Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Weapon Reliability

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  1. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    1:57:15How reliable Mark 14 torpedoes could shorten the Pacific WarQ&A
  2. OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!
    0:22Why the OTO 76 became an iconic naval gunChapter
  3. OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!
    31:40Why so many navies adopted the OTO 76Q&A
  4. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:34:27Why the Chicago Piano could not be fixed for wartime air defenseQ&A
  5. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:47:30Warspite's belt-fed 15-inch guns face reliability and heat limitsQ&A
  6. Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?
    19:26Foca's loss exposes niche-production riskNotable Point
  7. Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?
    46:22A torpedo attack begins the submarine's escape problemNotable Point
  8. Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 10
    32:15Why Constellation exchanged 24-pounders for 18-poundersNotable Point
  9. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    50:35Operating the manual high-angle 4-inch mountingNotable Point
  10. The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 8
    19:28The F5W combined low speed with erratic controlChapter
  11. Trident Fails to Fly
    0:45Why missile-test failures can strengthen reliabilityNotable Point
  12. Trident Fails to Fly
    1:26Separating submarine performance from missile failureNotable Point
  13. Trident Fails to Fly
    1:56SpaceX as an analogy for test failureNotable Point
  14. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    1:44:23Night attack makes torpedo-aircrew risk countChapter
  15. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    44:23Mark 13 defects persisted beyond the TBD's serviceChapter
  16. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    16:38HMS Hood exposes the unrotated projectile's flawsChapter
  17. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    38:02Treat missile performance claims as sales claimsNotable Point
  18. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    59:41Collisions and torpedo damage broke up the night actionChapter
  19. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    1:02:11Illumination and smoke shaped Japanese visual gunneryNotable Point
  20. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    35:26Engineered shells replaced the old solid-shot arsenalChapter
  21. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    36:11Mature designs explain cannon reliability and the Fairey SwordfishNotable Point
  22. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    38:25Shell shape and fuzes turned projectiles into engineered systemsChapter
  23. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    2:33:31Were automated small-calibre guns worth adopting?Q&A
  24. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    2:18:29Why one of Conqueror's torpedoes failedQ&A
  25. Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine
    2:40:03Reliable early-war weapons can compound across a campaignQ&A
  26. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:05:03Why the American torpedoes missedNotable Point
  27. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:11:51Why heavier fighter cannon took time to fieldQ&A
  28. Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response
    20:08Cannon armament and carrier-aircraft trade-offsQ&A
  29. Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response
    25:31Torpedo reliability was not only a German problemQ&A
  30. Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"
    1:11:10Were Adriatic torpedoes technically reliable?Q&A
  31. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    55:42Ammunition consumption and the friction of warNotable Point
  32. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:37:00Elbonia and the trap of impressive but unreliable weaponsNotable Point