Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Standardisation

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  1. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    12:29Rough-sea hulls and the cost of complicated shapesNotable Point
  2. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    36:32Hiburi's combination of Mikura and Ukuru featuresChapter
  3. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:57:38Why a cheaper vehicle can still cost more to introduceNotable Point
  4. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    1:10:14Boxer and the cost of repeatedly changing procurement plansChapter
  5. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    52:35Could World of Warships' Soviet designs have been built?Q&A
  6. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    53:48Tashkent's failed domestic adaptation and the limits of design changesNotable Point
  7. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    35:27Standard hulls and Germany's lost shipbuilding skillsChapter
  8. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    43:59Bismarck's complexity and the case for more hullsNotable Point
  9. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    46:05Age of Sail artillery standardization and logisticsNotable Point
  10. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    12:00Standardized ships helped the Navy absorb millions of peopleChapter
  11. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:26:01Common designs and Suez logistics in a fictional British EmpireQ&A
  12. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    0:00Can navies standardize too much?Q&A
  13. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    1:39Royal Navy gun standardization created more variationChapter
  14. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    2:12Why one gun calibre did not guarantee one fleet standardNotable Point
  15. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    6:46How a 12-pounder became a de facto standardNotable Point
  16. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    7:49How 21 knots constrained US standard battleshipsChapter
  17. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    31:45Why Standard Missile commonality worksNotable Point
  18. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    34:58How one defensive missile narrows an attacker's problemChapter
  19. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    39:41A Type 45 alternative with two missile familiesNotable Point
  20. The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)
    59:31How supplier scarcity standardizes NATO equipmentNotable Point
  21. Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:42:15The Klingon Bird of Prey as a logistics warningQ&A
  22. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    1:01:42Early French AA standardization would favor British weaponsQ&A
  23. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    52:42Why mass fleets rarely buy the perfect destroyerNotable Point
  24. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    2:46:36Why VLS length labels do not standardize firepowerQ&A
  25. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    1:30:48A common radial engine could simplify carrier-aircraft supportNotable Point
  26. Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor
    1:33:34Would common engines improve carrier-aircraft availability?Q&A
  27. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    51:47Shared combat systems for a hypothetical AUKUS destroyerQ&A
  28. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    1:18:04Concentrated escorts turn commonality into readinessNotable Point
  29. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    1:26:05Type 052D cell depths may vary between batchesNotable Point
  30. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    1:54:40A future Type 051 could divide carrier and surface-action rolesNotable Point
  31. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    1:56:19Shared systems could support several destroyer sizesNotable Point
  32. Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...
    1:19:07British engine standardization aims at simpler naval logisticsNotable Point
  33. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    26:14Italian propellant bags: equal weight without common compositionQ&A
  34. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    10:57:40The Royal Navy's overlapping secondary and destroyer gunsQ&A
  35. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    6:48:29Why keeping production batches together can ease maintenanceNotable Point
  36. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:01:53Graf Zeppelin and the risk of too much new technologyQ&A
  37. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:04:57German tank variants and the cost of avoiding standardisationNotable Point
  38. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    3:25Royal Navy gun diversity reflected changing prioritiesNotable Point
  39. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    4:52How abundant funding could delay gun standardizationNotable Point
  40. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    20:02Standardization spreads beyond the Tribal classChapter
  41. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    28:38A ubiquitous British dual-purpose gunNotable Point
  42. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    30:32Fleet standardization changes weapons available to escortsNotable Point
  43. Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...
    25:38Why Japan changed sailor ranks during wartimeNotable Point
  44. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    46:31Standardization closed the adoption windowNotable Point
  45. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    3:14A Scharnhorst-based fleet could have arrived soonerNotable Point
  46. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    44:01Capital-ship ambition crowded out essential escortsNotable Point
  47. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    2:17:22Imperial interoperability through common standardsNotable Point
  48. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:45:30A postwar Royal Navy standardized on 5.25-inch gunsNotable Point
  49. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    27:56From admirals' private codes to a fleet standardNotable Point
  50. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    37:22Kempenfelt's legacy: communication as command infrastructureChapter
  51. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:11:12Why gallon differences did not derail Allied naval fuelingQ&A
  52. From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live
    1:01:11Dutch Admiralties fragment standards and suppliesNotable Point
  53. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    21:12Command before a standardized officer corpsNotable Point
  54. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    2:22:21Why mixed triple and twin turrets worsen a King George V redesignQ&A
  55. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    1:35:55Germany's fragmented logistics problem in World War IIQ&A
  56. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    1:26:06Why German standardization required design discipline, not just standardsQ&A
  57. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    4:21:35German machinery was capable but painfully individualQ&A
  58. Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 3
    1:06:40Cargo standards and thermal budgets make fleet scale concreteNotable Point
  59. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    2:18:05A Star Wars planetary defence force built around depth and standardisationQ&A
  60. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    49:52Why a uniform Queen Elizabeth-class refit would be preferableQ&A
  61. Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier
    34:18France's far-flung bases lack a unified support systemChapter
  62. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    1:21:52A Commonwealth Royal Fleet Auxiliary poolQ&A
  63. Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!
