Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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  1. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    25:07Tiger cruiser armament and a distinct secondary batteryQ&A
  2. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:09:42Ammunition scale from a Matilda tank to a battleshipNotable Point
  3. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:46:11Protecting and arming base fuses in armor-piercing shellsQ&A
  4. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:13:01Why a warship cannot easily manufacture its own weaponsQ&A
  5. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:35:40The Pacific air-defence burden without the VT fuseQ&A
  6. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:40:41Hood's 4-inch ammunition was distributed around the shipQ&A
  7. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:02:46Logistics and sea conditions test elegant ideas that work on paperNotable Point
  8. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:01:58Heavy radar-directed guns against dronesQ&A
  9. What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping
    31:16Guided-shell commonality can matter more than matching the gunNotable Point
  10. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    1:03:53How much supply would an amphibious force consume?Q&A
  11. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    3:24:45The industries behind a large cannon-export tradeNotable Point
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    6:30:26Twelve Dingyuans would still need ammunition and trained crewsQ&A
  13. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    8:02:15A rotary 6-inch gun and ammunition handlingQ&A
  14. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    10:02:16An early turret hit complicates the treaty-cruiser comparisonNotable Point
  15. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I
    17:28Tracing Casablanca's 16-inch shells through wartime logisticsQ&A
  16. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:52:42Pom-pom belt mixes and tracer ballisticsQ&A
  17. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:37:54Doctrine, range, and the shells actually availableQ&A
  18. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:08:32What determines a battleship's ammunition mixQ&A
  19. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:11:36Which shells did Warspite use against the Zara class?Q&A
  20. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:12:54Why paper ammunition loads need supply logsNotable Point
  21. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    11:10Why tracer ammunition did not suit First World War main gunsQ&A
  22. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:35:12What Ukraine suggests about preparing navies for high-intensity warQ&A
  23. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:44:40Why fourteen guns make Super Hawkins growQ&A
  24. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:46:30Super Hawkins needs ammunition as well as additional gunsNotable Point
  25. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:57:10A disputed small-arms analogy for repeated armor hitsNotable Point
  26. CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...
    3:39Steam leakage dampens Arkansas's powderNotable Point
  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 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:52:05Why tank mobility limits gun-barrel lengthNotable Point
  29. Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?
    7:33Correction to a shell bursting-charge comparisonNotable Point
  30. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    44:17A like-for-like Mark 8 Pom-Pom and L60 comparisonChapter
  31. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:12:23Tropical ammunition failures begin with wartime stowageNotable Point
  32. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:26:23Could different ammunition extend the Pom-Pom's range?Q&A
  33. Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic
    53:41Readiness and shell testing through repeated false alarmsChapter
  34. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:50:27Supplying a reinforced fleet at SingaporeQ&A
  35. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    26:23Why NATO magazines still use stripper clipsNotable Point
  36. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    1:26:13Why ships could carry heavier shells than armiesNotable Point
  37. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    3:47:16Fire forces Fort Morgan to flood its magazineNotable Point
  38. Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview
    2:58:49Why Ascension and the Falklands still matter logisticallyQ&A
  39. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    3:13Gun selection was also an industrial policyNotable Point
  40. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    1:00:37High-angle heavy guns and ammunition weightQ&A
  41. Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!
    1:25:27Why Scharnhorst's shells need not repeat River Plate failuresQ&A
  42. Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:14:17Littorio's problem was ammunition quality controlQ&A
  43. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    1:22:06Pom-pom failures as a logistics problemNotable Point
  44. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    1:25:38Tracer ammunition and Force ZQ&A
  45. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:25:09Ammunition storage for an enormous secondary batteryQ&A
  46. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    43:29Useful volume and simpler armament define design efficiencyNotable Point
  47. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:30:59A doubtful story about improvised cannon ammunitionQ&A
  48. Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:02:01Does barrel length change magazine requirements?Q&A
  49. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    2:05:34Why wartime seizures multiplied Royal Navy gun typesQ&A
  50. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    1:41:35A Sydney strategy expands 15-inch coastal artilleryChapter
  51. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    1:03:59Rail traffic sustaining wartime PortsmouthQ&A
  52. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    2:16:42Italian gunnery was undermined by shell quality, not aimingQ&A
  53. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    1:53:39A dual-purpose gun's ammunition choicesQ&A
  54. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    2:02:35How much discretion captains have over ammunition loadsQ&A
  55. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    2:03:43Why navies standardized propellants and explosivesQ&A
  56. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    11:13Four main-battery calibres for ten battleshipsChapter
  57. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    19:37Jutland: better shells and gunnery disciplineNotable Point
  58. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    1:03:26Could a 15-inch/50 reuse 15-inch/42 ammunition?Q&A
  59. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    3:45:51Balancing shell mass, velocity, barrel life, and rate of fireQ&A
  60. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    4:02:14Why common calibre does not require a common 155 mm shellQ&A
  61. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    1:18:37Shell choice changes the ammunition problemNotable Point
