Comments by "The Hand Of The King" (@thehandoftheking3314) on "'Armoured' and 'Unarmoured' Carriers - Survivability vs Strike Power" video.

  1. "the fragile American Bath toy" listening to this with a yank and he just blew his top 😂
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  2.  @nickdanger3802  not the type that hit Ark. I think it's fair to say if you swop RN and USN carriers in specific situations both sides end up in worse scenarios than in actual history, US carriers taking the hits Illustrious did? The FAA were severely hamstrung by the fact all aircraft procurement went through the RAF, so navy aviation was never a major thing for them. Cost us the real Sea Fire that did. For me personally I always say the argument was settled by both navies in the Midway and Malta classes. Two designs that, like the pre war envisioned Pacific type carriers, were remarkably similar. Both had armoured decks and closed bows of RN carriers, and both had hanger layouts and aircraft areas of USN carriers. So neither design was "best" both had plenty to offer.
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  3.  @nickdanger3802  yes she was but theres a few points as to why. 1 Ark wasn't an "Armoured" carrier under consideration. 2 it was a freak torpedo. It malfunctioned and actually ran deeper than its settings and bypassed the torp defences, and it would have done on any carrier. Had it hit the TDs they would have saved the ship 3. After the rapid loss of 2 carriers earlier in the war with a large loss of life, the captain viewed saving his crew as more important than the hull. 4. Ark had several major design flaws that the hit exposed, and thankfully so. The lessons helped to make the following carriers better ships.
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  4.  @CorePathway  that's not a bad point, USNA were typically much better off than the poor FAA, but like I said above it would have been very interesting if the FAA had been allowed to sort out their own Aircraft procurement. Albacore weren't exactly bad, they were underpowered in the MK1s, the 2s where better but when the 3s got a griffon? I'd say they where pretty damn good. As for air group numbers, are you including deckparks and spare airframes?
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  5. ENTIRE KEDO BUTI VS USS ENTERPRISE Enterprise: so it is an even fight.
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  6. Stout and a pork pie!
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