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- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:30:53Railgun promises and the difficulty of scaling upQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:10:21Older ASW weapons and new underwater threatsNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today3:02HMS Greyhound and the first destroyer screenNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered24:02From Jeune Ecole shortcuts to flotilla defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...11:30Sharing fire-control data when a ship's own system is damagedQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...26:52A Civil War-era US Navy in the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:53Axis response to a Mosquito-mounted bouncing bombQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:11Protecting and arming base fuses in armor-piercing shellsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:53Why a quad-packed cruise missile would be severely constrainedQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:55CAMM and Martlet anti-surface modes versus cruise missilesQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:57Naval gun calibre, rate of fire, and the case for larger weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:41Samuel de Champlain encounters a Huron ballista-armed frigateQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:53What a Huron ballista frigate implies about manufacturingNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:42Star Wars blasters lead to real particle-beam weaponsQ&A
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?0:37Tiger's beam leaves room to consider larger barbettesChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?14:13Stored Courageous turrets show Britain's measured rearmament paceNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?32:07A 15-inch standardization bargain changes the treaty pathChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?54:24Treaty tonnage could produce three or four F3-style capital shipsChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?57:12Tiger could test a 15-inch/50 before the F2 and F3 shipsNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?1:04:08A tentative King George V alternative uses twelve 15-inch gunsNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not2:35:30Railguns show the gap between invention and fieldingQ&A
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?11:45StanFlex extends combat roles within the limits of each hullChapter
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?15:58An early MEKO fit looks unexpectedly useful against dronesChapter
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?30:28Fixed VLS and swappable modules can divide core and optional weaponsChapter
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?37:45The MEKO A400 could combine Aegis, fixed VLS, and modular payloadsChapter
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?38:59Swappable modules complicate intelligence and threat assessmentNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...51:57How the OTO Melara 76 became an Italian design habitNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet35:43Sejong missile density makes the destroyer a fleet shieldChapter
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet39:46Missile diversity protects the fleet from supply interruptionNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet51:17Jeongjo's strike role raises a close-in defence questionNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI2:42V25 as the German wartime baselineChapter
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI11:57B97 moves closer to a screening destroyerChapter
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI34:56S113 hull quality meets the 6-inch gun problemChapter
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI39:22Why close-range destroyer combat favors rapid fireNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI42:49V170 returns to 105 mm guns but still lacks weight of fireChapter
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:14European VLS and Sylver adoption limitsQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:32Yamato dual-purpose secondary battery tradeoffQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:27Why an armed unmanned surface vessel still needs a substantial hullQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:39Type 26 Mark 41 VLS capacity limitsQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:14Does VLS depth encroach on machinery space?Q&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:11Jet-age crashes and gun capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:14Strike cruiser doctrine and arsenal-ship limitsQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:50What a larger 1910 Town-class cruiser would gainQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:49:19Kingfisher gun-launched munitions against undersea dronesQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...7:38Refit testbeds reduce risk for future warship classesNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...36:37Stability calibration and weapons fitNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...50:04Weapons testing after JutlandNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI22:03Spahi and Voltigeur show the tradeoffs of larger destroyersChapter
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI23:06The 65 mm gun offers a compromise between two calibresNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI33:01Chasseur layout anticipates later destroyersNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI35:12Bouclier-era ships approach contemporary destroyersChapter
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI38:29Wartime weapons upset a finely balanced designNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI49:43The M89 fleet destroyer remains unrealizedNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:25:42Why the proposed battleship emphasizes magazines, power, and commandChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:33:08Nuclear baseload with gas turbines for peak electrical demandNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:37:48Does the shipbuilding plan expand missile and smart-shell production?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:56:55The nuclear depth charge proposal that endangered its own shipQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...13:20Zeppelin port strikes and early air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:29Torpedo reliability as a testing lessonQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:23Why the 76 mm naval gun became a durable sweet spotQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:37Eight-inch destroyers and naval fire supportQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:10Stern torpedo tubes as pursuit deterrentsQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:56:13Polearms in boarding and anti-boarding combatQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:27:41Mark 57 versus Mark 41 VLS for Royal Navy retrofitsQ&A
