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- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live46:12American and British obstacles to wartime ship productionQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:03Could small fast carriers guide battlecruiser hunter groups?Q&A
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- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:19Battleship autoloaders need fire-control contextNotable Point
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:02What related warship designs would shareQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)40:04The international technology race behind the dreadnoughtsChapter
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:43:16Fast battleships break the traditional battle lineNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today48:54Postwar destroyers combine dual-purpose guns and ASW weaponsNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...36:37Stability calibration and weapons fitNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:57Effective range and maximum range for guided shellsNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart39:10Why radar ranging changes the gunnery problemNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart48:51Why six 20-inch guns are poor for pre-radar rangingNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:00:51Jean Bart would need a uniform main batteryQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:20What a working Babbage engine could change in ship designQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....3:01:19Missile engagement windows depend on target geometryQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:09Why local drone coordination does not remove human fire controlQ&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)13:10A submerged torpedo attack without modern fire controlNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:49:30Distinguishing 8-inch and 16-inch shell splashesQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start32:31Why protected and armored cruisers do not map neatly onto treaty cruisersQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order17:41Why interwar gun designs resist a single national labelNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order35:24Yamato's maximum range versus effective rangeQ&A
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...39:03Jellicoe's all-round view and the funnel-smoke problemChapter
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...41:10Sighting hoods and the limits of rearranging a ten-gun broadsideNotable Point
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...48:21Monarch's armour and early wartime fire-control and AA upgradesNotable Point
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...54:24Why Monarch fired only 53 heavy shells at JutlandChapter
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...56:32Why loading speed did not determine the combat rate of fireNotable Point
- Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!16:59Falklands victory raises shell-quality warningsChapter
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:28What Swordfish could have changed at JutlandQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:53:28HMS Venturer's submerged attack on U-864Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle8:15:03Could a 15-inch Mark II refit exceed 30 degrees elevation?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:29:05Yamato's two-opponent gunnery conceptNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:55:38An upgraded Iowa against a First World War fleetQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon2:00:12Why a calculating engine would not immediately become shipboard fire controlQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War20:18An underwater torpedo shot worked out by handNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War1:26:57Radar as the defining naval development of the 1930sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:09:26Why matching shell trajectories would not save mixed-calibre battleshipsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust9:18:51Taking radar plans to the Royal Navy in 1913Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:23:09Why navies independently adopted triple turretsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:59:50Comparing British and American 6-inch cruiser gunsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress6:05:58Why short shell flight times matter in night actionsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress6:07:43The artillery weight carried by four Force K shipsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress11:48:41Maximum gun range is not effective battle rangeNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida8:13:29Checking crew and fire-control assumptions after a simulated defeatNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida8:22:45Firing arcs, tower space, and propellant in a game-built battleshipNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida8:34:43What changes in the battleship rematchNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida8:38:15Designing a light cruiser with twenty-four automatic 6-inch gunsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida9:25:19Why cruiser designers used casemates before rapid powered turretsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:02:16An early turret hit complicates the treaty-cruiser comparisonNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:54:12Why the US 5-inch/38 succeeded as a complete systemNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:19:56Why Britain did not standardize on a four-inch dual-purpose gunQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:28:27Why long-range weapons still need a complete targeting chainNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:30:09Pairing a dual-purpose destroyer gun with fire controlNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?18:32Fisher's forward-fire doctrine before long-range gunneryNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?55:08German armor technique and fire-control choicesNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?15:33Why favour a 16.5-inch battleship gun?Q&A
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?2:15:50Ersatz Monarch was tailored to control the AdriaticChapter
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:25What limited 1880s ironclad battle rangeQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:09:40Why battleships developed pagoda mastsQ&A
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?22:04The 15-inch gun and the three-change ruleChapter
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:38Why shell-dye spotting emerged across naviesQ&A
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?23:37Range, volume of fire, and mount layout create competing choicesChapter
