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Ammunition Handling

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    1:15:46A victory that could erase Germany's Dogger Bank lessonsNotable Point
  2. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:22:11How the OTO Melara 127/64 changes its ready ammunitionQ&A
  3. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:41:29Hand-training a turret can obstruct its ammunition supplyNotable Point
  4. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:46:10Choosing railgun calibre around mass and loadingQ&A
  5. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    31:02How could loaders keep handling heavy six-inch shells?Q&A
  6. Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)
    24:55A light railway for hypothetical 22-inch battleship shellsNotable Point
  7. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    6:12:41Why sustained gun rates can understate a short burstNotable Point
  8. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    10:51:19Why a smaller gun need not produce a much smaller turretQ&A
  9. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    10:31:29Would spare Puckle-style chambers solve slow reloading?Q&A
  10. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    1:46:55Why six-inch guns are a poor destroyer weaponQ&A
  11. 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
  12. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:16:34What Tribal-class torpedo tables leave outNotable Point
  13. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    1:07:29How ammunition reached an 8-inch turret stacked on a 12-inch turretQ&A
  14. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    3:50Japan's 100 mm gun and the air-defense tradeoffChapter
  15. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    30:19The 4.5-inch Mark V: powered loading and barrel lifeNotable Point
  16. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:06:28Why the 5-inch/38 succeeded as a complete systemChapter
  17. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:20:26Japan's 127 mm guns and attrition doctrineChapter
  18. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    1:01Why the early 4.5-inch mount was difficult for destroyersChapter
  19. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    35:41Prewar exercises expose mount and ammunition problemsChapter
  20. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:17:12Handling 20-inch shells is a machinery problemQ&A
  21. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:05:09What a US 5.4-inch gun would changeQ&A
  22. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:11:06A British 5.5-inch dual-purpose gun pathNotable Point
  23. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:06:37How Queen Elizabeth-class carriers move people, stores, and weaponsNotable Point
  24. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:54:16Why modern navies have not standardized on 155 mm gunsQ&A
  25. The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 9
    57:36Jutland: independent captains and Tiger's survival under heavy fireChapter
  26. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:56:44Why Suffren's 6.5-inch shells strained manual handlingNotable Point
  27. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    3:34:35Why ammunition handling doomed Queen MaryQ&A
  28. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    8:15:01How open destroyer gun mounts received ammunitionQ&A
  29. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    6:44:38How shell weight limits rotary magazinesQ&A
  30. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    6:46:00Why linked ammunition feeds become risky as shells growQ&A
  31. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    6:52:06Cartridge cases, lifting machinery, and manual shell handlingQ&A
  32. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    1:22:48Dogger Bank could remove both German leaders and safety lessonsNotable Point
  33. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    2:32:09Why 9.2 inches is the cruiser sweet spotQ&A
  34. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    2:38:11Why 10-inch loading is a different problemQ&A
  35. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    2:49:51Shell weight and the ammunition-handling thresholdNotable Point
  36. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    2:33:08What automated capital-ship loading meant before computersQ&A
  37. Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat
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  38. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
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  39. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:37:43Why twin gun mounts spread slowly to smaller warshipsQ&A
  40. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    3:11:21Ammunition handling and British battlecruiser losses at JutlandNotable Point
  41. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    4:16:05Why an army 155 mm gun is not a naval gunQ&A
  42. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:30:04Why Hawkins carried 7.5-inch gunsQ&A
  43. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:18:02Could Surcouf refill its ready magazines while submerged?Q&A
  44. The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies
    17:35Inside a World War I battleship ammunition chainChapter
  45. The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies
    28:02Why advertised gun rates mislead at seaChapter
  46. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
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  47. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:10:02Why British cruiser guns split into three calibresQ&A
  48. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:54:00Longer gun barrels and propellant requirementsQ&A
  49. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:43:37Loading machinery creates practical naval-gun calibre breakpointsQ&A
  50. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    16:36What counts as a naval autoloaderNotable Point
  51. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    48:12Ready-use ammunition buys time for the supply chainQ&A
  52. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    49:46How heavy was the early quick-firing six-inch shell?Q&A
