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Naval Fire Control

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  1. Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?
    43:59Parker leaders introduce coordinated director firingNotable Point
  2. Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?
    45:14New duties require more than an extra weapon mountNotable Point
  3. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:00:22Hood's radar and manual transfer into fire controlNotable Point
  4. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    31:54Opytny's mixture of German, Soviet and Italian systemsNotable Point
  5. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    38:17Useful torpedoes and difficult fire-control integrationNotable Point
  6. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    23:00How destroyer leaders commanded flotillasChapter
  7. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    25:31Radio and the transition in fleet commandChapter
  8. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    29:36Parker-class improvements to the destroyer leaderChapter
  9. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    1:48Overlapping programmes and different trial requirementsNotable Point
  10. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    1:03:32The proposed 28-knot speed remains uncertainNotable Point
  11. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    1:16:32Fast Queen Elizabeths in Jutland's run to the southChapter
  12. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    57:34Gunfire can turn a cruiser submarine into a trapped surface vesselNotable Point
  13. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    1:22:31Deutschland’s raiding role and gun arrangement under stronger oppositionNotable Point
  14. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:49:08Sims paired Mark 37 fire control with an experimental machinery layoutChapter
  15. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:241945 US air-defence technology would transform early Axis engagementsQ&A
  16. Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s
    29:17Navigatori gunnery and machinery survivabilityNotable Point
  17. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    30:00Four Admiral-class battlecruisers would reshape treaty fleetsNotable Point
  18. Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)
    1:05:43Wing turrets, spotting positions, and Dreadnought's design restrictionsNotable Point
  19. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    2:44Ironclads and HMS Monarch show evolutionary warship designChapter
  20. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    6:07Why a Flight III Burke dwarfs a FletcherChapter
  21. What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?
    1:06:30Dogger Bank with more British battlecruisersNotable Point
  22. Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships
    40:35Why rate of fire mattered before radar fire controlNotable Point
  23. Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships
    43:57An earlier naval staff and the adoption of existing technologyNotable Point
  24. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    3:42:24When one advanced warship can overmatch an older fleetQ&A
  25. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    3:48:05How far a modern battleship's ammunition might goQ&A
  26. What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?
    42:11Turrets, turbines, and fire control reshape the Victorian fleetChapter
  27. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    53:23Twelve main guns with only one fire-control centerNotable Point
  28. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:06:28Why the 5-inch/38 succeeded as a complete systemChapter
  29. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:24:24Why elevation alone did not make Japan's 127 mm gun effectiveNotable Point
  30. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:27:22How destroyer hull strength affected gun accuracyNotable Point
  31. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:48:44The decisive advantage was the whole gun systemNotable Point
  32. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:29:24Could American submarines use British torpedoes?Q&A
  33. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    12:29Royal Oak-style modernization for the R-classQ&A
  34. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    11:35Availability and fire control shaped 40 mm procurementNotable Point
  35. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:53:34How capable was radar-assisted Pom-Pom fire control?Q&A
  36. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:55:29Why wartime fleets kept mixed fire-control systemsNotable Point
  37. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:58:03Why World War II fire-control comparisons are difficultQ&A
  38. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:09:25HMS Delhi's American 5-inch/38 conversionNotable Point
  39. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    16:12Why an early AA cruiser could age badlyNotable Point
  40. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    24:45Was HACS an ineffective fire-control system?Q&A
  41. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    44:50How did Air Ministry advice shape naval air defense?Q&A
  42. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:08:38Mark 37 was a continually evolving systemNotable Point
  43. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:13:24Gun numbers, directors, and VT fuzesNotable Point
  44. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    1:39:38Rodney ranges and disables BismarckChapter
  45. HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition
    42:08The delayed director and long-range fire controlChapter
  46. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    55:50Why larger submarine guns would struggle against destroyer escortsNotable Point
  47. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:00:40How late-war fire control accounted for ship rollQ&A
  48. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:31:31Radar is the decisive 1935 development for World War IQ&A
  49. Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...
    1:30:46Henry Jackson could accelerate wireless and director fire controlChapter
  50. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...