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:09The tradeoff between shared and independent gun cradlesQ&A
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction1:08:35Jutland accelerated fire-control investmentNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned2:13:19What other navies learned from TsushimaChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?45:19More directors would leave Atlanta with the same main gunNotable 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
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:07:23Better-protected Counties and small carriers for global scoutingNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:13:37Why a battleship waited between salvosNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:19:44Does maneuvering trade gunnery accuracy for survival?Q&A
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:21:30Rodney turns toward Bismarck's shell splashesNotable Point
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live2:59:19Why naval guns work better against drones attacking the warshipNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:56Rifled muzzle-loaders in an age-of-sail fleetQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:12Where battleship gun caliber reaches diminishing returnsQ&A
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...1:21:18Triple turrets offered a gunnery advantage beyond gun countNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:27:34The artilleryman's preparation for TsushimaNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II15:16The decisive interwar technology: radar fire controlQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II28:30Why a single 5-inch Mark 42 could fire quicklyQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II45:53Firing naval guns as the ship reaches the right angleQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:22:43Why naval guns did not use tank-style spotting riflesQ&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?2:02:42Henry Jackson's wireless and fire-control opportunityChapter
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?2:54:19The horizon could push naval spotting forwardNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:17:39Could aircraft carriers arrive before the First World War?Q&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:24:47Earlier fire-control superstructuresNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:26:24How large could rangefinders become?Q&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:27:06Could optics and radar keep pace with longer-range guns?Q&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:29:52Does a long-range gun need better accuracy to be useful?Q&A
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?28:03The battlehotel silhouette and the transitional firing problemNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:07:31Why the Gangut-style low superstructure disappearedQ&A
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War0:00Why Elli's tactical lessons arrived too lateChapter
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War49:54Kountouriotis uses Averof's speed to cross the Ottoman lineChapter
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 943:58Dogger Bank: speed, fire control, and a confused target orderChapter
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 91:05:25The logic of long-range gunnery and controlled closingNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...19:45Why radar research took decades to matureNotable Point
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo1:53:35Would Kongō defeat Renown or Repulse?Q&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/46:36:51The practical limit on battleship main-battery turretsQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/47:01:49HMS Venturer's submerged torpedo interceptionNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/48:22:57Why longer modern warships do not carry less firepowerQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/43:45:56Why realistic naval hit rates make poor arcade pacingNotable Point
- 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
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:30:45Why Tiger Cubs would challenge older battlecruisersNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:32:02Why gun range exceeds effective fire-control rangeNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:40:26What does longer gun range demand from the rangefinder?Q&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
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast1:14:34Why shore bombardment needs dedicated fire controlQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax1:56:44Mount performance matters more than caliber against fast jetsQ&A
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'22:00The Mark XII's promise and the limits of monitor gun trialsChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:17:039.2-inch fire could cripple what belt armour did not coverNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:46:23Jellicoe turned the Grand Fleet into a gunnery instrumentNotable Point
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:15:21Kongo versus ScharnhorstQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:45:43Could twin five-inch naval mounts return?Q&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:05:13USS Alaska against HMS DreadnoughtQ&A
- Laying Minefields in the Sky... Some WWII Rocketry and Supersized T-Shirt Cannons...41:59A flame barrier is brief and hard to placeNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 31:00:12Using fall of shot to control gunnery rangeNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 11:02:35Why the early American cruisers use cage mastsQ&A
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 13:23:29Manual aiming limits early concentrated gunfireNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier26:13Existing Royal Navy guns suit the stand-off aircraft threatChapter
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier32:47British carrier aviation shifts toward fighters and guided strikeChapter
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier45:23Fritz X pushes German air power toward the Ju 88Notable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign49:27Naval radar roles are not interchangeableNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:39:59Shell weight trades range and penetration against accuracyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:51:17Secondary-tower firepower versus firing qualityQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:07:12A six-turret H-class battleship against MontanaQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:32:26Destroyer screens and sensible battery targetsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign17:47Speed margin trades closure for gunnery accuracyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:44:25Pursuit geometry over broadside firepowerNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:14:49Why N3 and G3 would change later superstructuresQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote4:01:45Why continuous battleship development favors radar gunneryQ&A