  62. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon
    18:05What made the later Greenboy shell more effectiveChapter
  63. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon
    23:03Shell design lagged behind long-range battle doctrineNotable Point
  64. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon
    1:03:05Which British capital ships would receive new shells firstNotable Point
  65. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    33:00Giving the Bismarck model a fair historical allowanceNotable Point
  66. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    1:02:29Winning because the enemy exhausts its main-battery ammunitionNotable Point
  67. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    1:01:36Salvo density versus magazine enduranceNotable Point
  68. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    51:42Precision strikes do not remove the ammunition problemNotable Point
  69. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    52:43Too many gun calibers for a global warNotable Point
  70. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    1:13:33Ammunition systems must be stressed-human-proofNotable Point
  71. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    1:18:34How cutting the Zumwalt class drove ammunition cost upwardNotable Point
  72. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    1:26:28Zumwalt ammunition lock-in and the cancellation logicChapter
  73. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    14:23Why the 4.7-inch variants did not share ammunition freelyQ&A
  74. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    33:45Why French 130 mm ammunition would not fitQ&A
  75. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    36:46Projectile weight, range, and the price of developmentQ&A
  76. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    48:03Fixed ammunition was not the only 4.7-inch obstacleQ&A
  77. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:50:23Magazine space limits calibre substitutionQ&A
  78. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:11:12A common calibre speeds proximity-fuze distributionQ&A
  79. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    47:24A sixteen-gun battleship needs roughly four thousand main-battery shellsQ&A
  80. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    1:28:12Why Canada chose a Leonardo naval gunQ&A
  81. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)
    1:03:18Why an undersized shell could destroy its gunQ&A
  82. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    23:42Repairing Italian ammunition quality controlNotable Point
  83. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    2:34:42Italian ammunition quality as a preventable fleet weaknessQ&A
  84. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    2:14:56Fast-firing guns meet ammunition and maintenance limitsChapter
  85. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    54:52Why missile shortages could restore naval gunsNotable Point
  86. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    13:45Fire control and the first hit in a naval simulationNotable Point
  87. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    1:19:11When baked-bean cans became naval projectilesQ&A
  88. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    3:14:36Why Italian battleship gunnery was inconsistentQ&A
  89. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    2:00:03Why fuel and ammunition make a difficult combined auxiliaryQ&A
  90. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    14:43An outnumbered squadron should break contactNotable Point
  91. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    36:03The 13.5-inch gun as a logistical choiceNotable Point
  92. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    1:18:16Three warnings for the Royal Navy before three warsQ&A
  93. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    2:30:35Could a 20-inch-gun ship exhaust its main battery?Q&A
  94. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    3:13:03Why close-in weapon systems use different gun arrangementsQ&A
  95. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    1:16:45Pearl Harbor was not fully ready to sustain warNotable Point
  96. Sherman's March to the Sea
    8:18Why standardised logistics matteredNotable Point
  97. Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore
    16:39Fuel is only one part of replenishmentChapter
  98. Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore
    1:48:54Mediterranean logistics were limited by ammunitionChapter
  99. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    3:01:38Why equal-calibre army and naval guns may not share ammunitionNotable Point
  100. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    56:52Could Kongo use British 14-inch ammunition?Q&A
  101. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions
    23:19Shell quality, acceptance, and live firingQ&A
  102. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)
    21:43Magazine and salvage hazards in sunken warshipsQ&A
  103. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    26:09Compatibility among 13.5-inch ammunition typesQ&A
  104. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    1:18:49German gun quality versus British shell weightQ&A
  105. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    1:29:43British shell fuzes and Greenboy quality controlNotable Point
  106. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    2:43:21Why larger guns reduced barrel countQ&A
  107. Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail
    46:08How explosive cannonballs were fusedQ&A
  108. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    33:28Why was iron a plausible material for early naval shot?Q&A
  109. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    42:17How certain is the distinction between stone shot ashore and iron at sea?Q&A
  110. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    2:54:51Bombards, casting limits, and separate powder chambersChapter
  111. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    2:57:35A tentative date for iron shot in early shipboard cannonQ&A
  112. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:42:58Why the Tigers were unavailable in 1982Q&A
  113. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    3:15:23Why 75 mm, 76 mm, and 3-inch guns kept different labelsNotable Point
  114. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    40:32The hidden logistics of photon torpedoesNotable Point
  115. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    8:24Building a flak field takes gun volumeNotable Point
  116. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    23:42Magazine depth across repeated missile attacksNotable Point
  117. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    41:36Falling flak can complicate a torpedo approachNotable Point
  118. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    54:39Far Eastern munitions and the Cape delayNotable Point
  119. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    55:42Ammunition consumption and the friction of warNotable Point
  120. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    16:29Singapore's coastal guns still face an ammunition limitNotable Point
  121. Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    34:13Official warship loads may differ from combat loadsNotable Point
  122. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    48:41Why British shells could carry larger bursting chargesQ&A