Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Casemate Guns

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  1. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    9:25:19Why cruiser designers used casemates before rapid powered turretsQ&A
  2. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    9:29:13Did cruisers need a dedicated casemate deck?Q&A
  3. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    3:59:38Lower armored-cruiser casemates were wet and miserableQ&A
  4. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    49:11Omaha's mixed battery hedges an experimental designNotable Point
  5. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    26:17Early British carriers argued against casemate gunsNotable Point
  6. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    13:26Why Graf Zeppelin's raw specifications misleadQ&A
  7. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    19:49Why six-inch guns seemed rational to German designersQ&A
  8. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    11:25HMS Warrior made armour, speed, and firepower inseparableNotable Point
  9. Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 3
    23:12The cost of a heavily armed German battlecruiserChapter
  10. Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 10
    22:56A gun and armour scheme tailored to close watersChapter
  11. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    39:42Nassau established a persistent German design languageNotable Point
  12. USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 8
    1:18Would Graf Zeppelin's casemate guns help in a carrier fight?Q&A
  13. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    28:55A turret explosion turns the first trial into a survival testNotable Point
  14. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:06:55Good Hope and Monmouth fought a 1914 battle with 1901 layoutsChapter
  15. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:16:32Would Brooklyn's turrets have been better suited to Coronel?Q&A
  16. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    32:09Cressy armament and the cost of low casematesNotable Point
  17. Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)
    18:35Armor and gun layout make Asama costly to fightNotable Point
  18. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    12:28Why sixteen six-inch guns suited the Diadem roleChapter
  19. Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 10
    46:29St George's layered 9.2-inch and 6-inch batteryNotable Point
  20. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    13:52The Omaha class as a transitional cruiser designChapter
  21. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    37:29Casemates, turrets, and usable firing arcsChapter
  22. Bruships 69: The Decider
    1:54:44Casemate guns were backups whose usefulness depended on the seaQ&A
  23. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    31:40M29 class: emergency construction and M33's survivalChapter
  24. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    2:46:29Why heavy naval guns moved into turretsQ&A