Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Gun Calibres

Also searchable as Gun Caliber, Gun Calibers, Gun Calibre, Naval Gun Caliber, Naval Gun Calibre.

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  1. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:22:15French gun calibres and older pounder conventionsNotable Point
  2. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    15:35Surcouf and the cost of an intermediate designNotable Point
  3. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    3:27:21Why the gun race stops before 30 inchesQ&A
  4. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:30:10Why historical gun names cannot always be reduced to millimetresNotable Point
  5. Why do Naval Historians not still use the Age of Sail Rating system?
    1:20Why main-battery calibre matters in a gunnery duelNotable Point
  6. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:47:37British battleship gun development in 1.5-inch stepsQ&A
  7. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:29:41Favourite gun calibres and their historical associationsQ&A
  8. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    2:06:02Why a larger naval gun calibre can reduce barrel wearNotable Point
  9. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    4:03:03Why an eight-inch cruiser gun beats a comparable 7.5-inch weaponQ&A
  10. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    1:27:22Why battleship calibres clustered around 13.5 and 14 inchesQ&A
  11. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    1:18:08Rate of fire versus an 18-inch shellQ&A
  12. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:29:11Is an extra half-inch of gun calibre worthwhile?Q&A
  13. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    48:57A two-calibre treaty forces every navy into awkward compromisesQ&A
  14. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    2:26:13How rate of fire shaped successful naval gun calibersChapter
  15. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    13:54When a newspaper mistakes gun calibre for barrel lengthQ&A
  16. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    29:18Gun smoke could blind the firing shipChapter
  17. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    31:51Propellant consistency controlled shell dispersionNotable Point
  18. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    51:45Effective range could matter more than maximum rangeNotable Point
  19. Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion
    3:26Could a 45-calibre 20-inch naval gun have been built then?Q&A
  20. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    23:15Why 18-inch guns need much larger turretsNotable Point
  21. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    1:37:24What a four-pounder’s number describesQ&A
  22. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    58:43The trade-off between 16.5-inch and 18-inch gunsNotable Point
  23. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    39:31Torpedoes and a uniform battery for quick killsNotable Point
  24. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    3:01:10Pounder names do not convert neatly to caliberQ&A
  25. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    1:24:07Why French naval gun calibres look unusualQ&A
  26. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    8:42Shell weight versus volume of fireNotable Point
  27. Some Sunday Naval Books
    29:54The dreadnought race was wider than Britain and GermanyNotable Point
  28. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)
    32:00Why larger-calibre guns rapidly lengthen a battleship layoutNotable Point
  29. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    4:52:54Why the British calibre became 9.2 inches rather than 9 inchesQ&A
  30. A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-1956
    11:04Cavour gun caliber pits logistics against moraleNotable Point
  31. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 1905
    3:24Rate of fire could outweigh shell weightNotable Point
  32. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 1905
    4:59Why Dreadnought balanced on twelve-inch gunsNotable Point
  33. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    1:28:01Why Royal Navy calibers used decimalsQ&A
  34. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    20:36Why a five-inch gun is not five inches longNotable Point
  35. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-7
    16:54Article 5 standardises carrier gun limitsChapter
  36. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:49:18Why 75 mm is small for a warship's main gunNotable Point
  37. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:56:25Why the 10-inch naval gun fell between useful calibresQ&A