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- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices7:22How air exercises understated the threat to destroyersNotable Point
- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices9:32High-angle 4-inch guns on Tribal destroyersNotable Point
- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices17:21J, K and N class gun and torpedo fitsNotable Point
- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices26:23Henderson's larger L70 destroyer proposalChapter
- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices30:23The Fuze Keeping Clock on Royal Navy destroyersNotable Point
- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices1:10:13Fire control and Hazemeyer shortages on the C classNotable Point
- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices1:14:09How Hunt-class escorts fit into a layered screenNotable Point
- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices1:23:25What the Battle class carried for Pacific fleet defenceNotable Point
- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices1:25:37Carrier air cover for the planned invasion of JapanNotable Point
- Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices1:30:33The Weapon class as a postwar air-defence picketNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...52:08Air-attack exercises and misleading lessons for destroyersNotable Point
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings9:59Crew recollections describe extra light antiaircraft weaponsNotable Point
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings29:04More Sumner firepower within nearly the same hull dimensionsNotable Point
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings39:15Gearing endurance for operations against JapanChapter
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings40:30Gearing torpedo tubes gave way to more antiaircraft gunsNotable Point
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?6:17Why Italy selected 135 mm gunsChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?16:08Designing for contested skies and close destroyer combatChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?27:21Later-series firepower and sensorsChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?35:32Italian light anti-aircraft weapons and Gufo radarChapter
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:18:12Improvising stronger air defence for Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:25Extra US cruisers in the Philippines still need a workable command planQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:23Alaska remains useful with an early-war anti-aircraft batteryQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:241945 US air-defence technology would transform early Axis engagementsQ&A
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars47:03How air exercises overlooked attacks on destroyersNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:04:56Better German naval AA faces better attackersQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:16:01Could a later Pearl Harbor raid achieve the same surprise?Notable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:10:21The unrotated projectile loses its rationaleQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:33:10Bismarck's AA must split between attack typesQ&A
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s1:00:00Soldati's gun battery and reported accuracy problemsChapter
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:42Ammunition scale from a Matilda tank to a battleshipNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:23Why the 76 mm naval gun became a durable sweet spotQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:27Replacing Hood's 5.5-inch secondary batteryQ&A
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development44:44Exercise incentives distort destroyer air-defence lessonsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development48:33Aircraft growth drives larger destroyer anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:01:20Cold War destroyers must fight and look convincingNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)57:41Existing ammunition postpones a wholesale French rearmamentQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:01:19Older Duguay-Trouin cruisers still have escort rolesQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:01:42Early French AA standardization would favor British weaponsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:06:15British 5.25-inch and 4.5-inch rearmament optionsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:36:35Older cruisers and large destroyers could receive AA conversionsQ&A
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?29:04The missing Hazemeyer advantageNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?40:39Hazemeyer destroyer counterfactualNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:54USS Norfolk's combat battery and peacetime limitationsQ&A
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII5:01Léopard's training service and changing weaponsChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII10:19Léopard's British rearmament and uncertain submarine claimChapter
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII12:24Trading Léopard's speed for fuel, depth charges, and radarChapter
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:29Why more Japanese heavy AA guns would not solve air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:28Why triple five-inch mounts struggle as fast-tracking weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:37:08What a second Nagato modernization would prioritizeQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:56:27Would more carriers accelerate anti-aircraft armament?Q&A
- 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
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...1:00:37Draug's escaped crew supports the Allied fleetNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...1:07:38Sleipner survives repeated air attack and withdraws when ammunition runs outChapter
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...1:15:10Niels Juel attempts a Danish dash to SwedenChapter
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:29:22The dual-purpose gun the Tribal class neededQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:55Royal Navy dual-purpose guns and the Dido roleQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:02What automatic 5.25-inch guns could have changedQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:38Assembling the worst interwar destroyerQ&A