    1:27:56Standard class designs and individual shipyard finishingNotable Point
  64. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    1:15:19Why Canada should standardize a purpose-built destroyer programQ&A
  65. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    46:04Would Soviet competition push Britain toward higher-pressure boilers?Q&A
  66. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    1:14:15Why modular warship construction needs enforced standardsQ&A
  67. Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI
    1:08:57Innovation creates a logistics burdenNotable Point
  68. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:54:35Why British medium AA guns resisted standardizationQ&A
  69. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:35:24Heavy forge presses could shape standardised ship structureQ&A
  70. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    22:43A repeatable German capital-ship designNotable Point
  71. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    27:46Technical improvement versus fleet standardizationNotable Point
  72. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    2:05:34Why wartime seizures multiplied Royal Navy gun typesQ&A
  73. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    2:44:12Why the Royal Navy fielded several medium gun calibersQ&A
  74. Bruships 130: Battleships
    21:19Why repeated Scharnhorst construction could outperform BismarckQ&A
  75. Bruships 130: Battleships
    1:50:19Benefits and compromises of standardized warship hullsQ&A
  76. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    0:01Standardization instead of paper perfectionChapter
  77. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    7:18What a common capital-ship hull changesNotable Point
  78. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    28:45Why repeated construction becomes cheaperNotable Point
  79. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    6:54Why F3 is a better carrier basis than NelsonQ&A
  80. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    19:41Why the common hull stops at capital shipsNotable Point
  81. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:27:00Standardization trades perfection for productionNotable Point
  82. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    2:39:24A common barbette makes 15-inch conversion possibleNotable Point
  83. Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    48:24Tiger's paper strengths were undermined by logisticsNotable Point
  84. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    33:24Standardizing four-ship battleship divisionsNotable Point
  85. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    1:35:09New construction follows a proven refit designNotable Point
  86. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?
    1:33:36Long cruiser runs made standardization practicalQ&A
  87. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    1:24:05Mass-producing cruisers for Singapore and home watersNotable Point
  88. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    26:00Russian capital ships for a Black Sea risk fleetChapter
  89. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:16:57Normandie, Lyon, and French design momentumChapter
  90. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    1:55:44How a stronger Commonwealth might organize naval procurementQ&A
  91. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs
    1:06:47The Type 51 and Japan's mass-production problemNotable Point
  92. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    49:41Mechanical firing tables turned observations into aiming solutionsNotable Point
  93. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    1:06:53Barrel droop made foundry quality part of fire controlNotable Point
  94. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre
    1:25:20Fairmile B scale and the logistics of crew modificationsNotable Point
  95. The Landship Story
    26:17Crompton made electrical systems and standards work at scaleNotable Point
  96. A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 7
    20:19Standardised hulls and the logistics warNotable Point
  97. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    11:13Four main-battery calibres for ten battleshipsChapter
  98. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    19:10Why split secondary batteries consume a shipNotable Point
  99. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    26:54Why a post-war Vanguard successor needs a new gun programmeQ&A
  100. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    31:54An F3 battlecruiser could pull older ships toward a common gunQ&A
  101. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    1:04:57Why a shared shell is easier than a shared battleship gunQ&A
  102. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    2:15:24An Australian Queen Elizabeth would remain a common designQ&A
  103. Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 1
    31:28A common improved 15-inch gun optionNotable Point
  104. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    2:50:55Small-service rifles follow the Army's logistics systemQ&A
  105. Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses
    33:40Project 69 and the logistics behind a big-gun fleetNotable Point
  106. Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses
    34:39Engineering perfection versus fleet-wide standardisationNotable Point
  107. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    2:16:36Mixed-calibre armament creates a logistics burdenNotable Point
  108. Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 76
    1:39:27Could scout carriers share County-class machinery?Q&A
  109. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    50:43When British and American measurements complicated Merlin productionNotable Point
  110. Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you