  53. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    59:55Combat reliability and shell selection set the hard problemsChapter
  54. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:08:40Why secondary guns were not the easy autoloader targetQ&A
  55. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:12:25A workable interwar ammunition-selection systemQ&A
  56. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:24:49Where Iowa's assistance stops short of an autoloaderQ&A
  57. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:26:29Why a turret cannot switch shell types instantlyNotable Point
  58. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:27:16Does an autoloader increase the maximum loading angle?Q&A
  59. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:28:53Can an unwanted heavy shell go back to the ready rack?Q&A
  60. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:32:36Was Des Moines automatic all the way through the magazine?Q&A
  61. Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response
    7:43Why 20-inch super-heavy shells exceed practical limitsQ&A
  62. Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response
    27:13Why turret complexity is a rule of thumb, not a formulaQ&A
  63. Bruships 130: Battleships
    2:28:08Selecting ammunition in a capital-ship autoloaderQ&A
  64. Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    56:06Magazine discipline and battlecruiser survivalChapter
  65. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    33:17Would Dogger Bank change German ammunition lessons?Q&A
  66. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    1:04:49Flash protection over rapid ammunition supplyNotable Point
  67. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    38:25Shell shape and fuzes turned projectiles into engineered systemsChapter
  68. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    56:00Heavy shells made mechanical ammunition handling essentialChapter
  69. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre
    1:30:14Why “quick-firing” did not mean automaticNotable Point
  70. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    2:46:34The practical limit on naval shell sizeQ&A
  71. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    28:11Why shell weight does not set a simple powder ruleQ&A
  72. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    29:16Estimating an 18-inch gun's rate of fireQ&A
  73. HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?
    52:05The 68-pounder and Warrior's varied ammunitionNotable Point
  74. HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?
    1:01:02Ammunition identification and gun handlingNotable Point
  75. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    2:35:02Showing Jutland's battlecruiser losses before the warQ&A
  76. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:49:12Why the six-inch cruiser gun survives without treaty limitsQ&A
  77. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    12:28Why sixteen six-inch guns suited the Diadem roleChapter
  78. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    59:54Where naval ammunition handling stops being truly manualQ&A
  79. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    2:16:44How did the Model 1929 six-inch gun fire so quickly?Q&A
  80. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    2:30:49Why did Italian automatic gun mounts need special grease?Q&A
  81. Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)
    23:35From Suffren's 75 mm guns to the class's 90 mm batteryChapter
  82. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    2:54:41Why heavy shells can fail during frantic loadingQ&A
  83. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    58:58Why an opening salvo rate does not lastQ&A
  84. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    1:28:17Why ammunition-handling practice is a safety systemQ&A
  85. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    2:29:02How Jellicoe tightened ammunition handling after JutlandQ&A
  86. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    29:46Shell hoists and cordite completed the ammunition chainNotable Point
  87. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    21:18Glatton and the danger of improper magazine insulationNotable Point
  88. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    27:37Wright's command temperament and the Port Chicago comparisonNotable Point
  89. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    1:21:02Why Britain might accept a lighter 18-inch shellQ&A
  90. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    34:17Could an autoloader explain Agincourt's design mystery?Q&A
  91. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    44:19A 31-inch gun becomes an ammunition-handling problemQ&A
  92. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    52:35Why battleship rate of fire is a machinery problemNotable Point
  93. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    59:54How a battleship's main battery was fired electricallyQ&A
  94. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    1:12:18A turret fire makes loaded ammunition the immediate hazardQ&A
  95. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    1:30:17Autoloaders were studied for later Lion designsQ&A
  96. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    1:43:57The US eight-inch autoloader accepted a narrower motion envelopeQ&A
  97. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    1:44:46A battleship-caliber Gatling gun multiplies the wrong machineryQ&A
  98. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:31:50Tiger's automatic guns suffered stoppagesQ&A
  99. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    51:50Ammunition handling for turret-top light gunsQ&A
  100. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    2:01:42What quick-firing meant before automatic loadingNotable Point
  101. Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora
    48:02Mixed ammunition burdens encouraged gun standardizationQ&A
  102. Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora
    2:32:23How protected cruisers supplied their gunsQ&A
  103. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    47:21Six inches sat near the loading-technology sweet spotQ&A