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?25:05Preparing cruiser guns and protection for mobilizationNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII7:34How the L and M classes kept eight torpedoes while strengthening escortsNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII22:42The N class adapted the design for wartime air attackChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII24:31Why prewar air exercises understated the danger to destroyersNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII1:01:04Nepal, Gurkha and an air-attack firing problemNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:40Why HMS Vanguard kept sextuple Bofors mountsQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:41Building the worst destroyer of 1939Q&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:57Why HMS Gloucester was sent back off CreteQ&A
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII31:00Snowberry and guided-weapon target prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:40British stockpiles in 1937: pom-poms, ASDIC, armor and radarQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:30The game's Edgar in a 1936 cruiser counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:56Disagreement over Somers’ Mark 22 antiaircraft capabilityQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers14:22A 5.3-inch US dual-purpose cruiser for carrier warQ&A
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4525:08Ibuki's air defence and sensorsNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4528:40Joffre's asymmetric flight deck and island tradeoffsChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:06:36What if the 5.25-inch gun achieved 12 rounds per minute in 1930?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…6:25:06What reinforcement could have helped the Philippines in 1941?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War27:53The layered fleet defense against massed air attackQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:43:28What prewar 40 mm Bofors adoption gives JapanQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:57:09Better missile defense raises the cost of attackQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:22:41Black Swan armament, endurance, and wartime lossesChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:55:39Late-war anti-aircraft armament in prewar fleetsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust14:33How extra anti-aircraft cruisers could change destroyer armamentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:50:21Would better anti-aircraft guns save Britain's early carriers?Notable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:50:21Why better French anti-aircraft guns would have limited strategic effectsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:52:03Better air defense at Cape Matapan and in the PacificNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:57:58Did capital-ship secondary batteries contribute in battle?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:06:59How misleading trials could weaken Japanese air defenseNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:10:35How better destroyer air defense could compound across campaignsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:32:54Would stronger anti-aircraft batteries change Taranto?Notable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:34:40Japanese air defense, surviving carriers, and the length of the Pacific WarNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:39:54Turning the Tribal class into a war-emergency escortQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II9:20:45A high-rate six-inch rotary gun for Vickers in the 1930sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:07:48Why a dense Type 96 battery still left a light cruiser exposedQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:40:04A better gun constrained by Flower-class availabilityQ&A
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception35:16Cunningham challenges wartime ship designsChapter
- Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!16:10The limits of weapon-heavy carrier defenseNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?26:18A practical successor blends T-class weapons with X-1 rangeChapter
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?48:02Continued building advances British gunneryNotable Point
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?47:23The battle line Lee could realistically assembleChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?10:26Tulagi's high ammunition cost for limited resultsNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P325:35An antiaircraft secondary battery for the Number 13 responseNotable Point
- Liberty Leadership: How the ships that were the blood cells of WWII came to be...40:14US Navy Armed Guards defend Liberty ship crews and cargoNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:22Ajax concepts and available vehicle-mounted air defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:44Why Japan's planned 28 light cruisers would have limited wartime valueQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:17:22The unrealized promise of Japan's Type 5 127 mm gunQ&A
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...35:12Taranto's defenses and the risks faced by Swordfish crewsChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:13:15Flare silhouettes and Italian anti-aircraft enduranceNotable Point
- Why do Naval Historians not still use the Age of Sail Rating system?1:20Why main-battery calibre matters in a gunnery duelNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:32:34A modernized Lexington could have become a carrier escortNotable Point
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s0:00Why fleets needed pilotless aerial targetsChapter
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s4:23Why the Tiger Moth became the Queen BeeChapter
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s8:54Recoverable Queen Bees gave fleets realistic moving targetsNotable Point
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s18:25The Fairey Queens that preceded the Queen BeeChapter
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:22:36Could Ise and Hyuga become useful anti-aircraft battleships?Q&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:58:31Why Royal Navy battleships carried main-gun shrapnel shellsQ&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:55:35Why the Walrus survived production pressure and left some cruisersNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?1:04:24What HMS Vanguard could have done at San CarlosNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:57Rearming Tribal-class destroyers with 5.25-inch gunsQ&A
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:06:03King designed a fleet-wide anti-aircraft rearmament planNotable Point
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:38Why stronger light anti-aircraft guns would not stop carriersQ&A
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...45:19Gurkha lost the protection of the cruiser screen while improving her gunfireNotable Point
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...46:43Vian accepted responsibility for HMS Afridi's lossChapter
