Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Gun Turrets

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  1. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    45:43A provisional armour and turret arrangementNotable Point
  2. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    1:03:32The proposed 28-knot speed remains uncertainNotable Point
  3. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    39:25Four triple turrets as a battleship preferenceQ&A
  4. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:25:41Modern construction for gun-armed shipgirlsQ&A
  5. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:30:04A Cadorna-sized destroyer with multiple 5.5-inch gunsQ&A
  6. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:11:19Refitting Tillman battleships while retaining six-gun turretsQ&A
  7. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:25:08Fitting twin 14-inch turrets into old battlecruiser hullsQ&A
  8. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:49:15Why Britain preferred larger twin guns to an all-triple Iron DukeQ&A
  9. Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:06:26Why larger guns are not a simple battleship refitQ&A
  10. Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:24:32Why Yamato handled shells verticallyQ&A
  11. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    1:52:59Do French double-twin turrets save weight?Q&A
  12. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    2:28:11Why some gun calibres offer a poor compromiseNotable Point
  13. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    3:45:59Why quintuple main-battery turrets multiply problemsQ&A
  14. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    40:02Why alternate gun fits would not simplify IncomparableQ&A
  15. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    42:39Where did Britain's quadruple-turret studies come from?Q&A
  16. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:56:09What a modern quadruple naval turret might becomeQ&A
  17. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    7:53Why twelve-inch muzzle-loaders needed such large turretsNotable Point
  18. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    7:32:02Turret speeds and compressed battles in World of WarshipsQ&A
  19. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    7:58:26Where to look for early quadruple 12-inch gun proposalsQ&A
  20. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    8:15:03Could a 15-inch Mark II refit exceed 30 degrees elevation?Q&A
  21. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    1:52:15Prins van Oranje's game variation on Dutch Design 1047Notable Point
  22. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    1:23:09Why navies independently adopted triple turretsQ&A
  23. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    6:22:26How a surviving Bayern could change Scharnhorst's armamentQ&A
  24. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    10:51:19Why a smaller gun need not produce a much smaller turretQ&A
  25. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    8:12:38German experiments with alternative battleship turret layoutsQ&A
  26. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    9:25:19Why cruiser designers used casemates before rapid powered turretsQ&A
  27. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    9:31:58How Dreadnought trained its turretsQ&A
  28. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    5:12:34Twin versus triple battleship turretsQ&A
  29. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    9:26:34If the Welin breech block appeared in 1830Q&A
  30. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:18:18K2 and K3: the turret designation correctionQ&A
  31. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:30:46Could triple 9.2-inch turrets be ready for a 1919 cruiser?Q&A
  32. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:44:40Why fourteen guns make Super Hawkins growQ&A
  33. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:27:37Why the KGV battery used a 4-2-4 arrangementQ&A
  34. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    6:36:51The practical limit on battleship main-battery turretsQ&A
  35. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    6:44:38How shell weight limits rotary magazinesQ&A
  36. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    6:46:00Why linked ammunition feeds become risky as shells growQ&A
  37. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    6:13:03Would a lower forward turret rescue the nine-turret design?Q&A
  38. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    7:10:19Why a German 15-inch turret conversion was a tight fitQ&A
  39. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    7:41:36Why a Mogami-style turret swap might not reach 9.2 inchesNotable Point
  40. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    8:22:39Why caliber alone does not determine turret-ring sizeQ&A
  41. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    8:28:01Why fifteen autoloading 9.2-inch guns make an unbalanced cruiserQ&A
  42. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    8:36:52Would downward-opening breeches save space in German turrets?Q&A
  43. Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall
    3:52Is a forward or aft turret safer?Q&A
  44. Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall
    6:41How HMS Eskimo lost her forward turretQ&A
  45. Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall
    54:14Design limits of a high-angle quad 11-inch turretQ&A
  46. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    55:09How triple turrets saved crew and displacement in the Nelson classQ&A
  47. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    4:03:41Why extreme gun elevation does not guarantee better battleship fireQ&A
  48. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    35:28Replacing six 18-inch guns with triple 15-inch turretsQ&A
  49. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    1:12:12Why an earlier triple turret could change the Admiral classNotable Point
  50. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    2:46:15Emden's proposed twin-gun batteryQ&A
  51. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    4:22:38An 8-inch Neptune becomes a different cruiserQ&A
  52. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:10:35Sliding block or interrupted screw for an autoloader?Q&A
  53. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:26:29Why a turret cannot switch shell types instantlyNotable Point
  54. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:27:16Does an autoloader increase the maximum loading angle?Q&A
  55. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:27:47Autoloading turrets and emergency powerQ&A
  56. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:17:17Renown's turrets inform the debate over the proposed AgincourtNotable Point
  57. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    1:28:19Why G3's armor did not automatically make it a fast battleshipNotable Point
