Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Pom Pom Guns

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  1. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    40:17S-class destroyers and the demand for wartime numbersChapter
  2. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    50:22Admiralty V-class armament and enduranceChapter
  3. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    12:39Early balloon-defence guns and awkward mountingsNotable Point
  4. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    27:31Why the 3-inch gun suited air defence in 1916Chapter
  5. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    30:30Gun coverage and visual detection in 1916Notable Point
  6. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    4:12:37Would 20 mm guns replace British half-inch machine guns?Q&A
  7. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    47:08What Vickers could sell the major navies in 1935Q&A
  8. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    34:47What navies could use if the Oerlikon 20 mm disappearedQ&A
  9. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:52:42Pom-pom belt mixes and tracer ballisticsQ&A
  10. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    6:00:48Why Flower-class corvettes did not need 3.7-inch antiaircraft gunsQ&A
  11. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    24:14A pom-pom alternative to Japan's 25 mm gunQ&A
  12. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:00:46The US Navy adopts the pom-pomQ&A
  13. Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)
    38:32The Falklands restored the case for naval gunsChapter
  14. How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?
    1:15:54Bofors or pom-poms for San Carlos air defense?Q&A
  15. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    11:29Bofors and pom-pom choices against different air threatsQ&A
  16. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    16:58A longer-barrelled pom-pom combines reach with sustained fireNotable Point
  17. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:34:27Why the Chicago Piano could not be fixed for wartime air defenseQ&A
  18. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    0:00Pom-pom or Bofors depends on the air threatChapter
  19. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    6:32Wartime ammunition overloads created tropical storage problemsNotable Point
  20. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    8:35Should a navy choose pom-pom or Bofors?Q&A
  21. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    9:24The pom-pom begins as a First World War heavy machine gunChapter
  22. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    16:37Sweden develops the Bofors for a Baltic defense problemChapter
  23. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    21:41Compare the Bofors L/60 with the contemporary Mark VIII pom-pomNotable Point
  24. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    23:37Range, volume of fire, and mount layout create competing choicesChapter
  25. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    34:18The technical comparison turns on practical fire and ammunition supplyChapter
  26. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    34:37Mark VIII mountings spread medium AA down the fleetNotable Point
  27. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    40:45Ammunition outfits reveal the air war a ship expectedNotable Point
  28. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    43:41Radar and barrel replacement altered wartime gun performanceNotable Point
  29. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    46:51A global navy needs viable weapons, not perfection everywhereNotable Point
  30. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    54:09Norway exposes the demands of fleet air defenseChapter
  31. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:05:59Mediterranean air threats rewarded a mixed 40 mm batteryChapter
  32. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:10:20A legacy pom-pom still downs a veteran Condor raiderNotable Point
  33. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:12:28The Indian Ocean shows why isolated ships valued Bofors reachNotable Point
  34. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:14:50A proposed mixed octuple mount would combine both 40 mm strengthsNotable Point
  35. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:15:53Pacific combat shifted the balance from reach back toward volumeChapter
  36. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:20:45Judge weapons by the metrics that matter in combatNotable Point
  37. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:58:02An Australian naval-gun factory before World War IIQ&A
  38. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    49:17C-class conversions traded endurance for stronger air defenseNotable Point
  39. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:16:44Radar changed the balance of Dido guns and close air defenseNotable Point
  40. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    8:19How development timing shaped the Bofors advantageNotable Point
  41. 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
  42. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    15:55Pom-Pom barrage doctrine and the Swedish Bofors requirementChapter
  43. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    22:00The Pom-Pom's First World War baselineChapter
  44. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    44:17A like-for-like Mark 8 Pom-Pom and L60 comparisonChapter
  45. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    54:51Could crews change 40 mm barrels at sea?Q&A
  46. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    56:48Tribal-class Bofors plans and a possible hybrid mountNotable Point
  47. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    1:00:33Why wartime fleets kept using obsolescent gunsNotable Point
  48. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    1:35:00Mediterranean fighting turns barrel wear into a supply chainChapter
  49. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    1:42:25Mediterranean target profiles rewarded concentrated 40 mm fireNotable Point
  50. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    1:44:31How effective was the Pom-Pom against Stukas?Q&A
  51. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    1:51:04An old Pom-Pom against the North Atlantic Condor threatChapter
  52. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:08:28The Eastern Fleet later operated Pom-Poms and Bofors togetherNotable Point
  53. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:09:48Would an all-Bofors battery have saved Force Z?Q&A
  54. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:16:22Bofors range and Pom-Pom volume in the PacificChapter
  55. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:19:53Why prefer the Pom-Pom for D-Day?Q&A
  56. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:26:23Could different ammunition extend the Pom-Pom's range?Q&A
  57. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:29:16Why Pom-Pom mounts stopped short of sixteen barrelsNotable Point
  58. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:43:12Did Sweden's Bofors requirement prove universal superiority?Q&A
  59. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:46:44Was operating both 40 mm systems a serious logistics problem?Q&A
  60. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:48:36What if Britain had jointly modernized the Pom-Pom?Q&A
  61. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:50:21Did Pom-Poms and Bofors complement each other?Q&A
