113. Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:50:46There is no single best modern naval gunQ&A
  114. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued
    18:57Why two British 5-inch gun projects were not direct successorsQ&A
  115. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    44:08Daring versus Forrest Sherman as postwar gun destroyersQ&A
  116. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:01:14A large hull can solve vertical-launch reloading at seaChapter
  117. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:06:46Why the Royal Navy moved toward a five-inch gunQ&A
  118. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:55:34Why the Royal Navy adopted the 5-inch/62 gunQ&A
  119. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:52:55Why a naval gun should retain cheap unguided ammunitionNotable Point
  120. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:28:28The 5-inch gun was the practical destroyer ceilingQ&A
  121. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    2:39:05Would a 5-inch gun refit make sense for the Type 45?Q&A
  122. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    4:26:26Could Hedgehog-style ASW weapons return?Q&A
  123. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    1:59:24Why heavier German destroyer guns reduced practical firepowerNotable Point
  124. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    28:49Enterprise's British gun mounts and a possible American refitNotable Point
  125. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    47:41Was HMS Enterprise considered for HMS Victorious's American voyage?Q&A
  126. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    8:27:38Why the Albany-class missile cruisers retained gunsNotable Point
  127. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    1:16:59Why HMS Vanguard was unlikely to receive US 5-inch gunsQ&A
  128. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    1:44:24Why a British 130 mm gun would probably stay 130 mmQ&A
  129. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    2:41:46Why a 5.1-inch gun would barely change wartime destroyer conversionsQ&A
  130. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    3:41:29Why a 6.1-inch gun adoption could displace the 5-inch/62Q&A
  131. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    2:45:43Could twin five-inch naval mounts return?Q&A
  132. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    3:06:13Why six twin 5-inch mounts do not fit a destroyerQ&A
  133. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    3:43:26Why a Gearing could not simply take the 5-inch/54Q&A
  134. 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
  135. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    12:50Forrestal marks a Dreadnought-like carrier breakChapter
  136. Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:47:17A 3,000-ton ASW destroyer runs out of weightNotable Point
  137. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    24:24Lexington's eight-inch guns and the case for escortsNotable Point
  138. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    4:04:53Future cruiser guns and an unresolved railgun calibreQ&A
  139. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    31:12A more viable forward aviation shipNotable Point
  140. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    36:37Ryūjō's treaty-driven design and stability problemsChapter
  141. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:01:32The minimum gun for naval shore bombardmentQ&A
  142. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:06:02British choices for a larger destroyer gunQ&A
  143. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:48:31Cold War cruisers favored 5-inch dual-purpose guns over automatic 8-inch weaponsQ&A
  144. 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
  145. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    2:09:27A light battleship replaces an impractical armored cruiserChapter
  146. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    39:52Displacement for an eight-gun Tribal-style destroyerQ&A
  147. Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 1
    24:49What a successful dual-purpose mount might have changedNotable Point
  148. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    2:11:37Gun calibre should change turret scaleNotable Point
  149. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:27:27Using naval guns to disrupt submarines in littoral waterNotable Point
  150. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    2:53:02What was wrong with the La Galissonnière class?Q&A
  151. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    19:10Why split secondary batteries consume a shipNotable Point
  152. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    1:49:01Why better small guns do not end the calibre raceQ&A
  153. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    17:33Speed and turboelectric propulsionNotable Point
  154. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    33:20A six-ship Lexington counterfactualNotable Point