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:15:15The Darnah bombardment showed the cost of Vian's initiativeNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:58:45Why game statistics cannot be read as warship engineeringNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...19:25Eight-inch proximity fuzes for County-class cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:52Largest calibre in a quintuple gun mountQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:04Australian County cruisers using eight-inch guns against aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:26A modern gun-only Atlanta-style AA cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:52If the Scrap Iron Flotilla received Daring-class destroyersQ&A
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?0:00How the heavy AA cruiser idea emergedChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?0:00Dating the AA-cruiser idea before a hull existedNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?7:53Percival linked fleet air defense to industrial capacityNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?46:24CL-154 pushed the screening cruiser much furtherNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?47:29C- and D-class conversions were the dedicated AA cruisersChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?57:35Layered air defense in the Bay of BiscayChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:00:59How fighters and AA guns broke up an incoming raidNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:02:48Why successful air defense disappears from the storyNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:16:44Radar changed the balance of Dido guns and close air defenseNotable Point
- 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
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:31:38A case for pairing Atlantas with every EssexNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:34:09Tiger and Worcester carried the screening-cruiser legacyChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:36:06Worcester combined heavy screening fire with complex mountingsNotable Point
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:04What an early 5-inch/54 gun would change in the wartime US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:16Why the Weapon class was not simply a late-war redundancyNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:32Why Atlanta-class cruisers struggled outside the destroyer-leader roleNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:31Why Shimakaze's torpedo-heavy role was already fadingNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:00:25Cold War dual-purpose guns retained a surface-fire roleNotable Point
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?1:02:23Japan can concentrate the Pearl Harbor strike package at seaNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?43:28A large L class could anticipate the Battle-class destroyerNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:31Fast battleships under kamikaze attackQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:15How proximity fuzes changed anti-aircraft fireNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:27Why an Admiral-class carrier's 1942 AA fit cannot be assumedQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:26Why an Alsace-class battleship would not begin with a 1948 gunQ&A
- An Indomitable Force Z22:07Older destroyers remained useful ASW and AA assetsNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z23:47Tom Phillips, doctrine, and layered fleet air defenseChapter
- An Indomitable Force Z35:04An ambiguous air-support message hid available fightersNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z37:50Why AA cruisers could not replace the fighter layerNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z53:16How Indomitable's fighter cycle could defeat the bomber attackChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?19:28The U.S. destroyers that might have reinforced Force ZNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?34:53How carrier fighters were meant to break up an air strikeChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?54:37Why the historical Japanese strike overwhelmed Force ZChapter
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:17K25 cruisers and layered fleet air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:01A Tiger-class cruiser in San Carlos WaterQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership4:15:24How a Shilka-style system changes 1930s Japanese air defenseQ&A
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?40:20F3 speed and common ammunition offered peacetime and wartime flexibilityChapter
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates45:56Diamantina's convoy-defense weapons fitChapter
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes31:08Sensors and weapons matched secondary-theater threatsChapter
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes34:14Small radar batches and northern routes shaped equipment choicesNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:33:36Why Britain armed auxiliary AA and ASW shipsQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:24:31The Royal Navy's comparative AA armament in 1939Notable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:25:0118-inch gun blast and close-range AA placementQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:41:53When fully remote anti-aircraft control became plausibleQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:35:48How dual-purpose batteries divide air and surface threatsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:11:02HVAR and RP-3 rockets threatened warship upperworksQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax2:41:46Why a 5.1-inch gun would barely change wartime destroyer conversionsQ&A
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 710:36Why a carrier needed both fighters and anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 728:15Eagle's size, guns, protection, and aircraft capacityChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 738:35A working test bed for interwar carrier technologyChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 753:27Swordfish, cross-deck wires, and Eagle's last prewar refitsChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 71:12:49Radar and close-range air defence reshape Eagle's final refitChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:19:28Hornet is overwhelmed despite defensive doctrineChapter
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:27:56USS Smith uses South Dakota's wake to fight a fireNotable Point
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:19:35Why the U.S. Navy mounted anti-aircraft guns on cranesQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:41:22Would 5-inch AA guns protect Hipper or the M class?Q&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!37:19The Juneau class against kamikazes and early jetsQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:58:16Mixed 40 mm systems complicate a warship's ammunition supplyQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!2:03:36Bofors shortages began with peacetime orders and factory toolingQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!2:15:24Why Indomitable retained a pom-pom-focused anti-aircraft fitQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!2:16:00Topweight, crew, and ammunition limited Audacious-class anti-aircraft armamentQ&A