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development5:51Quick-firing guns establish layered fleet defenceNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development9:44Dreadnought's all-big-gun label still allows small gunsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development10:28Speed and manoeuvrability let destroyers screen the fleetNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development17:52Eden trades torpedo emphasis for stronger gunsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development44:44Exercise incentives distort destroyer air-defence lessonsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development48:33Aircraft growth drives larger destroyer anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development50:46Tribal-class guns support night torpedo attacksChapter
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development55:22Battle-class armament reflects a wartime design pauseNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development56:52Daring-class destroyers become cruiser substitutesNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development59:39Guns and VLS should be complementary magazinesNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:01:20Cold War destroyers must fight and look convincingNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:58Enterprise-E versus an Imperial Star DestroyerQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:32What limits missiles launched from an orbiting spacecraft?Q&A
- Ironclads go Two Decker....13:11Why Warrior carried both 110-pounders and 68-poundersNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....30:49How a two-decker Warrior might distribute roughly a hundred gunsChapter
- Ironclads go Two Decker....45:03Two-decker ironclads could change turret layouts before DreadnoughtChapter
- Ironclads go Two Decker....52:25A different Dreadnought benchmark could push guns to 14 inchesNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)22:27Requirements drive Type 83 toward a large combatantNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:31:40How VLS demands can make 192 cells sound modestChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII5:20Ragnar's modest weapons still complicate an invasionNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII8:02Hugin develops Swedish turbine and shipbuilding capabilityChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII10:45Wrangel and Wachmeister reserve a sixth torpedo for the turn awayChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII22:50Type 83 and the complete air-defence threat pictureNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII24:15Klas Horn and Klas Uggla expand mine capacity at modest costChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII26:43Explosions, burning oil, and depth charges devastate HårsfjärdenChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII32:39Expanded wartime crews change the risks of live-weapon trainingNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII37:59Göteborg salvos reserve torpedoes to catch an evasive targetNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII40:19The Visby class improves a familiar weapons packageChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII46:17Öland combines dual-purpose guns with a heavy coastal weapons loadChapter
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima0:00Russian destroyer labels versus actual rolesChapter
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima2:12Why torpedo-boat leaders were destroyersQ&A
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima3:17Sokol combined destroyer armament with 29-knot speedNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima23:35Firepower depended on its supporting systemsNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima29:28Torpedo arcs took priority over usable gun positionsNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima37:48Lieutenant Shestakov combined heavy armament with limited speedNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima42:03Novik combined turbine speed with a heavy destroyer armamentChapter
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima48:26The Orfey subclass remained a useful destroyerNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:24StanFlex and a five-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:33A missile-armed Tiger-class cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:20Modern six-inch naval gun compatibilityQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:39Gun-fired defenses against shallow-running uncrewed craftNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:37Developing anti-drone weapons and putting them aboard shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:14Can flak disrupt hypersonic missiles?Q&A
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate19:56Why small-warship requirements keep adding displacementNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart2:17Exocet space on a large gun cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart4:38Reserve Warspite after the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart13:19Halo Vondetan battlecruiser tradeoffsQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart14:26Replacing two heavy MACs with one super MACNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart14:30Missile quality versus magazine depth on the Vondetan classNotable Point
- Bruships0:00The narrow case for 18-inch naval gunsNotable Point
- Bruships2:34VLS cell counts and destroyer expectationsNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:13:20Submarine aircraft carriers and SSGNsQ&A
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?11:15Shallow water makes aerial torpedo entry a design problemNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:03:45Modern attack drones repeat the torpedo-boat problemNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:06:16An earlier Cuckoo makes the strike plausibleNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI13:13Nembo and Morin's operational theoryChapter