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:21:54Why 20-inch guns make fire-control errors costlyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:54:56Range control beats nominal calibre - until a magazine explodesChapter
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:29:11Is an extra half-inch of gun calibre worthwhile?Q&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off10:17Automation in a no-treaty Royal NavyQ&A
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:42:18Closing the range can surrender a fire-control advantageNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:11:33Lion-class guns and maximum practicable rangeQ&A
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- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:20:33Why eight-inch guns need not pierce Bismarck's beltQ&A
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:46:38Combat results expose warship design flawsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:19:46Refitting a battleship for long-range gunfireNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed59:17Why four giant guns are not enoughQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:42:24An all-Queen Elizabeth British fleet at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:26:03Why a supergun race would reverse toward smaller weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:19:39What battleship gunfire would change in the Falklands campaignQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:53:11What separates a super-dreadnought from a 1940s fast battleshipQ&A
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- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:00:35An earlier North Carolina pattern for the U.S. NavyChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 548:50Fire-control quality undermined by inconsistent Italian shellsNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War17:13Reconnaissance mattered more than early bomb loadsChapter
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:53:22Must space combat rely on guided missiles?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction3:00:55A space railgun can fire a spread instead of one slugNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered50:51Why interwar naval rockets needed more than propulsionQ&A
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign27:16A Lion-class major refit balances armor and firepowerChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign45:18Electronics make an old hull more usefulNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:19:13Naval finance and the limits of game abstractionNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered40:13What counted as capital-ship night-fighting rangeQ&A
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- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:30:36Why larger guns would not solve Surcouf's firing limitsQ&A
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign37:25Why mixed AI gun batteries weaken fire controlNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:38:20Why early helicopters would still use visual gunfire correctionQ&A
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies0:01Why navies sought automated gun loadingChapter
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History2:18:28From gun autoloaders to vertical launch systemsChapter
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 759:22Why submarine commanders varied torpedo salvo sizeNotable Point
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:50:11Radar and radar-controlled gunnery are the wartime innovationsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:09:33Dutch stabilization work fed the Royal Navy's Hazemeyer mountsQ&A
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri35:28Why published gun rates of fire need contextNotable Point
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri1:13:12Gun numbers, salvo fire, and the mathematics of warNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...56:41Why twelve guns help a battleship engage two targetsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:40:30Keeping a pre-dreadnought usefulQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:25:43A 1942 transistor leap for Royal Navy electronicsQ&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:35:42How capable was German naval radar during Operation Berlin?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:04:08Could Ramillies engage both German raiders?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:23:33How would an Alaska-class cruiser fare against Scharnhorst?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:20:28Would Hood match Renown against Scharnhorst and Gneisenau?Q&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War2:00:58Togo's turn exposed the decisive training gapChapter
- Building A British Super Battleship!56:49Battle damage overturns Rodney's long-range design logicNotable Point
- HMS Benbow: KSS1 S3 Comment Response13:50When naval weapons outrange their own sensorsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:28:53What an autoloading 14-inch broadside does to BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:40:25What uniform modern rangefinders would do at JutlandQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:22:46How would British 14-inch guns fight Yamato?Q&A
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 87:07Why Asahi carried fourteen six-inch gunsNotable Point
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies57:28High-speed interception depends on fuzing and geometryNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update1:06:20Primitive fire control shapes a battle with RussiaChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?11:46How closely was radar linked to fire control?Q&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?16:14Vanguard's design around radar fire controlQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?2:36:18Why Merrill kept the cruisers at six-inch rangeQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:37:25Vertical launch needed missile control, not only deck boxesQ&A
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...3:31Why bigger naval guns were not automatically betterNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...38:55G3 and N3 at opposite ends of the capital-ship spectrumChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:53:59Soviet battleship and battlecruiser ambitionsChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 72:22A more radical Dreadnought and the limits of superfiringChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 719:15Hull form, torpedoes and redundant gunnery controlNotable Point
