Battleship NJ VS Bismarck: Guns!

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• ER

  @ericenglund9901 · 3 years ago

  My grandchild came and looked over my shoulder; "Is that man reading the shells a bedtime story?"

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• JA

  @jamesrichardson1326 · 3 years ago

  If New Jersey and Tirpitz had met, you can be sure movies and documentaries would be available for us to watch. Interesting video Ryan.

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• TO

  @tonepoem4438 · 3 years ago

  9 years ago I purchased a book “BATTLESHIP MISSOURI An Illustrated History” by Paul Stillwell. It is almost the same size book and it is  just as heavy. And the reason why I was interested in purchasing this particular book is because of my three years tour on the Battleship Missouri BB-63 (1985-1988) OA Division.

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• FO

  @fountainvalley100 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The most important thing you didn’t cover was the fire control system.   Doesn’t matter what the gun is if it is not hitting the target.

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• AL

  @Alpheus1151 · 3 years ago

  The German guns also used vertically sliding breech blocks, as opposed to the more common interrupted screw breech.

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• F-

  @F-Man · 3 years ago

  Would love to see a similar comparison with the Iowa’s and Yamato’s main battery!

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• JM

  @jmullner76 · 3 years ago

  I like "Story Time with Ryan" surrounded by shells.

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• BU

  @buddystewart2020 · 3 years ago

  Battleship comparisons usually come down to comparing statistics. Stats are like a bikini, they'll show you some things, but they won't show you everything. There's so many intangibles in a battle like that, it usually just ends up as an opinion piece, not hard fact. But, they can be fun, to a degree.

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• TO

  @totensiebush · 3 years ago

  I would think the biggest reason for the Iowa punching through far more deck armor is the angle: the Iowa shell is coming down at a much steeper angle, so there's far less deflection and effective armor thickness.

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• TT

  @TTTT-oc4eb · 3 years ago

  Rate of fire during a battle doesn't always give a good indication of max ROF. During the battle of the Denmark Strait, the three first salvos from Bismarck were ranging salvoes -  thereafter followed three quick salvoes, before she shifted her fire to POW - then a torpedo alarm from Prinz Eugen caused a break, before POW got away. In 13 minutes of action she fired 93 rounds.

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• ET

  @ET_Don · 3 years ago

  @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQB4TmtweKQ&amp;t=522">8:42</a> Describing a shell as being &quot;Only 5 feet tall&quot; is kinda funny. Great video Ryan.

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• MA

  @martinhiemstra5067 · 3 years ago

  I have 4 Bismarck books and have watched &quot;Sink the Bismarck&quot; many times. I&apos;ve always believed German acting in war movies is the best. I&apos;m of Dutch descent. I felt sorry for the German officers and sailors of Bismarck because they were on a suicide mission as Bismarck was badly outnumbered. The first gunnery officer Schneider said so himself. &nbsp;The interplay between the Lutjens and Lindemann &nbsp;actors is extremely interesting and sophisticated. When Bismarck is nearly done for at the end and all is lost. Lindemann asks Lütjens &quot;where is your Luftwaffe now sir?&quot; as a cheap shot that reveals the antagonistic relationship between the two at the end. Captain Lindemann was Germany&apos;s top naval gunner. And a former commandant of the German naval gunnery school and was involved in ship design in the 1930s. As a little boy he dreamed of being a captain of a German warship and going down with his ship as a glorious naval &nbsp;warrior. Eyewitnesses in the water say Lindemann was still alive before Bismarck sunk. He was hanging on to the foremast at the stem and saluted the men in the water as the ship rolled over. It&apos;s enough to make you cry.😪

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