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI24:58Soldati: heavier armament and the prestige of soldier namesNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI27:09Cattolica's Indomito class and the mathematics of combat advantageNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:05Base-bleed shells for Royal Navy destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:49StanFlex installations on Danish warshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:04StanFlex missile loads and box-launcher deck spaceNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?9:15VLS cells are the ship's combat magazineChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?40:48Missile-defence geometry changes the intercept problemNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:30Modern fleets if missile technology stopped in 1945Q&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:22Why missile containers do not make an effortless arsenal shipQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:28Why naval Bloodhound lost to Sea DartQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:38Why Talos cannot simply return in a Mark 41 cellQ&A
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...0:00Torpedo-boat roots of German destroyersChapter
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...8:47Fleet torpedo boats versus escort workNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...18:22Large destroyers and Narvik firepowerNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...40:57Reliable torpedo boats in Germany's small-destroyer roleNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...50:56Reading a Type 1936 armament-source conflictNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...56:49Why 5.9-inch guns overburdened the Type 1936ANotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:16One-way attack drones aboard littoral combat shipsQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:05Mark 41 as the benchmark vertical launch systemQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:16Merchant arsenal ships and the meaning of Q-shipNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:42Designing a modern Black Swan-style escortQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:56:27Would more carriers accelerate anti-aircraft armament?Q&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)30:00The Great Panjandrum and the danger of an all-in-one solutionNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:22:25Why Panjandrum ranked below the K-class submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start28:53The technologies that remade navies from 1815 to 1914Q&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:11:13Why wartime missile demand drives larger VLS magazinesQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:38Planning against an adversary's claimed capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:09Swing-arm launchers beside modern VLS batteriesQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:49Russian rotary missile magazines and scaled autoloadersQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:18Why naval games compress gunnery accuracyQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:10:38Weapons trials prove the whole kill chain, not just the shotChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:12:10Shakedown cruises tested ships long before computer modelingNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:16:00Shock trials test survivability just short of destructionNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:58:38New seabed mines renew an old contest with mine countermeasuresQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:09:17Offensive weapons advertise themselves; defensive demand followsNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:30:54A speculative Type 83 concept prioritizes missile depthQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:00Laser-guided rockets from surface shipsQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:46How a snagline sea mine worksQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:07Why yachts do not convert neatly into missile boatsQ&A
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!34:23Turn missions into measurable ship requirementsChapter
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun1:44Does each Taiwan-bound convoy need 10,000 VLS cells?Q&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)22:39VLS trades rapid fire for deck space and difficult reloadingChapter
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:01:28The criticism of fitted for but not withNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:40:12Adaptive deck launchers exchange deck area for hull volumeQ&A
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series20:36Falklands lessons lead to depth fuses for existing bombsNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series29:43Cruiser labels prompt an objection about destroyer-leader originsNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...41:02The shallow-water torpedo planning gapChapter
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:15Why navies avoid liquid-oxygen torpedo propellantsQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:12Why a VLS rocket still needs protection from the marine environmentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust9:09:15How Sea Sparrow remained useful through repeated upgradesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida5:51:15The risks of releasing mines directly beneath a warshipQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:27:56Large rockets as an alternative to early torpedoesQ&A
- Torpex: A Short History of it's History...32:36What if Britain had Torpex in service by 1938?Notable Point
- Battle of Actium(31BC); Last Gasp of the Roman Republic30:19Agrippa's harpax and disable-then-board tacticsChapter
- Battle of Actium(31BC); Last Gasp of the Roman Republic36:21Ballista range and galley vulnerability at ActiumNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:23The War of the Worlds heat ray as a naval weaponQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:12:01Why modern ASW rockets are usually 300 mm or largerQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:55The Royal Navy inherits Type 93 torpedoesQ&A