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion25:13Ticonderoga's long-hull Essex improvementsChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right27:50Illustrious and the layers of carrier air defenceChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right28:49Why an eighteen-fighter force supported a four-aircraft patrolNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:24:32Enterprise and keeping fighters out of the AA engagement zoneNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign32:18Could a 12-inch flak gun work?Q&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:21:29Prewar super-sloops could ease the convoy escort crisisQ&A
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!25:50Nelson's main guns against aircraftNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!36:08Tiger under air attack and mine threatNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class54:37The Type 96 light anti-aircraft problemNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:17:57Standardizing the Royal Navy on the 4.7-inch gunQ&A
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests54:43The cheap-aircraft argument ignored force structure and modern ship designNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!30:31The production choice behind a dual-purpose 4.7-inch gunNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:06:21A high-angle 4.7-inch conversion for NorwayNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:46:35Project B's bombers, weather limits, and uncrewed targetsChapter
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?2:25:13Heavy bombs against maneuvering and defended shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote36:23A layered escort for a carrier battle groupQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote38:59Turning the Tribal class into an early DaringQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote55:38An Atlanta-style Dido needs a larger cruiser hullQ&A
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion53:45Fighters and anti-aircraft guns break up naval air attacksChapter
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion58:08Missiles and successive combat air patrols disrupt carrier attacksNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:08:38Why retain a mixed gun battery?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:11:06What follows if the 4.7-inch modification works?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:16:06Why use four-inch guns instead of developing the mounting?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:37:24Testing the conversion's air defence in NorwayChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:41:11Assigning one converted Town to Mediterranean carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:15:03Exercise lessons, AA defense, and Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:22:06Pom-pom failures as a logistics problemNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:25:38Tracer ammunition and Force ZQ&A
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems21:02Dive bombers help torpedo aircraft reach battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:21:30Yamato built to British prioritiesQ&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist32:42Why might a Fulmar make only one pass at an incoming raid?Q&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:58:54Why wartime aircrews often attacked the target they could reachNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle47:27The Fletcher succeeds as a general-purpose destroyerNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle50:18Cleveland firepower expands bombardment choicesNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:19:23Tre Kronor benefited from four years of wartime lessonsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:38:14Britain experimented with battleship guns in anti-aircraft defenseQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!4:24:57The 4.5-inch Mark 5 offered a strong dual-purpose baselineQ&A
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:37:49Lexington's fighters defeat the Betty bomber attackChapter
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:05:29Sixteen-inch shells become anti-aircraft weaponsNotable Point
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals24:29Why convoy fighters cannot be judged only by killsNotable Point
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time12:09Why battleship anti-aircraft guns cannot fill every open deckQ&A
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids2:33:50How would a larger County-class cruiser be armed?Q&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:23:42Why a German 5-inch dual-purpose battery was unlikelyQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:17:38Fixing the British triple 4-inch mount for dual-purpose useQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:21:40Nelson's high secondary mounts began with a dual-purpose ideaQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:32:19What Repulse needed from an anti-aircraft refitQ&A
- HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 528:19Air-defense refits grew around an unchanged main batteryChapter
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...55:39A modern Martello tower becomes a layered sea-and-air defense fortQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:09:33Dutch stabilization work fed the Royal Navy's Hazemeyer mountsQ&A
- Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 331:48Destroyer anti-aircraft exercises conceal a wartime flawNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:30:36Early transistors and proximity-fuzed pom-pomsQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy45:17What battlecruiser modernization could achieveChapter
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:17:53Would Hood receive a box-of-doom refit?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:28:48Why Royal Navy anti-aircraft fits still fell shortQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:44:12Why the Royal Navy fielded several medium gun calibersQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:03:44Britain accelerates AA escorts and King George VChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:34:43Exercises conceal the danger to destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat47:22Early autoloading six-inch dual-purpose gunsQ&A
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 222:16A balanced cruiser built around twelve six-inch gunsChapter
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare34:57HMS Vanguard in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:00:12Future design histories in the hands of the Third Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:11:07The Tribal class's high-angle air-defence weaknessQ&A
