Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Quick Firing Guns

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  1. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    54:41Testing the Jeune École against guns and destroyer screensNotable Point
  2. Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...
    13:11Why destroyers began displacing torpedo boatsChapter
  3. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    23:37Quick-firing guns build the first anti-torpedo-boat layerChapter
  4. Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?
    6:41Why torpedo boats produced the destroyerChapter
  5. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    1:05:44Threat diversity restarts the small-craft arms cycleChapter
  6. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:29:41Favourite gun calibres and their historical associationsQ&A
  7. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    44:54Renown's quick-firing advantage over ironcladsQ&A
  8. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:43:31The torpedo ram's vanishing design windowQ&A
  9. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    58:20Why drill requires discipline under fireNotable Point
  10. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:04:58The Beiyang Fleet's defeat at the Yalu RiverChapter
  11. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    45:54Quick-firing guns undercut the Jeune École's cheap-warship promiseNotable Point
  12. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    2:11:12The Jeune Ecole's torpedo strategy meets quick-firing gunsNotable Point
  13. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:15:21Destroyer-heavy force teaches a screening lessonNotable Point
  14. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:45:06Italian battle losses drive a fleet-wide refitNotable Point
  15. Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:21:46Is a scout cruiser really a large destroyer?Q&A
  16. The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies
    12:30Cartridge ammunition makes quick firing practicalChapter
  17. The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies
    16:07Six inches marks the practical hand-loading ceilingNotable Point
  18. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:28:30How rolling affected sloop deck-gun fireQ&A
  19. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    25:15From Gatling mechanisms to revolving gun chambersChapter
  20. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    32:36Quick-firing guns meet breech pressure and shell weightChapter
  21. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    34:52Was the Hotchkiss three-pounder 57 mm or 47 mm?Q&A
  22. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    4:22Cerberus suggests a breastwork path for American monitorsNotable Point
  23. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre
    1:30:14Why “quick-firing” did not mean automaticNotable Point
  24. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:41:54Destroyer screens and stopping torpedo attacksNotable Point
  25. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:58:04Atlanta-style cruisers and saturation fireNotable Point
  26. Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada
    2:45:05Quick-firing guns answered torpedo boats - but bred confidenceNotable Point
  27. Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI
    15:00Lyddite hazards sat inside a crowded service-shell inventoryNotable Point
  28. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    31:57The Russo-Japanese War and surface-era anti-submarine warfareNotable Point
  29. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    32:09Cressy armament and the cost of low casematesNotable Point
  30. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    57:32The torpedo threat the Cressys were built to defeatNotable Point
  31. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    12:28Why sixteen six-inch guns suited the Diadem roleChapter
  32. Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)
    8:45Hull dimensions, machinery, and the transition to salvo fireChapter
  33. Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)
    10:48How the 15-centimetre guns were arrangedNotable Point
  34. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    8:01Design evolution for an Italian presence cruiserNotable Point
  35. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)
    31:36A 20-knot Leander successor for fleet screeningNotable Point
  36. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)
    32:21Updating a Leander-style cruiser for the quick-firing eraNotable Point
  37. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:51:01Tiger's powerful but troublesome 6-inch gunsQ&A
  38. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:04:43Were Plutón and Furor true torpedo-boat destroyers?Notable Point
  39. The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less
    9:25Destroyers and quick-firing guns answer torpedo boatsChapter
  40. The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less
    15:36Mixed fleets turn torpedo boats into force multipliersNotable Point
  41. Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)
    16:13The 4-inch Mark VII as a counter-destroyer weaponChapter
  42. Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)
    21:17The rapid-firing Vickers 3-pounderChapter
  43. Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)
    14:02Small torpedo boats versus real engagement rangesChapter
  44. Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)
    24:39Why a Dreadnought was a difficult torpedo targetNotable Point
  45. Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)
    31:03Mass, firepower, and the origin of destroyersChapter
  46. Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine
    33:29Jeune École treated torpedo flotillas as a deterrentChapter
  47. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles
    1:19:46When torpedoes began changing warship designQ&A
  48. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 1/11 Archer Class
    8:12Jeune École, flotilla defence, and larger successorsChapter
  49. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 1/11 Archer Class
    11:34A precursor to the general-purpose destroyerChapter
  50. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    2:46:18Revolver mechanisms for rapid-fire naval gunsQ&A
  51. Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies
    2:32:39The naval firepower triangleNotable Point
  52. Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments
    2:55What 300 rounds from a Russian 47 mm gun could achieveQ&A
  53. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    2:01:42What quick-firing meant before automatic loadingNotable Point