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?10:03NavWeaps shows why specialist reference sites need active useNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...50:01Why a warship's weapons need not all be general purposeNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:04:33Why did the 4.5-inch UD mount disappoint?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:59:34Did Italy's 65 mm AA gun become effective?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:36Why an uncrewed submarine need not grow to SSN sizeQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:39What limited wartime homing-torpedo impactQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!24:10Could European navies move away from US weapons systems?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!2:11:36Can naval missiles serve secondary anti-ship roles?Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:26:03Mines and torpedoes solve different naval problemsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise1:39:24What limits an armed icebreaker?Q&A
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates45:56Diamantina's convoy-defense weapons fitChapter
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:52:27Why anti-ship ballistic missiles create escalation riskQ&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:54:35The ultimate submarine defense is a layered systemQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:37:14What an Archer-class patrol-vessel successor should carryQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...2:00:47Why the Royal Navy passed on the pepperbox launcherQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:27:12Extra missile launchers depend on the ship's missionQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:39:39Would automatic naval guns grow beyond eight inches?Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:55:57Why cold-launch missiles still use vertical cellsQ&A
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier25:20Torpedo testing as a practical advantageNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure36:02The interwar development behind light fleet carriersNotable Point
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage10:34Baltic geography and torpedo strikeChapter
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage25:01HD 16 and closing the back doorChapter
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage26:21Ju 86 targeted maritime strikeChapter
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage27:30The shipboard illumination-rocket puzzleNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:01Why a larger gun can be the wrong upgradeNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign6:44Light-cruiser gunnery and torpedo riskNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign49:16Why every available turret is a logistics trapNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign58:14What HMS Furious reveals about 18-inch-gun limitsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign58:49Can the Royal Navy's 18-inch-gun tests be documented?Q&A
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:26:30Mine and blockade research choicesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:37:08British and American battleship caliber stepsNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers7:51Tsingtao and the case for naval air strikeNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers12:24A fast carrier with a large strike air groupChapter
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers35:39Carrier strike against WilhelmshavenChapter
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign41:31Torpedo danger after the screen breaksNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:04:52Research and refit prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships Gothenborg style...4:47Gothenburg museum ships and torpedo layoutChapter
- Bruships Gothenborg style...45:46Småland's unusually dense Swedish destroyer armamentChapter
- Bruships Gothenborg style...56:54Småland's rockets and sustained anti-aircraft firepowerQ&A
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign35:04Secondary fire deters torpedo attackNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign50:25Destroyer deception and cruiser gunfireNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:07:03Japanese mine and aerial-torpedo investmentNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:11:59German guided-torpedo priorityQ&A
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:25:46Dividing fire in a cruiser actionNotable 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 Campaign2:15:21Destroyer-heavy force teaches a screening lessonNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:21:55Six-inch versus 5.5-inch secondary gunsQ&A
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:25:34Secondary fire priorities against torpedo boatsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:40:14A torpedo hit defeats magazine protectionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign24:41What would Warspite want in a modern warship body?Q&A
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign27:20Who can still make a 12-inch naval gun?Q&A
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign32:18Could a 12-inch flak gun work?Q&A
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign34:12Small destroyer design under tonnage pressureNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:14:16Escort destroyers and torpedo pressureNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:30:50The 5.5-inch naval gun as a path not takenNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:00Destroyers as full-service warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...15:00Modern warships still use localized armorQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...27:45A Japanese carrier's anti-aircraft defense depended on attack geometryQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:31:24Japanese anti-aircraft rockets versus British UP launchersQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:40:15Why rapid firing blisters paint on naval gun barrelsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:01:31Preparing the US Navy for night fighting in the SolomonsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:21:29Prewar super-sloops could ease the convoy escort crisisQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:39:09Why cruisers still made sense after 1950Q&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:47:18Why liquid gun propellant proved troublesomeQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:55:38Proof charges and testing naval guns to destructionQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:00:05Cordite was a family of evolving propellantsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:28:28Why Taiho's aviation-fuel leak became catastrophicQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:00:00Magazine flooding works best before fire takes holdQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:12:11Integrating guns and missiles on a hypothetical post-Falklands battleshipNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class54:37The Type 96 light anti-aircraft problemNotable Point
- Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 436:08Aerosilurante doctrine and Royal Navy targetsNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered27:17Why a 5.25-inch cruiser mount was not a quick substitutionQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:44:20The practical test for IJN cruiser conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:37:43Why twin gun mounts spread slowly to smaller warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:49:54Checking the premise of a British 5-inch gun questionQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:51:11A larger-gunned Neptune accelerates the dreadnought raceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:14:45The 9.2- and 9.4-inch pre-dreadnought sweet spotQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign51:23Germany's interwar naval development gapNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!29:00Destroyer guns on a cruiser hullChapter
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!30:31The production choice behind a dual-purpose 4.7-inch gunNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!44:02What 4.7-inch guns contribute against destroyersNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:02:01Why the rebuild favors a 4.7-inch upper-deck mountingNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:06:21A high-angle 4.7-inch conversion for NorwayNotable Point
- USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 116:48Machinery, weapons, and strength-deck designNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?46:47Did Mitchell invent aerial refueling or aerial torpedoes?Q&A
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:50:08Were 2,000-pound bombs permitted in Project B?Q&A
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:52:14Did the payload mean one 2,000-pound bomb?Q&A
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?2:00:17Ostfriesland and the lost damage dataChapter
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?21:43The eight-inch guns show an awkward carrier compromiseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign11:42Scouting speed and torpedo avoidanceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:02:00America as the next fleet-strength problemQ&A
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion24:38Carriers make strike reach mobile and hard to pin downNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion53:45Fighters and anti-aircraft guns break up naval air attacksChapter
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion1:01:03Carrier strike supplies mobile long-range firepowerNotable Point
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 335:17Naval aviation kept its purpose while technology changed the methodChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193843:53Destroyer-armed Atlantic cruiser refitChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193848:53Four-inch AA cruisers on solitary convoy dutyNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193854:03Making the 4.7-inch gun more dual-purposeNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193859:35Would the replacement guns create a topweight problem?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:01:01Why reject a twin eight-inch turret?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:08:38Why retain a mixed gun battery?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:11:06What follows if the 4.7-inch modification works?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19382:11:00Triple mounts and inconsistent turret terminologyNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19382:15:47Building a Type 1936A opponent for the simulationChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19382:26:52Why the first cruiser-destroyer simulation failsChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19382:37:43Revising the cruiser around six twin 4.7-inch mountsNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19382:49:51An unrealistically stable German destroyer modelNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19382:54:32Why six-inch guns do not suit a Tribal hullQ&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:23:38Disputed accounts of G3's intended gunsNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:30:25Is a six-gun 18-inch broadside too small?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:52:53G3 turret rings and competing gun interpretationsNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1023:02From French Lis to Ardent firepowerNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:08:53Indefatigable's razee conversion and armamentChapter
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...45:40Strike aircraft grew into much larger systemsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign25:41Torpedo-heavy designs need speedNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:33:11Smoke, weaving, and torpedoes in cruiser tacticsChapter
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:45:53A fifteen-torpedo broadside explains repeated hitsNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:13:53Why tank armour logic does not scale cleanly to shipsQ&A
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World1:23:32Triton's sensors, torpedo stowage, and manual handlingNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign32:41Submarine and minelaying research priorityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:05:44Calabria as a compact protected cruiserNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:55:17British 16.5-inch guns and the Washington treatyQ&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:06:43Balance a carrier's own weapons with layered defenceChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:09:44Count the aviation costs of defensive weaponsNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed12:45A modern 16-inch battleship designQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed19:50Why rams survived the quick-firing gun eraQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed27:16How navies reused captured cannonQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed29:34Could Japan supply Germany with 41 cm guns?Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed31:56Why Welin breech blocks were not adopted earlierQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed33:08Torpedo testing behind Narvik reliabilityQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed35:57Great Eastern as a Royal Navy ironcladQ&A