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 55:01An insurance policy against Dreadnought riskNotable Point
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 552:28If long-range fire control had failedNotable Point
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 19601:41Naval gunnery depended on more than the gun barrelChapter
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 196047:46Fire control grew from gunport judgment into specialist teamworkChapter
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 196049:41Mechanical firing tables turned observations into aiming solutionsNotable Point
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 196051:45Effective range could matter more than maximum rangeNotable Point
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 196054:03Aircraft made gun elevation and data transfer urgent problemsChapter
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 19601:04:21Turret layouts balanced accuracy, arcs, and redundancyNotable Point
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 19601:06:53Barrel droop made foundry quality part of fire controlNotable Point
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 19601:12:11Wing turrets magnified motion and confused shell dispersionChapter
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 19601:17:07Dreadnought showed that guns needed control as well as rangeChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 646:12Why fast battlecruisers still need better fire controlNotable Point
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 86:16A strong turbine ship with unreliable machineryNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 52:13:46Scouts extend long-range capital-ship fireNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built3:02:28How shore parties direct naval gunfireQ&A
- Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion16:26Heavier shells slow fire control even with radarNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!11:56Fake bow waves only disrupt the opening salvosQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!24:08Why radar did not eliminate ranging salvosNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 926:17Choosing shell weight or volume of fireNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 82:22Calibre versus usable firepowerNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 85:43Why gun number matters for ranging fireNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 815:33A battlecruiser's real speed is speed of engagementNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 824:19Why Dreadnought was a practical firepower revolutionNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 826:35Fire-control redundancy and the speed of engagementNotable Point
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 712:54Why six enormous guns can lose the ranging contestNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 450:42Why H-44's displacement is not simply fantasyNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:55:54Why ever-larger guns can harm long-range gunneryNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture19:37Jutland: better shells and gunnery disciplineNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas1:38:28Concentrated fire versus target identificationNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?15:54Modernising Chatfield's King George V gun systemChapter
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction12:25Crossing the T without surrendering rangeNotable Point
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction15:08Visibility limits the useful firing rangeNotable Point
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction1:07:06Divided fire leaves damaged ships in actionNotable Point
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction1:43:54Radar fire control changes the engagementQ&A
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction1:49:01Why better small guns do not end the calibre raceQ&A
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction1:54:02Why the larger autoloading gun still mattersQ&A
- Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction2:01:55Spotter aircraft would reshape the long-range fightNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:00:08Why numerical superiority compounds in a gunfightQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:22:19The human limit on multi-target fire controlQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:25:17High-elevation guns and long-range fireQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:50:51Interwar fire control limits time-on-target gunneryQ&A
- Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs30:15A modern Spanish battleship and national design identityNotable Point
- Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs1:30:41Torpedo range, fire control, and ammunition enduranceNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:09:04Early range-finding radar needed substantial equipmentQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:23:20Fire-control spaces housed people as well as machineryQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:33:08Naval range-finding mathematics helped launch the space ageQ&A
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 58:26Industrial depth behind destroyer fire controlNotable Point
- What would battleship and cruiser guns look like If modern technology were applied to them?0:26Setting limits for a modern big-gun thought experimentChapter
- What would battleship and cruiser guns look like If modern technology were applied to them?1:15Guided shells from heavy naval gunsNotable Point
- What would battleship and cruiser guns look like If modern technology were applied to them?12:57Barrel length buys range but consumes gunsNotable Point
- What would battleship and cruiser guns look like If modern technology were applied to them?13:41Large guns as launchers for specialist naval payloadsNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 313:39Why battleship armour only works within limitsNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 317:38New guns, fire control, and command spaces complete the rebuildNotable Point
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 226:42Early anti-aircraft guns and fire controlNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet1:12:16Mixed calibres and superposed turrets complicate fire controlNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon23:03Shell design lagged behind long-range battle doctrineNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon24:19Dreyer's rapid wartime shell-reform programmeChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon47:49Poor shells create pressure for more accurate fireNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon2:01:28Fifth Battle Squadron hit with partial broadsidesNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:05:47Why several modernized old battleships still threaten YamatoQ&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:54:19Was Renown firing full broadsides or alternating half-salvos?Q&A
