Comments by "Frank DeMaris" (@kemarisite) on "HMNZS Achilles - Guide 308" video.

  1. Keep in mind that Graf Spee almost exclusively fired HE (either nose fuse or base fuse) from its 28 cm guns, almost no AP. For the 15 cm secondary guns, AP was almost never carried. This is important because the fuses will set HE shells off much more quickly (about one thousandth of a second) than the fuse in the AP shell (normally 25 thousandths of a second), so for a near miss there is far less water available to dampen blast and splinters.
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