    39:48Standardized twin turrets simplify Royal Navy supportChapter
  111. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:17:42Why not use mods for the design tests?Q&A
  112. The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century
    0:00Why warship ratings are planning averagesNotable Point
  113. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    38:12French naval rank and political weightNotable Point
  114. Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam
    18:20Why navies wanted repeatable enginesNotable Point
  115. Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain
    1:27:21Metric navies still clustered around established gun calibersQ&A
  116. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    14:23Why the 4.7-inch variants did not share ammunition freelyQ&A
  117. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    25:49A single calibre reshapes much more than destroyersChapter
  118. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    33:45Why French 130 mm ammunition would not fitQ&A
  119. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:02:25Common ammunition still needs mount engineeringNotable Point
  120. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    1:24:55How 4.7-inch secondaries could spread to new cruisersQ&A
  121. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:11:12A common calibre speeds proximity-fuze distributionQ&A
  122. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:29:12Why not adopt the US Navy 5-inch/38?Q&A
  123. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    2:37:31A standardized cruiser family would outperform prestige projectsQ&A
  124. Admiral Hipper Class
    6:22The cost of reinventing each German warship designNotable Point
  125. Visiting Cutty Sark
    0:37Tea chests and standardised cargoNotable Point
  126. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    36:45How the Admiralty enforced class standardizationNotable Point
  127. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    15:09Naval constructors enforce class disciplineNotable Point
  128. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    23:39Descartes takes years to turn a novel design into a usable shipNotable Point
  129. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    45:30Individual ships cannot substitute for a unifying fleet systemNotable Point
  130. Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to
    1:16:05The Marian reforms rebuild the Roman legionChapter
  131. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    27:05Standardizing German capital ships on ScharnhorstChapter
  132. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    29:44The logistical cost of too many U-boat variantsNotable Point
  133. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)
    23:59Standard frigate hulls across allied fleetsQ&A
  134. Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...
    29:46Alliance standardization versus technological diversityChapter
  135. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    59:01Different approaches to warship standardizationNotable Point
  136. Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century
    1:07:31Three Galaxy carriers lead to a componentised fleetNotable Point
  137. Titanic Lessons Learned 110yrs On (Long Patrol)
    18:18A rescue plan dependent on radio coordinationNotable Point
  138. Titanic Lessons Learned 110yrs On (Long Patrol)
    21:19Technology needs access and common standardsNotable Point
  139. Titanic Lessons Learned 110yrs On (Long Patrol)
    39:05Why a famous disaster forced safety reformNotable Point
  140. Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships
    2:20:50When every cruiser becomes an individual work of artNotable Point
  141. Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)
    33:26Fleet numbers, production, and standardizationChapter
  142. Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)
    40:33Personalized hulls versus production standardizationNotable Point
  143. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    20:24Procurement is about a fleet, not one shipChapter
  144. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    40:16Why a two-ship pair produces a different designChapter
  145. Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions
    37:21The Royal Navy's attempt to standardize secondary gunsNotable Point
  146. Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions
    2:14:05Why one frigate hull produced several classesQ&A
  147. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    40:04Standardization and the rise of shore supportChapter
  148. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    1:07:39The Royal Navy's single aerial-torpedo optionQ&A
  149. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    52:47Sea Slug saturation and the trap of unique missile fitsNotable Point
  150. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    3:07:36Why navies sometimes buy different small armsQ&A
  151. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    4:16St Vincent-class batch production builds a battle squadronChapter
  152. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    3:35:22Why cheaper standard gauge prevailed over Brunel's broad gaugeNotable Point
  153. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    45:57What infrastructure problems affected French ships and armies?Q&A
  154. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:55:09Why the Royal Navy retained its 4.5-inch gunQ&A
  155. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:28:14From 4.5-inch to 5-inch naval gunsQ&A
  156. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    57:35D-class variation multiplied the support burdenNotable Point
  157. A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)
    24:42Mass production made landing craft families highly variableNotable Point