- A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?19:05Speed, spotting, and gun rangeNotable Point
- A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?27:11Steaming into the fall of shotNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done34:51Why a capital ship should preserve its range advantageNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 36:34Machinery heat, magazines, and evolving fire controlNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 38:24Wartime experience returns to the design officesNotable Point
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...26:08Destroyers spotting for heavier gunsQ&A
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...57:48Testing the machine-gun cruiserNotable Point
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...1:46:02Shipboard radar and long-range gunneryNotable Point
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...2:19:18Quadruple turrets and distorted Japanese accuracyNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 117:01Dreadnought as a bundle of combat capabilitiesNotable Point
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck23:35How one main-tower hit erases a fifteen-gun advantageNotable Point
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck29:52Rebuilding beam, topweight, and fire control after the first duelNotable Point
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck48:55When fewer guns make a stronger battleship designNotable Point
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck52:48A zero-aim bug invalidates the first gunnery resultNotable Point
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck1:02:29Winning because the enemy exhausts its main-battery ammunitionNotable Point
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck1:19:49What the twelve-gun reconstruction gains from better fire controlNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword45:03Why battleships normally fired broadsidesQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword56:46What an autoloading battleship changesQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword1:12:27Autoloaders and a long-range first strikeNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword1:18:10Time-on-target fire from capital shipsQ&A
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition2:50:28Q&A: Targeting topmen and gunnery controlQ&A
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:23:40Do not throw away the advantage of rangeNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:36:37Why navies invested in long-range fire controlNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:57:45Radar quality includes whether it keeps workingNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...2:24:47Carriers would change the battleship duelNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword52:41Longer naval guns demand more than stretching the barrelQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:37:48Ripple fire depends on timing and fire control, not barrel count aloneQ&A
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?12:15Early reliable shells could break off the battlecruiser actionChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?23:48Long-range gunnery outgrew Tsushima-era ammunition doctrineNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?27:37Dreyer and Pollen took different routes into fire controlNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?36:26The Orion programme offered a peacetime route to better testsNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?47:52Better shells also reward gunnery and rate of fireNotable Point
- Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you18:59The systems needed to make a huge battery usefulNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)11:52A close-in weapon system would overwhelm an age-of-sail warshipQ&A
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas5:01Building Germany's maximum 1912 counterpartChapter
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas15:08Fire control and the Kiel Canal shape the German maximumNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas41:10Redesigning protection and secondaries after the failed trialChapter
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:03:59Small-calibre hits expose the fire-control systemNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:49:43The narrow range window favoring the Bismarck-like shipNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response24:23Why the Royal Navy tested the six-gun arrangementQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response26:00When simulation technology distorts a historical comparisonNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response36:28How slower battleships could obstruct GoebenNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response56:30What the third turret gave Renown's gunnersQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:27:02Missing fire-control equipment after Soviet serviceQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts1:10:20How rapid 6-inch fire could blind a heavier cruiserNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response10:27HMS New Zealand survives by keeping her fire-control advantageNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:37:09How larger guns changed the form of warshipsNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class38:53Comus gun ranges shrink from theory to combatQ&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:06:55Good Hope and Monmouth fought a 1914 battle with 1901 layoutsChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:24:45HMS Defence would have changed the gun balanceChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:15:47Town-class gun balance at close visual rangeQ&A
- HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service1:08:38How Haida turned ASDIC contacts into ASW attacksNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:53:03Strategic surveillance and tactical fire-control radarQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII6:39Why Prinz Eugen found Hood's range so quicklyQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII46:51Late-war success distorts the history of US fire controlQ&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:20:15Why was battleship fire control so difficult to armour?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:37:25Can a battleship dodge incoming shells?Q&A