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 533:36Agamemnon shoots down a German ZeppelinNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics37:15How four-inch guns turned destroyers into air-defence escortsQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!16:14Why the Mark 33 twin 3-inch mount remained usefulNotable Point
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 28:55HMS Black Swan survives repeated wartime damageChapter
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 10:01The Egret-class sloops and two revealing wartime lossesChapter
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 16:49A small escort built around eight 4-inch gunsChapter
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 111:13Why an anti-aircraft sloop still carried a surface-fighting batteryNotable Point
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1014:54Sloops traded torpedoes and speed for treaty-compliant escort workChapter
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1020:38HMS Bittern was scuttled after bombing off NamsosChapter
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1022:51The four-inch battery could serve above and on the waterNotable Point
- Memoirs as Historical Sources21:58Read Somerville's letter as a map of wartime commandNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI20:37The small-unit firepower lesson had to be learned againNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:15:23Why some navies retained mixed secondary batteriesQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:11:57Turning the 4.7-inch mount into a true dual-purpose weaponQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:57:45Reading the Type 31 as a flak frigateQ&A
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?48:18Layered fleet air defence depended on fighters and enginesChapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!35:19Why a Sea Cat refit might retain Bofors gunsQ&A
- Meeting HMAS Vampire!3:53Why Vampire traded torpedoes for radarNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 317:38New guns, fire control, and command spaces complete the rebuildNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 320:01A rebuilt Warspite still carries old mechanical problemsNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 345:52Air attack at Crete exposes the cost of fleet defenceChapter
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 346:34Bremerton repairs prepare Warspite for the Eastern FleetNotable Point
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 226:42Early anti-aircraft guns and fire controlNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:29:13Why Nelson should standardize her dual-purpose batteryQ&A
- Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 717:27Stalingrad's layered weapons and electronic suiteNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland45:13Estimating Hood's proposed 4.5-inch ammunition allowanceQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland50:38Why ten or twelve twin mounts were proposed for HoodQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 135:51Casemate guns and the cost of design creepChapter
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...37:13A light cruiser built around massed 5.5-inch fireChapter
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...2:26:41Building a French answer to the Tribal classChapter
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword35:49Building resilient imperial basesQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword41:04Using extra funds for anti-aircraft modernizationNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:09:34When a stronger anti-aircraft fit mattersQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:37:57Unfinished Dutch fleet plans in the world warsNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class36:54HMS Mosquito under air attack at DunkirkNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:13:15Mediterranean fighter protection and layered air defenceChapter
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:12:10A naval gun's mount can matter more than its caliberQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:15:57A quarter-inch caliber increase magnified mount demandsQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:28:15A six-inch patrol aircraft would trade firepower for survivabilityQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:45:00Dido-class firepower left little modernization marginQ&A
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind11:08Why treaties barely constrained Insect-class gunboatsNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind44:04HMS Gnat survives a U-79 torpedo off TobrukNotable Point
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...22:45A fast 12-inch capital ship for a smaller navyQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...40:57A modern dual-purpose six-inch gun is technically feasibleQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:14:33Iron Duke could carry a stronger anti-aircraft refitQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:26:03Low mounting weight eased the twin four-inch upgradeQ&A
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser9:04Why Wichita mixed open and enclosed five-inch mountsNotable Point
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser17:24Wartime AA growth and uncertain fitting datesNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:28:50What the two-pounder Pom-Pom could deterNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class2:03:44Aiming the Pom-Pom with basic sightsNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...22:03Dual-purpose guns and the limits of improving ABDACOMQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat40:43A 1954 program for better Royal Navy air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:15:03Three pieces of battleship advice for the Admiralty in 1912Q&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:34:11Three-inch/50 guns need radar to transform Mediterranean air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:50:47Type 45 Duncan gives the interwar Royal Navy an air-defense blueprintQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road53:33A modern 76 mm automatic gun would transform wartime air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:37:43G3 and N3 layouts complicated anti-aircraft fire but did not prevent adaptationQ&A
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina16:54Layered armor and practical air defenseNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers35:00Savannah's changing fittings demand date-aware identificationNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:07:35St. Louis shows the mature Brooklyn designChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:10:16St. Louis fights out of Pearl HarborChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:18:00Helena is mistaken for a battleship at Pearl HarborNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)31:44Dual-purpose guns designed for the wrong attack geometryQ&A
- Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide43:37Modernizing Adelaide and training Perth's crewNotable Point
- Chapyev Class (Projekt 68 of the Soviet Navy): Fighting the Peace25:22Chapayev combines fleet command, destroyer killing, range, and speedChapter
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4213:57Rapid aircraft development outpaced naval air defenceQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4225:46ABDA needed a coalition staff before the warQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4239:22How fighters could have disrupted the attack on Force ZQ&A
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina0:52Duca d'Aosta class deck layout and aircraft handlingChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers21:55The five-inch/25 as the interwar heavy anti-aircraft gunNotable Point
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers24:28The wartime short-range anti-aircraft gapChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers33:53Pearl Harbor surprise compared with wartime readiness at TarantoNotable Point
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers57:22San Francisco caught disarmed at Pearl HarborChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out53:05Why larger warships absorb upgrades more easilyQ&A
- Tre Kronor Class: Because the Swedish had a lot of Bofors guns to use..5:23Tre Kronor armament, speed, and protectionChapter
- Tre Kronor Class: Because the Swedish had a lot of Bofors guns to use..10:50How the Bofors 40 mm grew from the Vickers pom-pomNotable Point
- Tre Kronor Class: Because the Swedish had a lot of Bofors guns to use..31:48Wartime lessons improved the cruisers but delayed completionNotable Point
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading1:46:28Fiji-class cruisers under treaty limitsChapter
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:38:31Why some anti-aircraft positions stayed empty in surface combatQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading3:01:41A GW96 cruiser defending San Carlos WaterQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments52:41Why experimental guided weapons were not fleet-readyQ&A
- Algerie (1932): Marine National3:33Main guns, dual-purpose battery, and seaplanesChapter
- Algerie (1932): Marine National4:46Rangefinder and anti-aircraft refits before ToulonChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19404:50A 1940 Japanese carrier and escort construction surgeChapter
- Ruse de guerre26:57Could a 4.5-inch mount have improved Abdiel?Notable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers (Soviet Navy)30:12Molotov tests a catapult-launched SpitfireNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers (Soviet Navy)34:07Project 26-bis2 adapts for the Soviet Far EastChapter
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:43:43Why five-inch guns better matched the Atlanta-class missionQ&A
- Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)12:38Power, guns, and seaplanes for a long-range scoutChapter
- Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)53:16USS Augusta's flagship role and CXAM-1 radar refitChapter
- 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
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)33:22Why the 37 mm battery fell behindNotable Point
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)44:35The Hotchkiss 13.2 mm battery's paper and practical limitsNotable Point
- A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video21:49The 2,000-ton design finds a workable weapon balanceChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)15:15The 1936 treaty widened sloop armament optionsChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)45:39Black Swan capability on a common hullChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)28:40Modern destroyer missions demanded more displacementChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)33:24The Pensacolas' last major role off OkinawaChapter
- Alex & Drach @ Haida (live)5:02Haida's postwar guns and a Falklands comparisonNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)3:55:33What would the 40 mm Toadstool system have changed?Q&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...55:13The limits of the 6-inch Mark XXIII as an anti-aircraft gunQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:12:14Why modern escorts often act as cruisersQ&A
- All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)19:17Battle-class destroyers and sectional armamentNotable Point
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)44:45Nürnberg's reconnaissance role and wartime modernizationChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)33:17Match destroyer weapons to the threatNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)59:50Fleet Air Arm bureaucracy and the missing 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:02:33A wartime 4.5-inch mount and the doctrine built around itNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:18:19The Fletcher package for Italy's escort gapNotable Point
- 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
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?57:39Cruiser gun calibre follows independent or escort dutyNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:32:57Air attack forced British destroyer armament to changeNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:18:40Japan's Axis ties did not close key technology gapsNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion5:00Why the Royal Navy retained six-inch cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:27:57A heavier dual-purpose Tribal without losing torpedoesQ&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:33:52How would 25 mm fire affect a Swordfish?Q&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue33:58What an early Battle-class destroyer programme could have deliveredQ&A
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol20:00Königsberg as a reconnaissance flagshipChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol29:52Karlsruhe's training cruises and welded-hull weaknessChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment51:35Why the Admiral Hipper class remained heavy cruisersQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:07:19Why the Admiral Hipper class kept specialized secondary gunsQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:11:33Why warships carried layered anti-aircraft batteriesQ&A
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:10:18Battle-class destroyers: guns forward, air defence aftNotable Point
