Re: Bismarck against BB-57 South Dakota by lwd » Mon 5:29 pm Usually the term is used in reference to the plane of the material under discussion. If you are talking about vertical armor normal means perpendicular to the vertical or horizontal. Likewise for horizontal armor. Oblique is used similarly. Thorsten Wahl Senior Member ...
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The Bismarck Tribune: Man gets 5 years in prison after drugs found hidden during Bismarck arrest
Man gets 5 years in prison after drugs found hidden during Bismarck arrest
Dengan tiga perusahaan yang bersinergi — Dakota Cargo, Dakota Logistik Indonesia, dan Dakota Lintas Buana — kami menjamin bahwa barang tepat berada di tempat yang tepat, pada waktu yang tepat, dan dalam kondisi yang diinginkan.
Re: Bismarck and her contemporaries by Bgile » Wed 5:50 pm There seems to always be a significant number of duds when heavy armor is encountered. However, a dud can sometimes be even more damaging than a bullet which explodes. For example, suppose a shell failed to explode and instead was deflected through the bottom of the ship?
Re: Bismarck at DS after the second turn by Antonio Bonomi » Wed 4:17 am
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If Bismarck had trouble steering with propellers alone, other factors caused that most likely: Her big size when compared with P.Eugen? Convergent design of her propeller shafts? Did the Hipper or Scharnhorst classes have convergent shaft designs too?
Bismarck´s steam plant was a high temperature/high pressure on, at 58 kg/cm2, while the American´s was a little lower at 40 kg/cm2. Bismarck´s steam would attain a higher steam jet velocity, what would need a matching high rpm turbine for efficiency, which Bismarck´s single reduction gearing could not reach.