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)38:07Long-range salvo doctrine before DreadnoughtNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response59:27Effective gun range in Coronel's sea stateQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:54:07Could a smaller-gun ship strip defenses with high explosive first?Q&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War48:32A modern five-inch system transported to 1925Q&A
- Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response1:15What continuous rapid fire does to a cruiserNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response38:44Why Safi's concrete coastal battery looked more dangerousNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:30:50Could Second World War battleship shells be guided?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:38:28Correcting myths about Japanese fire controlNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 332:43How a nineteenth-century cruiser fares against WWII escortsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 23:28Realistic gun ranges for late nineteenth-century warshipsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 29:26When naval guns outrange their sensorsQ&A
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers8:23Dimensions, propulsion, and stability under heavy gunsChapter
- HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p44:42The ramming charge and electric broadside conceptChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out24:21What centralized fire control meant aboard SydneyQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:58:26Where to read about local naval gun controlQ&A
- Algerie (1932): Marine National4:46Rangefinder and anti-aircraft refits before ToulonChapter
- Raimondo Montecuccoli Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina23:54Calabria shows Italy's one-ship, one-target gunnery ruleNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194041:46Royal Navy dawn bombardment methods in 1939Notable Point
- Town Class (1910): Bristols & Weymouths6:21Why the Weymouths adopted an all-6-inch batteryNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 225:36How to identify a shipboard rangefinder lensQ&A
- Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...16:39How longer gunnery ranges changed Invincible's protection logicChapter
- A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video14:14A gun destroyer still needs a torpedo threatChapter
- A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video30:46The Fuze Keeping Clock gives a small destroyer accurate fireNotable Point
- A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video31:43Destroyer balance depends on the navy's missionNotable Point
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)1:12:23Maneuvering toward the previous fall of shotNotable Point
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)29:19All-forward firepower in a pursuit engagementNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)43:33Beam, torpedo protection, and the risks of new turretsNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature13:45Fire control and the first hit in a naval simulationNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:51:35The Blackburn's value as a fleet spotting aircraftQ&A
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)34:48Why treaty labels did not make a convincing heavy cruiserChapter
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)41:22A heavier County derivative that was less survivableNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet54:58Why auxiliary-cruiser guns did not equal cruiser gunneryQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:59:29Why a ship's guns could outperform the same weapons ashoreQ&A
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:01:13When gun counts become comparableNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:30:47Why today's electronic-warfare suite is historically specificQ&A
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships14:56Does light-speed fire control leave time to evade?Q&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue33:04Why Admiral Lee's gunnery would decide a duel with BeattyQ&A
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion26:44Concentrated salvos make fall of shot easier to readNotable Point
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol37:32Karlsruhe against the coastal guns at KristiansandChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)30:39Why a stopped target becomes easier to hitNotable Point
- 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)13:58Bow-on firepower and a narrower targetNotable Point
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)24:32Three efficiencies behind an all-forward batteryNotable Point
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)41:11Nelson's bow-on geometry and three kinds of efficiencyNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament29:45N3, smoke clearance, and concentrated fire controlNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament47:40Turning the bow into the fighting positionNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:29:29What did the British tower superstructure offer?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:46:53Were most 16- and 18-inch shells duds?Q&A
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion42:29Why funnel and control-position hits matterNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion43:02Long-range gunnery aimed through smokeNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion44:21Rangefinder results vary across simulated duelsNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion46:00Torpedo range and firing disciplineNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion46:50Fire control and the 13.5-inch gunsChapter
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books44:25When more 14-inch guns still lose to twelve 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books54:30Comparing gunnery through energy, range, and hit rateNotable Point
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)42:44Mixed calibres in the director-fire eraNotable Point
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:12:09What changes if British and American anti-aircraft systems are swappedQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:44:17A limited case for Beresford's reforming roleNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:20:43Why HMS Venturer’s underwater kill is easy to overlookQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:02:30Fire-control computing matters at the system levelQ&A
- Scout Cruisers & Conning Towers: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)13:18A gun's position trades firing arc against motionNotable Point
- Scout Cruisers & Conning Towers: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)15:16Closing with destroyers after their torpedo attackChapter