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:15:12Offensive weapons forward, defensive weapons distributedNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:57:17How exercise assumptions shaped the Tribal-class destroyerNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:00:16Why Battle-class destroyers put their main guns forwardChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:06:04Lighter mounts make an aft destroyer gun practical againNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:28:18The useful calibre range for dual-purpose secondary gunsQ&A
- Some Sunday Naval Books28:10Treaty-era modernisation of capital shipsNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality UAD - HMS Queen Mary 3 (Long Patrol)21:17A successful anti-ship mounting may resist dual-purpose conversionNotable Point
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"1:44:10Why First World War air attacks offered limited fleet-defence lessonsQ&A
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)25:32Pluton's original armament and a possible Allied refitNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)43:20Could Lexington's 8-inch guns serve as anti-aircraft weapons?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)45:51Why smaller dual-purpose guns suited carriers betterQ&A
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued23:05Suffolk’s Arctic refit and Eastern Fleet serviceChapter
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)54:42Kent on the Arctic convoy routeChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?23:07The converted carriers in figuresNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?48:38Likely anti-aircraft upgrades in a major refitQ&A
- Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived4:26From Tribal combat losses to the Battle and Daring classesChapter
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat57:44Putting 1944 air defence into the fleets of 1939Q&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:18:22How late-war air defence changes attack tacticsQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:09:23Why Aoba comes out ahead of HMS ExeterQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:34:02Takao modernisation: replacing a turret with air defenceNotable Point
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:41:27Why 3-inch guns offered a useful anti-aircraft compromiseQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:15:21What earlier 4.5-inch guns could have changedNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:33:28Why wartime anti-aircraft fits varied ship by shipQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:53:50Single versus twin five-inch mounts on aircraft carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)56:54Glorious's lone .50-calibre machine gunQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:19:24Tribal-class destroyers with 4.5-inch dual-purpose gunsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:12:13HMS Centurion as decoy and anti-aircraft escortQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:48:39Specialist escorts versus the Dido compromiseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)4:13:04Queen Bee drones for naval anti-aircraft practiceQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:46:34Vanguard over Hood for a later missile-era fightQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:57:49Replacing Hood's rocket anti-aircraft batteryQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History47:23Large-caliber proximity fuzes against aircraft formationsQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:21:49Carrier air defense worked by breaking attacks apart in layersQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War1:21:23How the Worcester class arranged its anti-aircraft firepowerNotable Point
- Prince Philips Navy38:16How HMS Valiant became a modernized Queen Elizabeth-class battleshipChapter
- Prince Philips Navy43:13Could 40 mm pom-poms and Bofors guns share ammunition?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy1:08:00HMS Wallace as a WAIR anti-aircraft escort conversionChapter
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers57:21Minotaur rearranged the Crown Colony formulaQ&A
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland2:17How technology forecasts shaped Crown Colony cruiser designChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland11:46Ceylon's economical modernization and Suez gunfire roleNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland24:21Why HMCS Uganda's crew voted against continued Pacific serviceNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda23:46Jamaica's 20 mm refit adds fire but little reachNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda30:25Jamaica covers carrier strikes against TirpitzNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from48:28Crown Colony guns, torpedoes, aircraft, and wartime crewChapter
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers40:36Did Crown Colony cruisers work better with three or four turrets?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers47:02Did Town cruisers have more room for anti-aircraft additions?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers51:05Why cruiser crews expanded sharply in wartimeQ&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers58:22HMS Fiji and the anti-aircraft ammunition crisis at CreteChapter
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers1:08:18How much anti-aircraft ammunition remained before Fiji and Gloucester were lost?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers1:09:38Captured Italian guns became improvised Royal Navy air defenseNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers1:10:29Why couldn't cruisers redistribute anti-aircraft ammunition at Crete?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers1:10:43Why did wartime cruisers still carry practice rounds?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers1:21:04Why cruisers still needed six-inch guns as air defense grewNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers2:49:26How tachymetric anti-aircraft fire control predicted a targetQ&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:26:35Why Royal Navy designers left room for wartime growthNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet2:45:05Choosing secondary guns for aircraft or surface threatsQ&A
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)33:34Were the Atlanta and Dido classes destroyer-killing cruisers?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers20:19Joffre's island, guns, and bidirectional landingsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction9:30Airships as long-range maritime scoutsNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:29:29The Battle-class destroyer's aft anti-aircraft batteryQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:46:07A 40 mm Gatling concept for close-in defenceQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:53:29Overlapping fields of fire for a proposed 40 mm barrage defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:54:31Weight and coverage in a 40 mm close-in systemQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History3:48:52The limited value of .50-calibre cruiser air defenceQ&A