    1:21:52How range-only radar could transform naval fire controlNotable Point
  51. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    1:54:23What the Spanish-American War taught naval designersQ&A
  52. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    1:54:50A Dreadnought with fifteen 14-inch gunsNotable Point
  53. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    54:37American task forces versus Japanese dispersalNotable Point
  54. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    5:44:45Nelson's heavy guns and radar-assisted anti-aircraft fireNotable Point
  55. The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies
    3:57Autoloaders evolved from existing machineryChapter
  56. The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies
    20:12Sensors, not lifting power, blocked full automationChapter
  57. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    2:04:32Can an autoloader slow down for ranging salvos?Q&A
  58. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    24:22Stereoscopic accuracy versus coincidence speedQ&A
  59. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    57:51A US Navy fire-control table would improve gunnery accuracyQ&A
  60. Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 1
    26:03Postwar modernization and a successful fire-control trialChapter
  61. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    49:09The cursed result of radar fire control arriving firstQ&A
  62. Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD
    1:00:40An aft director preserves fire control after battle damageNotable Point
  63. Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD
    1:20:49Radar, speed, and plunging fire make the range doctrine workNotable Point
  64. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    1:02:52A Difference Engine would bring 1940s fire control into the 1890sQ&A
  65. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    41:23Guided fire magnifies the effect of rapid salvosNotable Point
  66. Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response
    21:13Why semi-active guidance limited missile engagement rateNotable Point
  67. Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response
    22:27Firing Terrier around a launcher blind arcNotable Point
  68. What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?
    43:40Fire-control capability and warship opportunity costQ&A
  69. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    58:44Gunboats supporting torpedo-boat night attacksChapter
  70. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    1:14:16Johan Maurits van Nassau in the defense of the NetherlandsNotable Point
  71. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    1:21Mark 37 comparisons need the gun-system contextQ&A
  72. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    3:24A standard AA gun still faced fire-control production limitsQ&A
  73. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    9:04Why Wichita mixed open and enclosed five-inch mountsNotable Point
  74. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    22:58The star secondary layout used by wartime US cruisersNotable Point
  75. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    22:40Why mechanical fire-control computers enduredQ&A
  76. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    32:48Advanced fire control could bring the dreadnought idea forwardQ&A
  77. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    45:57Hood's deferred fire-control modernizationQ&A
  78. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    52:20Admiralty and Dreyer fire-control tablesQ&A
  79. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    1:10:06Why Hood and Rodney received the Dreyer Mk V tableQ&A
  80. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    1:18:35Fire-control backups from duplicate tables to local controlQ&A
  81. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    1:24:16Why gunnery officers needed to check the tablesNotable Point
  82. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:56:30Why Battle-class destroyers reached the war so lateNotable Point
  83. Town Class (1911): Chathams
    20:11Southampton shows light cruisers holding the fleet togetherChapter
  84. Town Class (1911): Chathams
    38:22Sydney's six-inch guns decide the Battle of CocosChapter
  85. Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)
    33:22Why the 37 mm battery fell behindNotable Point
  86. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    23:31Building the German counterpart with different assumptionsChapter
  87. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:18:02Why early dreadnoughts retained torpedoesNotable Point
  88. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:03:03Takanami absorbs the American gunfireNotable Point
  89. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    1:56:21Argo versus Dreyer depends on crew proficiencyQ&A
  90. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    1:42:42Five turrets did not mean five effective target channelsQ&A
  91. Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI
    2:20:56How long were mixed cruiser batteries defensible?Q&A
  92. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    4:20A cruiser submarine's odds against escort gunsChapter
  93. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    5:49Why a larger gun did not guarantee a longer engagement rangeNotable Point
  94. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    11:22Why dreadnought designers kept seeking heavier firepowerNotable Point
  95. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda
    39:59Gambia mixes British and American fire-control systemsNotable Point
  96. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda
    45:01Bermuda's refit supports Cold War fleet diplomacyNotable Point
  97. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    2:35:32Gambia's life extension and the four-inch air-defense tradeoffNotable Point
  98. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    2:40:18HMS Bermuda from Operation Torch to NATO exercisesChapter
  99. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    2:56:31Ceylon's simplified modernization and Suez air-direction dutyNotable Point
  100. Four Random Books 22: Warships Illustrated
    3:32D-class cruiser armament and wartime refitsChapter
  101. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...
    2:52Mechanical computation for long-range naval gunneryNotable Point
  102. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...
    7:07Air spotting extends battleship gunneryChapter
  103. For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy
    2:17Why a postwar multi-role destroyer became too largeNotable Point
  104. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships
    11:25Why British battleships carried such heavy armourNotable Point
  105. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:02:21The D-class anti-aircraft conversion war interruptedNotable Point
  106. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:11:25HMS Delhi introduced the Royal Navy to Mk 37 fire controlNotable Point
  107. Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    1:58:13Why Alaska is outmatched by YamatoQ&A