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"1:48:04How fixed underwater torpedo tubes were aimedQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:47:10Why warships rarely fire merely to announce their presenceQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:48:15Could early fire control use 20-inch guns?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:05:31Could Surcouf rotate and use her heavy-gun turret?Q&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered18:46A counterfactual Jutland refitQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)40:17The muzzle-blast problem in triple turretsQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Long Patrol)16:00Armament and fire-control choices behind the conceptNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 915:45Lord Clive class and the logic of monitor accuracyNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol44:16The American plan for radar, torpedoes, and cruiser fireNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol57:04The delayed American torpedo salvoChapter
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol1:02:17Destroyer star shells become an improvised substituteNotable Point
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol1:05:03Why the American torpedoes missedNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles1:58:24Which earlier ships fed Dreadnought's design?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:28:49The French van and the casualty imbalanceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:29:08Why six main guns can still support accurate gunneryQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)24:10How long-range salvo fire changed battleship designNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?4:06:15How a nine-gun battleship could fire alternating half-salvosQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:29:16Why battleships carried their own spotting aircraftQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:45:02What spotting aircraft could sense from heavy shellsQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:34:47Radar could not erase a submarine's low horizonQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:39:09Surcouf's guns against a Tribal-class destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions47:36World War I accelerated fire-control experienceQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions59:54How a battleship's main battery was fired electricallyQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:23:24Why main and secondary batteries corrected fire differentlyQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:26:04From the Dumaresq to reliable fire-control tablesQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:40:57A small ranging gun cannot reproduce a main battery's flightQ&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:51:12Why did different turret heights matter?Q&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:07:52The grand assault loses its advantage through poor concentrationChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-71:01Could the dreadnought revolution have waited until after 1945?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-718:30Turbine performance relied on accumulated industrial skillNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?2:07:29How battleships aimed at a moving future positionQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 19051:24Tsushima and the technology window for dreadnoughtsChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 19053:24Rate of fire could outweigh shell weightNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 190516:34Britain had the margin to risk the Dreadnought experimentChapter
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War1:07:54Do six-inch guns still have a place at sea?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy1:14:41How useful was early radar against S-boats?Q&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:05:32Minotaur still relied on visual command methodsQ&A
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies2:32:39The naval firepower triangleNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-1330:07How the Dover Patrol repaired aircraft spottingNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class16:00Harland and Wolff adapted its building dock for broad monitorsChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments2:55What 300 rounds from a Russian 47 mm gun could achieveQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P2/6 178120:51Why Zoutman may have waited to open fireNotable Point
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19163:05:04Why concentrated naval fire requires practiceQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:14:44Visibility limited the practical value of 8-inch cruiser rangeQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...2:52Mechanical computation for long-range naval gunneryNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...7:07Air spotting extends battleship gunneryChapter
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction39:25Why shell volume mattered with long flight timesNotable Point
- Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions14:21Somme assault timing: barrages, Russian saps, and wave spacingChapter
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books3:42:34Why Star Wars fleets underuse smart weapons and turretsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...6:32Observation duties and directed artillery fireNotable Point
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/248:09Point-defence weapons that can fight aloneNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers1:53:19Could one salvo silence Sydney's fire control?Q&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:10:42Littorio's many optical rangefindersQ&A
- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...13:44Flak works, but missiles need a safe path through itNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...39:20Why Birmingham's guns would target cruiser bridgesNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...47:19What bridge damage could do to a Japanese cruiserQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:31Where to study the Pollen-Dreyer fire-control debateQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:38:58Why the first heavy-gun hit can decide a duelQ&A
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)14:58Radar, power, and fire control aboard the classNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)27:31Fire-control priorities: Battle class versus VanguardNotable Point
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck36:49How the Tribals might have entered the Denmark Strait fightQ&A
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck38:37What radar revealed about Bismarck's incoming shellsQ&A
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile1:18Why battleships remained credible before carrier aviation maturedChapter