- 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 Packed1:00:27A Great Eastern-sized Devastation classQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:03:08A seagoing casemate-and-turret ironcladQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:15:47Restarting German heavy-gun development in 1935Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:17:19Why shotguns would not transform TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:50:06Shell guns before Trafalgar and the early ironcladQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:53:47Battleship autoloaders and elevation limitsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:01:41A windfall of 18-inch naval guns in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:04:43Why oversized battleship guns cannot stay secretQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:21:30Yamato built to British prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:44:35The limits of 8-inch secondary batteriesQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:07:48British 9.2-inch cruisers without treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:21:51Practical upper limits for carriers and battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:26:03Why a supergun race would reverse toward smaller weaponsQ&A
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign28:06Designing a sixteen-gun battleshipNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:28:24Jutland shell failures and quality controlNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built21:14Why obsolete shell tests concealed a gunnery problemQ&A
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign31:17How later fixes reshape the Mark 13 torpedo's reputationQ&A
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:17:20Why bigger battleship guns were not automatically betterQ&A
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1032:52A capable loadout built on a troubled airframeChapter
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions4:02:46Why 21 inches became the effective torpedo limitQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:51:47Guaranteeing a one-hit battleship disablement takes extreme weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:08:00Why French postwar torpedoes are described as 22-inchQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:43:56Why equal-caliber British and American torpedoes differed in weightQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered47:19Cold War weapons that could sink a battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:36:10Arming wartime helicopters with heavy rocketsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...29:02A modernized cog runs out of space before it runs out of weapon ideasQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response15:35Spar torpedo craft and extreme crew riskQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships9:18Why Royal Navy cruisers retained torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships41:44Why battleships carried torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:26:42What changed in the Mark VIII Mod 4 torpedoQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:09:47Why railgun metallurgy lags behind the conceptQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:05:05Why lithium batteries do not automatically suit torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:12:06Modern naval weapons against Age of Sail fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare3:33:18Close-range weapons against uncrewed suicide boatsQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:13:02Why Italian torpedoes avoided some environmental failuresQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:07:59Why navies moved from 18-inch to 21-inch torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:12:28A tiny drone still needs the mass and reach to stop a missileQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!24:37What Britain's experimental 16.7 mm AA gun might addQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:16:13What wire winding does in a naval gunNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:10:16Why topside torpedoes are a danger to their own shipQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture58:15Why mine detonators generally caused fewer problems than torpedo pistolsQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture59:30How carrier aircraft use missiles to disable or sink shipsQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:38:27Thermobaric warheads are not automatically ideal at seaQ&A
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response13:27Why railgun power storage matters more than barrel wearQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:56:34What replaces the submarine as a torpedo threatQ&A
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:50:53Which torpedoes sank Blanco Encalada?Q&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:52:21Why early rocket submarines used deck launchersQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:34:45A magnetic Squid fuze had to survive launch, impact, and depthQ&A
- When 18in guns ships engage... things change quickly0:22Magazine hit during an 18-inch-gun engagementTranscript Excerpt
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...18:09Circular-running torpedoes and failed marksQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...44:39Aircraft potential versus engine reliabilityQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...3:26:16Missile reloads depend on lifting equipmentQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?12:51The qualitative dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?20:38Bayern class and the German quality answerNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?42:38Why the 15-inch gun was the practical leapNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?45:20Why a larger gun could lose the strategic raceNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?48:55Twin versus triple turret choicesNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?57:06The Queen Elizabeth Maximus counterfactualNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:09:15Agincourt and the 18-inch gun counterfactualNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?32:51Baseline armor, machinery, and 15-inch broadsideNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:19:07Why 15-inch twins were the restrained choiceNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:38:10The arms-race cost of Queen Elizabeth MaximusNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:49:16How quickly could America develop an 18-inch gun?