  155. Albany Class: Comment Response
    23:11Where Albany carried her guns and torpedo tubesNotable Point
  156. Meeting HMAS Vampire!
    1:39The Daring class as a Tribal successorNotable Point
  157. USS Long Beach: Comment Response
    12:12Why Long Beach retained 5-inch/38 gunsQ&A
  158. Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane
    44:43Why U.S. destroyers did not immediately adopt twin five-inch mountsQ&A
  159. US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response
    13:51Why Lexington's 8-inch guns were a poor carrier compromiseQ&A
  160. A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?
    1:40:04Yamato's protection and secondary batteryNotable Point
  161. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:58:04Atlanta-style cruisers and saturation fireNotable Point
  162. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    2:24:51Building the Alaska class around speed and twelve-inch gunsChapter
  163. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    3:14:18Replacing torpedo mounts with more destroyer gunsQ&A
  164. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    2:51:19Recognising national destroyer design in a simulationNotable Point
  165. USS Wichita: Comment Response
    25:27Wichita hull anti-air and missile ideasNotable Point
  166. USS Wichita: Comment Response
    35:06Wichita's 5-inch battery and a 15,000-ton counterfactualNotable Point
  167. Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts
    1:08:43Wichita's hybrid lineage and a 5-inch anti-aircraft cruiserNotable Point
  168. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    1:13:10Japanese gun standardization could only narrow the gapQ&A
  169. US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect
    30:42Atlanta, Dido, and layered air defenceChapter
  170. US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect
    34:25Cleveland as a general-purpose wartime cruiserNotable Point
  171. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    14:34Five-inch guns as a hedge in a missile-age cruiserChapter
  172. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    3:06:06How layered fleet defenses broke up kamikaze attacksQ&A
  173. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    9:04Why Wichita mixed open and enclosed five-inch mountsNotable Point
  174. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    11:08How Wichita's armor changed an eight-inch fightNotable Point
  175. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    17:24Wartime AA growth and uncertain fitting datesNotable Point
  176. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    22:58The star secondary layout used by wartime US cruisersNotable Point
  177. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:23:06Could the 4.7-inch approach the US 5-inch/38?Q&A
  178. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:29:12Why not adopt the US Navy 5-inch/38?Q&A
  179. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    58:58Why calibre alone cannot explain modern naval-gun performanceNotable Point
  180. Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response
    12:56How World War II layered air defense was meant to workNotable Point
  181. Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response
    37:14Using radar-controlled rapid fire to break torpedo attacksNotable Point
  182. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    2:27:22A 1930s American rebuild of Argentina's battleshipsQ&A
  183. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    6:58Turret arcs and secondary guns shape the cruiserNotable Point
  184. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    35:00Savannah's changing fittings demand date-aware identificationNotable Point
  185. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    1:07:35St. Louis shows the mature Brooklyn designChapter
  186. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)
    49:21A protected-deck alternative for ImperieuseNotable Point
  187. New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers
    21:55The five-inch/25 as the interwar heavy anti-aircraft gunNotable Point
  188. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    2:43:43Why five-inch guns better matched the Atlanta-class missionQ&A
  189. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    39:54Why the US Navy stayed with the five-inch gunQ&A
  190. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    1:11:54The F125 mismatch between size and air defenseNotable Point
  191. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    55:52FREMM national variants and cruiser workChapter
  192. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:05:06Constellation's gun and presence problemChapter
  193. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:57:48F125 and the peacetime-frigate trapChapter
  194. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    2:07:35One Aegis family called frigate and destroyerChapter
  195. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    2:36:51De Zeven Provinciën as a balanced air-defence shipChapter
  196. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    12:56North Carolina shows what 35,000 tons could deliverNotable Point
  197. Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)
    1:03:12UAD British and German treaty battleship designsChapter
  198. County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)
    39:24Why destroyer guns threatened the two-inch beltNotable Point
  199. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    1:12:58Fletcher-class numbers turn doctrine into capabilityChapter
  200. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    47:21Why German destroyer guns were weak dual-purpose weaponsQ&A
  201. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    20:41The five-inch compromise and the six-inch roleNotable Point
  202. Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)
    19:19Lake-class cutters as wartime escortsChapter
  203. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    45:51Why smaller dual-purpose guns suited carriers betterQ&A
  204. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    51:07What happens when missiles run shortQ&A
  205. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    1:01:54Tarawa's 5-inch guns added amphibious fire supportQ&A
  206. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    3:50:41Rate of fire matters in a Tribal-Fletcher gun comparisonQ&A
  207. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    3:52:23Type 26 moves the Royal Navy to a supported 5-inch gunQ&A
  208. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers
    6:07USS Chester and the scout-to-light-cruiser transitionChapter
  209. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    4:14:46The 5-inch/38 and British 4.5-inch gunQ&A
  210. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    1:02:50Why six inches approached the manual-handling limitNotable Point
  211. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    2:17:54Why choose a 57 mm gun instead of a 76 mm gun?Q&A
  212. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    20:36Why a five-inch gun is not five inches longNotable Point
  213. Four Random Books 22: Warships Illustrated
    3:32D-class cruiser armament and wartime refitsChapter
  214. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:21:20The changing comparison between British 5.25-inch and American 5-inch gunsQ&A
  215. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-10
    6:03Treaty pressure and the super-destroyer raceChapter
  216. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    2:32:08Why Tribals paired heavy guns with quadruple torpedoesQ&A
  217. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:45:42Why a twin 5-inch mount would be expensive for BritainQ&A
  218. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    12:03The unrealised anti-aircraft cruiser refitChapter
  219. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    24:15Delhi's conversion and Despatch at MulberryNotable Point
  220. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:37:39Best naval gun depends on the metricQ&A
  221. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    1:22:15Why Type 26 moves to a five-inch gunQ&A