  58. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    3:38:08Why the 15-inch gun remained the practical choiceQ&A
  59. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    1:30:18The size penalty of an all-triple Pensacola batteryQ&A
  60. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    1:46:27The Hood class: broadside and fire arcsNotable Point
  61. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    2:11:37Gun calibre should change turret scaleNotable Point
  62. Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion
    8:38A small calibre increase drives a much heavier turret systemChapter
  63. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    2:36:49Who built Royal Navy gun turrets?Q&A
  64. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    50:42Why H-44's displacement is not simply fantasyNotable Point
  65. Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 8
    26:12Tillman IV and the limits of multi-gun turretsNotable Point
  66. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    26:42What HMS Hood’s turrets cost in displacementNotable Point
  67. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    37:13A light cruiser built around massed 5.5-inch fireChapter
  68. HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 6
    10:19Why turrets encouraged breechloadingNotable Point
  69. HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 4
    6:49Four ten-inch guns and a changing secondary batteryNotable Point
  70. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    1:18:16Triple-turret guns were staggered to control muzzle-blast interferenceQ&A
  71. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    5:23Why turret letters were never completely standardQ&A
  72. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    2:06:26Why was the Maximus Q turret not superfiring?Q&A
  73. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    2:11:27Could three after turrets form a superfiring stack?Q&A
  74. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    2:25:56How much hull change would six 18-inch guns require?Q&A
  75. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    1:37:09How larger guns changed the form of warshipsNotable Point
  76. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    3:26:58How barbettes became part of a warship's armoured structureQ&A
  77. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    1:48:21The machine-gun battleship trades caliber for salvo volumeQ&A
  78. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:19:04Why the Royal Navy did not adopt a 50-caliber 15-inch gunQ&A
  79. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:22:33Could a 15-inch/50 fit a Nelson-class barbette?Q&A
  80. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:23:16Could King George V carry more quadruple turrets?Q&A
  81. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:32:04Why six-gun turrets compound maintenance and operational riskQ&A
  82. Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p1
    28:34Turreted cruisers require metallurgy and horsepowerNotable Point
  83. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:29:26The risks of quadruple six-inch turretsQ&A
  84. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    2:05:49Why sextuple gun turrets multiply design problemsQ&A
  85. Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    26:32Six 4-inch guns traded broadside weight for exposed mountsNotable Point
  86. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    1:23:45Why crane capacity did not set the maximum turret sizeQ&A
  87. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    45:00Modelling a Kii-based Japanese battleshipNotable Point
  88. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    2:17:04Why a quad-turret Littorio is an unlikely Italian choiceQ&A
  89. Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol
    45:16Ordering cruisers before settling what they were forNotable Point
  90. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    1:41:07Why Hood received a roomier turret designQ&A
  91. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    2:00:28How triple-turret Renowns could reshape King George VQ&A
  92. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    2:29:03Why Nelson's third turret was not superfiringQ&A
  93. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    2:43:00Why quadruple 16-inch turrets create punishing design tradeoffsQ&A
  94. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    3:06:26Why battleship designers adopted triple turretsQ&A
  95. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    40:27Why a single 16-inch gun is poor turret economyQ&A
  96. Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)
    10:35Turret mechanisms and conservative designNotable Point
  97. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    1:50:56The industrial bottlenecks behind rapid battleship constructionQ&A
  98. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    2:06:17Prince of Wales needed months of workup before Denmark StraitQ&A
  99. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    40:16Why triple turrets do not fit an accelerated DreadnoughtQ&A
  100. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    3:46:40How heavy gun turrets were fabricatedQ&A
  101. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    34:25Why early dreadnoughts often preferred twin turretsQ&A
  102. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    2:14:36A 16-inch Gatling gun would become a thousand-ton installationQ&A
  103. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    4:06:20How naval guns handle fore-and-aft firingQ&A
  104. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers
    0:21Duke of Edinburgh as a late armoured-cruiser benchmarkChapter
  105. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers
    3:32A more coherent 9.2-inch cruiserNotable Point
  106. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    6:09Helgoland repeats Nassau's costly turret geometryChapter
  107. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 1906
    0:49Why early dreadnought turret layouts risked their own shipsChapter
  108. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 1906
    3:10HMS Agincourt's seven centerline turretsNotable Point
  109. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 1906
    8:56The Invincible class's practical six-gun broadsideChapter
  110. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda
    15:35A staged Jamaica turret photograph hides the full gun crewNotable Point
  111. Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East
    1:59:48Why did the K3 design mix quadruple and twin turrets?Q&A
  112. The Great White Fleet
    2:46:52Why large quadruple turrets multiply design riskNotable Point
  113. The Great White Fleet
    2:53:10Why a heavily armed game cruiser makes an implausible real shipNotable Point
  114. The Great White Fleet
    2:56:02What could go wrong with a six-gun turret?Q&A
  115. The Great White Fleet
    2:57:30Why did the Kearsarge and Virginia classes retain double-decker turrets?Q&A