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:52:24Why not answer 16.5-inch guns with a longer 16-inch weapon?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:08:03The uncertain 18-inch Agincourt hypothesisNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:28:12Did naval gun foundries generate their own power?Q&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak4:22Four quadruple turrets and the battleship around themQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak18:09An 18-inch HMS Renown and Germany's surface fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak19:16Why battleship guns larger than 18 inches lose valueQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak21:52Uncrewed attack swarms beyond demonstration footageQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak33:18Type 93 torpedoes as a damage-control hazardQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak35:08How 10-inch guns would reshape treaty cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:01:54Royal Navy 18-inch guns before the treaty battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:45:21The Roman harpax as a stand-off boarding weaponNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:01:40British submarine tubes and ambush tacticsQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:11:18Hypersonic missiles without the hypeChapter
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build2:54:49Why logistics commonality is not always a quick fixQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build3:11:14Railguns, Gauss guns, and imperfect naval innovationQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)58:1942-pounders as a supply problemQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)59:27The 32-pounder boom-and-bust marketNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)1:00:41National arsenals and competing gun demandsNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response6:17Hood torpedo evidence and source languageQ&A
- USS Wichita: Comment Response34:21A Dutch armored-cruiser design with 9.4-inch gunsNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response35:06Wichita's 5-inch battery and a 15,000-ton counterfactualNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response51:15PT-109's improvised 37 mm gunNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response53:16Wichita service record and Baltimore successorNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites45:26A British nuclear cruiser built around Type 82Q&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:32:48Star Destroyer firepower versus Federation mobilityQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century52:05Carronades and rating distortionNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class23:01RBU launchers added a last-ditch torpedo defenceNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class38:53Comus gun ranges shrink from theory to combatQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class42:18Kynda and Kresta reloads sat inside the superstructureQ&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...25:35Zumwalt and railguns show the power-supply problemNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late34:27Whitehead torpedoes and the Civil War blockadeChapter
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:58:44Low-observable missiles leave room for later speed upgradesQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:10:00Liquid propellants create an unwelcome containment problemQ&A
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All17:39From Mark 26 rails to 122 VLS cellsNotable Point
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All20:21Guns, torpedoes, and limited Kevlar protectionNotable Point
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?15:11P-500 Bazalt shows the off-the-shelf tradeoffNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...14:34Five-inch guns as a hedge in a missile-age cruiserChapter
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class36:18Mine warfare and the Bittern escort templateNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:11:11Four-inch gun, Hedgehog, and depth-charge patternsChapter
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:11:11Why the Flower's four-inch gun targeted surfaced submarinesNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:13:47How Hedgehog let one escort keep attacking a submarineNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:19:52From lanyard charges to K-gun attack patternsNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:28:50What the two-pounder Pom-Pom could deterNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class2:03:44Aiming the Pom-Pom with basic sightsNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style35:01Metel gives the Kresta II reach against submarinesNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style53:43AK-630 trials expose the cost of rapid close-in fireNotable Point
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy16:44A cruiser hull built around missilesChapter
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy35:02Iterating air defence and machineryNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers41:26Torpedo carriages before fixed launchers became standardNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:18:45Hipper maintenance demands and the Atlantic bow refitNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)33:19Poudre B performance and propellant-fire riskNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)36:39Poudre B's name reflects French anxiety over British espionageNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:18:03John Lambert's drawings expose the engineering detail of escort weaponsChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:05:49Britain's unrealized 24-inch torpedo potentialQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments49:20Testing the Mark 14 torpedo before American entryQ&A
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:08:21The Model 1924 gun was designed around industrial realityNotable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions29:58From Squid to LimboQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:04:02How far Britain took 20-inch gun ideasQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:10:54The rapid contest to improve torpedoesQ&A