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy6:50Walrus aircraft and the Town class's upgrade spaceNotable Point
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters13:45HMS Manchester's rapid radar and anti-aircraft upgradesChapter
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters27:46Gloucester sent back into the Battle of Crete with little AA ammunitionChapter
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction10:11How the Southampton, Gloucester, and Edinburgh batches grewChapter
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…37:25Could a six-inch gun serve in anti-aircraft fire?Q&A
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint2:02:43Why an open gun mount could be safer than a weak turretNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation39:20Royal Navy carrier doctrine favored rolling waves of attackNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol30:34Air power and radar at Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/250:32Weapon arcs, mutual coverage, and redundancyNotable Point
- HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/414:16Reading an Arethusa's wartime armament from an ONI guideNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War2:52:05Harpoon's close escort faces air and surface attackNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:32:23Heavier anti-aircraft guns did not solve U-boat vulnerabilityNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:13:51Were Scouts expected to fight an invasion?Q&A
- Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk10:27Why committing destroyers to Dunkirk was a strategic riskNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul26:15Irish Sea escorts faced submarines and aircraftQ&A
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style28:08Why Arethusa cruisers suited exposed Malta operationsNotable Point
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?26:23Six-inch guns as an anti-aircraft barrage weaponNotable Point
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?55:18HMS Orion and wartime air-defence modernisationNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers11:28Radar height and a layered anti-aircraft screenNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:16:11Battle-class destroyers as a crowded general-purpose designChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 412:59An old cruiser makes convoy attacks costlyNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 49:26Peacetime procurement and a balanced fleetChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 455:42Ammunition consumption and the friction of warNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 434:42A Wellington and Swordfish combined attackNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)6:10HMS Ambuscade as a 1924 destroyer testbedNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4345:44Why better anti-aircraft weapons could not save scattered shipsQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4352:42Why Japan's Type 96 anti-aircraft gun underperformedQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:07:23Why Japan did not license the Bofors remains uncertainQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:16:43Why Britain kept the 3.7-inch gun out of naval and anti-tank rolesQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:23:05Why the Royal Navy kept the pom-pom while Bofors output was scarceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:15:01How apparently attractive design choices can cripple a navyQ&A
- 50th Live Special: Thank You16:37Spica-class boats in the convoy warNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:11:25HMS Delhi introduced the Royal Navy to Mk 37 fire controlNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class11:49Mk VI guns, anti-aircraft weapons, and SquidNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class18:04Seaslug, radar, and the Falklands counterfactualNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)18:39The gun-mount compromise behind the Tribal classNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)22:51How the Tribals adapted their air defence in warNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)31:07From Pedestal to a new destroyer templateChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates17:36Bay-class frigates as anti-submarine and anti-aircraft variantsNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 434:28Black Swan sloops brought destroyer-like combat powerChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 212:15Admirable-class minesweepers packed escort weapons into a small hullNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 234:17Spica-class torpedo boats sustained Italy's convoy warChapter
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy33:21Why Gurkha's early loss was not simple failureQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:16:36Why air-defense awareness did not guarantee enough gunsNotable Point
- An Introduction To Battle Cruisers17:14Why HMS Hood remained a battlecruiserChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A26:14What aircraft rockets could do to an armored warshipQ&A
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 192917:11Cumulative damage and speed loss changed how a fleet could fightNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(i)11:31Glen-class armament, personnel load, and enduranceNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(i)18:21Medium LSIs make Operation Claymore possibleChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?9:07London Treaty rules created free small-ship tonnageChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?59:18Were Bitterns really flak sloops?Q&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:26:50Why HMCS Haida carried twin four-inch mountsNotable Point
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!29:24How Tribal-class destroyers could protect carriersQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:20:26Why Mark 37 directors arrived too late for most wartime shipsQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!2:00:08County-class eight-inch guns in an anti-aircraft roleNotable Point
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck49:47How wartime-built Tribals differed from prewar shipsQ&A
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full21:42Why the Tribal class needed stronger anti-aircraft armamentNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream23:41Weapons, radar, and the growth of British destroyersChapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)4:17HMS Gurkha, imperial identity, and convoy defenceNotable Point
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video18:31Woodhouse links ammunition economy to carrier aviationNotable Point
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)3:05Gun-heavy layout and advanced fire controlNotable Point
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)25:59HMS Gurkha exposed the uncertainty of early-war air defenceNotable Point