Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Anti Aircraft Artillery

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  1. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:45:09Capital-ship main guns against aircraftQ&A
  2. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:08:25Drone development and the early history of anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
  3. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:16:14Can flak disrupt hypersonic missiles?Q&A
  4. Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:26Would flak fragments melt before striking a hypersonic vehicle?Q&A
  5. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    46:14Henderson challenges confidence in fleet air defenseNotable Point
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    40:35Why Nepal retained Vickers 3.7-inch AA gunsQ&A
  7. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:00:53The older lineages behind American 3-inch gunsNotable Point
  8. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:53:29The 1925 investment that transforms wartime air defenseQ&A
  9. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    13:43Metaxas-style defenses protect key sitesChapter
  10. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    18:00Kilkis and Lemnos arm Crete's coastChapter
  11. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:13:45Could 1940s Germany shoot down Smaug?Q&A
  12. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    24:45Was HACS an ineffective fire-control system?Q&A
  13. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    26:38Proximity fuzes and the delay between concept and serviceNotable Point
  14. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    28:57How fleet exercises underestimated attacks on destroyersNotable Point
  15. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:08:38Mark 37 was a continually evolving systemNotable Point
  16. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:22:51How layered fleet air defense was meant to workChapter
  17. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:59:34Did Italy's 65 mm AA gun become effective?Q&A
  18. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    3:07:24Gelderland as a German floating flak platformQ&A
  19. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:04:48A 75 mm AA mount would replace some Bofors positionsQ&A
  20. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:27:25A four-gun main battery and six 76 mm guns suggest the Tiger classQ&A
  21. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    1:10:50Why the King George V class retained its 5.25-inch Mark I systemQ&A
  22. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    5:31:28A sextuple Oerlikon and the limits of close-range AAQ&A
  23. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    37:32How Type 41 frigates might have helped in the FalklandsQ&A
  24. Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...
    2:31:08Why the German twin heavy-Flak idea needs a variantQ&A
  25. Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier
    26:13Existing Royal Navy guns suit the stand-off aircraft threatChapter
  26. Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 5
    24:03The class's first postwar anti-aircraft refitNotable Point
  27. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    28:31Layered air defense aims to spoil the attackNotable Point
  28. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:20:49Henderson warns that peacetime tests can misleadChapter
  29. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    31:23If Japan retained the 40 mm pom-pomQ&A
  30. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    1:32:36Proximity fuzes and the ammunition a cruiser actually carriedQ&A
  31. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    1:39:51HMAS Australia firing 8-inch guns at aircraftQ&A
  32. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    29:19Fritz X and Hs 293 pushed attacks beyond Allied defensesNotable Point
  33. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    1:00:01Naval air defense shifts from breaking formations to killing threatsChapter
  34. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre
    23:43Why anti-aircraft guns worked against fast boatsNotable Point
  35. G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 3
    23:09A secondary battery powerful enough for cruisers and commerceNotable Point
  36. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    23:59Why naval and land AA guns were not interchangeableQ&A
  37. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:13:27Where displaced four-inch guns could goQ&A
  38. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:56:48Why Didos struggled with topweight more than TribalsNotable Point
  39. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    38:02Seaplane tenders and Seabees for a Pacific island warChapter
  40. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    41:44Using fortified islands to strain Japan's battle fleetNotable Point
  41. NMS Elisabeta (Romanian Navy): A Cruiser's Purpose (Long Patrol)
    24:23An old cruiser adapted for anti-aircraft defenceNotable Point
  42. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    38:16Deferred maintenance made wartime defence more expensiveNotable Point
  43. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    1:17:28Why an octuple pom-pom concentrated eight barrelsQ&A
  44. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    48:48Night attack exposes an unfinished defensive systemNotable Point
  45. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour
    8:30A Sunderland gives the final confirmationNotable Point
  46. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    23:26The uncertain value of prewar anti-aircraft estimatesNotable Point
  47. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:12:46Readiness and complex mounts weaken Italian anti-aircraft fireChapter
  48. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:18:51A crowded anchorage restricts Italian fields of fireNotable Point
  49. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    0:39Flak as a last defensive layerChapter
  50. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    8:24Building a flak field takes gun volumeNotable Point
  51. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    23:42Magazine depth across repeated missile attacksNotable Point
  52. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    41:36Falling flak can complicate a torpedo approachNotable Point
  53. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    1:04:43Science fiction as a prompt, not a blueprintChapter
  54. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    1:07:18M247 Sergeant York and sensor-integration failureNotable Point
  55. Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/2
    1:08:00Sea Slug, Type 3 shells, and unrotated projectilesNotable Point
  56. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:47:46Why 105 mm guns displaced the 88 mm generationQ&A
  57. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?
    16:19Fighters only had to disrupt the raidsNotable Point