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)32:02Healy and the challenge of arming icebreakersNotable Point
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru18:40Why chemical and biological weapons are poor naval weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:03:01Large versus numerous anti-ship missile hitsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:49:09A Royal Navy without pre-war weapon-development delaysQ&A
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)28:37Why Hedgehog took time to reach serviceNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?48:38Likely anti-aircraft upgrades in a major refitQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat2:13:40Muskets, cutlasses and boarding pikes at seaQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat2:19:50How late did boarding pikes remain aboard warships?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:41:59When homing torpedoes became the main anti-submarine weaponQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?24:23What determined an aerial torpedo's entry depth?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)25:09Steam-and-steel naval warfare without gunpowderQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:35:51Electrothermal-chemical guns between cannon and railgunQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:35:33Royal Navy torpedoes in the early-war reliability crisisQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response37:16Squid and Hedgehog in the late-war escort fleetQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz3:03X-craft passage planning for the Tirpitz attackNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz9:03X8's charge failures force her crew to scuttle the craftNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz13:20Why human torpedoes were simpler than X-craftNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz14:16X-craft as a substitute for weapons Britain did not yet haveNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...46:13Modern weapons need timing, targeting, and maturityQ&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...1:38:15Escorts and Q-ships narrowed the deck gun's roleNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:59:53Steam rams failed when collision became the main weaponQ&A
- Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/71:53Why ancient ramming does not translateNotable Point
- Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/74:55Ramming as secondary bow strengthNotable Point
- Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/79:36Confined waters and luck at LissaNotable Point
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/70:19Why gun-armed cruiser submarines appealed in the 1920sChapter
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/76:28Gun-mount weight and waterproofingNotable Point
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/78:04A long-range raider with six or more forward torpedo tubesChapter
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/70:14Turreted fighter 360-degree fire ideaChapter
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/71:45Single-engine power and turret weightChapter
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/74:04Good concept, wrong technology windowNotable Point
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/75:08Defiant night fighter and Beaufighter replacementNotable Point
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/75:51Turret armament weight and firepower tradeoffNotable Point
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/77:29Wellington turret night fighters as a doubtful alternativeChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p3/4 - Tanks10:02Naval six-pounders arm the first tanksNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber11:44Gyroscopic release and single-bomb accuracyChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber14:29Contacting altimeters, release height, and anti-aircraft fireNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber16:17The multi-directional ring-sight dead endNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions28:00Modern battleship shells would be guided weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions29:05How naval gun caliber describes diameter and barrel lengthQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions36:59Estimating naval shell weightQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions47:59Why the US Navy chose super-heavy 16-inch shellsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions52:35Why battleship rate of fire is a machinery problemNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:37:57Railgun batteries push warships toward nuclear powerQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)34:22Kitakami and the limits of torpedo cruisersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:49:47Rocket-delivered anti-submarine torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)4:11:12British 4.7-inch gun anti-aircraft limitsQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:40:43Torpedo boats and destroyer originsChapter
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:53:52Interwar depth charges gained explosive powerQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:49:23The challenge of missile-delivered heavy torpedoesQ&A
- Basil Jones: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 126:40Tribal torpedoes against a shallow-draft transportNotable Point
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers48:59When credible ASW torpedoes arrivedQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:32:37Source-checking the converted-shell story at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:49:59The tension wire behind shallow-water torpedo attacksNotable Point
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War12:44British Naval Weapons rewards focused technical studyChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda23:46Jamaica's 20 mm refit adds fire but little reachNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:49:08Coastal-force weapons, camouflage, and layoutsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:45A Royal Navy technical handbook as a fleet guideChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:37:12A modern cruiser would combine area defense, guns, lasers, and strike cellsQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:10:59An anti-swarm River-class conceptQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A46:25Delivered ASW torpedoes increasingly relied on autonomous homingQ&A