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Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
Alternate HistoryBattlecruisersBattleshipsCruisersDestroyersFleet CarriersFleet ScreeningForce StructureMilitary LeadershipNaval GunneryNaval Industrial BaseNaval Industrial CapacityNaval ProcurementNaval StrategyNaval WeaponsResearch MethodsRoyal NavyShip DesignShip ModernisationSurface WarfareUltimate Admiral DreadnoughtsWorld War II
Study Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign, a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 3 Jun 2024, with 15 time notes. Topics include Alternate History, Battlecruisers…
Time notes
- 11:22Capital-ship targeting and broadside overmatchNotable Point
The opening action shows how torpedo avoidance, target discipline, and four supporting battleships outweigh a French capital ship's paper gun advantage.
- 24:41QuestionIf Warspite's machine spirit could choose a new body with modern weapons and engineering, what would it build?AnswerQ&A
The imagined ship is larger than a Zumwalt, uses Iowa-style turrets, carries armor, and keeps stealth features.
- 27:20QuestionCan anyone still make a 12-inch naval gun?AnswerQ&A
Sweden and Finland are offered as plausible candidates because they retain relevant barrel expertise, while the chat identifies Swedish large-scale precision machining.
- 32:18QuestionCould a 12-inch gun be used as a flak cannon?AnswerQ&A
Possibly in principle, although even an autoloading version would need about six barrels to sustain a useful rate of fire.
- 34:12Small destroyer design under tonnage pressureNotable Point
A 2,000-ton destroyer design exercise weighs guns, torpedoes, armor, stability, and role efficiency inside a tight displacement limit.
- 35:06Why navies retain specialized industrial capacityNotable Point
Discussion of British and American industrial options explains why rarely used heavy machinery and skilled personnel can be strategic assets.
- 1:14:16Escort destroyers and torpedo pressureNotable Point
A torpedo-boat threat exposes the cost of poor escort positioning and the limits of relying on a battleship to dodge late.
- 1:18:38Carrier history and false lessonsNotable Point
Caricaturing British carrier development hides how British and American practice interacted and produces false lessons about naval aviation.
- 1:26:52QuestionDoes the game have a big learning curve?AnswerQ&A
Not especially. Familiarity can create false confidence when older French ships with poor torpedoes make the player forget that newer torpedoes can still be dangerous.
- 1:30:50The 5.5-inch naval gun as a path not takenNotable Point
A brief aside recovers the 5.5-inch gun from obscurity and presents it as a capable intermediate naval calibre.
- 1:40:57Battlecruiser as heavy-cruiser substituteNotable Point
A battlecruiser action explains why a navy might use a much larger ship to fill a heavy-cruiser role it cannot design satisfactorily.
- 2:01:01QuestionWhat would happen if the Royal Navy's Special Boat Service and Royal Marines had enough Halo Pelicans throughout World War II?AnswerQ&A
Their speed, reach, and extraction capability could make leader-capture raids feasible, while succession risk would still complicate the strategic result.
- 2:08:23Research gates the next Rodney designNotable Point
Before designing a new battleship, the research queue is checked to see whether better hull protection and systems justify a short delay.
- 2:10:15QuestionWho was the most overrated general on each side in World War II?AnswerQ&A
The response offers qualified examples rather than one choice per belligerent, discussing MacArthur, Bradley, de Gaulle, Japanese commanders, and the constraints on Mark Clark in Italy.
- 2:21:28Rodney-class gun, armor, and speed compromiseNotable Point
The late design session builds a new Rodney around 16.5-inch guns, 30 knots, heavy protection, and enough yard capacity for a four-ship squadron.