  62. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:51:53How many loaders did a 40 mm mount need?Q&A
  63. 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
  64. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    3:05:20Could an L70-era Pom-Pom have survived after 1945?Q&A
  65. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    3:09:21Could the British services really have modernized the Pom-Pom together?Q&A
  66. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    3:11:34Pom-Pom or Sea Cat in the Falklands?Q&A
  67. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    3:12:43Were there serious alternatives to Pom-Pom and Bofors?Q&A
  68. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:48:29What the 1920s Royal Navy should stockpile for the next warQ&A
  69. Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force
    13:40HMS Afridi as a Dover Patrol response destroyerNotable Point
  70. Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    42:49What the 12,000-ton escort cruiser buysNotable Point
  71. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    41:53Implacable's anti-aircraft batteries and uncertain countsNotable Point
  72. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    29:15Glen-class troop lift, landing craft, speed, and gunsChapter
  73. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    3:31:50Why the ten-gun pom-pom was a poor bluffQ&A
  74. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    3:33:06How VT-fuzed pom-poms change wartime air defenseQ&A
  75. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    3:34:52Choosing single or multiple-barrel AA mountsQ&A
  76. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    3:55:47A proposed dual-purpose gun and pom-pom layoutQ&A
  77. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    12:09Why battleship anti-aircraft guns cannot fill every open deckQ&A
  78. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    2:33:50How would a larger County-class cruiser be armed?Q&A
  79. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    2:32:19What Repulse needed from an anti-aircraft refitQ&A
  80. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    37:57How Bofors and pom-poms might divide the fleetQ&A
  81. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    54:22Why Bofors did not replace the pom-pom before 1939Q&A
  82. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:06:39A new quad Bofors or a reworked pom-pom?Q&A
  83. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:07:28Range and rate of fire in an alternative AA mountingQ&A
  84. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:28:16Bofors and pom-pom strengths matched different air-war environmentsQ&A
  85. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:31:07The sextuple Bofors mount sought pom-pom volume with Bofors performanceQ&A
  86. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:32:33Equipment debates need battlefield context and force ratiosNotable Point
  87. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    2:41:14How far could the pom-pom concept scale?Q&A
  88. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    28:19Air-defense refits grew around an unchanged main batteryChapter
  89. Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 3
    9:08Lake tankers become Maracaibo-class landing shipsChapter
  90. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    2:30:36Early transistors and proximity-fuzed pom-pomsQ&A
  91. Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 1
    15:20Crews kept adapting the light armamentNotable Point
  92. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    2:11:07The Tribal class's high-angle air-defence weaknessQ&A
  93. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres
    53:50Fairmile C: turning the family into a motor gun boatChapter
  94. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre
    1:33:13Fairmile C: the motor gun boat arrivesNotable Point
  95. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    1:18:50Why more machine guns add little to CourageousQ&A
  96. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    56:55Locust survives and becomes a headquarters shipNotable Point
  97. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    1:04:04Earlier Bofors adoption changes the medium AA layerQ&A
  98. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:06:37Layered air defence needs continuous coverageChapter
  99. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    2:49:29Why Japan's 25 mm AA gun underperformedQ&A
  100. Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today
    3:13:04Would Super Lion need a larger anti-aircraft battery?Q&A
  101. Bruships 70: Travelling along...
    1:10:24When Britain and America nearly chose different 40 mm weaponsQ&A
  102. What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    25:34G3's layered gun and torpedo batteryNotable Point
  103. Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)
    25:32Pluton's original armament and a possible Allied refitNotable Point
  104. Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)
    9:45What might a ten-barrel pom-pom have changed?Notable Point
  105. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    18:24Why a 1920s hull grows heavier by the Second World WarNotable Point
  106. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    21:30Designing a general-purpose battleship for fleet actionChapter
  107. Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI
    2:47:44A larger cruiser with 9.2-inch gunsQ&A
  108. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    2:57:49Replacing Hood's rocket anti-aircraft batteryQ&A
  109. Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:34:41An unverified recollection of a pom-pom-armed Sea HurricaneNotable Point
  110. Prince Philips Navy
    43:13Could 40 mm pom-poms and Bofors guns share ammunition?Q&A
  111. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    43:55Minotaur design balanced endurance and air defenseChapter
  112. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    48:28Crown Colony guns, torpedoes, aircraft, and wartime crewChapter
  113. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    45:19Fiji and Ceylon armament comparedNotable Point
  114. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    41:15G3 design lessons and carrier-conversion potentialNotable Point
  115. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    1:17:28Why an octuple pom-pom concentrated eight barrelsQ&A
  116. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:35:04Pom-Pom rate of fire versus Bofors reachQ&A
  117. 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,
    45:24The missed amphibious opportunity after Warspite's victoryNotable Point
  118. HMS Penelope (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 3/4
    7:50Penelope's guns and torpedo armamentChapter
  119. HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/4
    14:16Reading an Arethusa's wartime armament from an ONI guideNotable Point
  120. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    55:18HMS Orion and wartime air-defence modernisationNotable Point
  121. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    24:48Hawkins hulls offer room for a heavier conversionChapter
  122. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    9:26Peacetime procurement and a balanced fleetChapter
  123. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:23:05Why the Royal Navy kept the pom-pom while Bofors output was scarceQ&A
  124. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:02:21The D-class anti-aircraft conversion war interruptedNotable Point