Comments by "AtomicBabel" (@AtomicBabel) on "HMS Blake - Guide 152" video.

@cvproj could be much worst. You could have added: Name of theme for both 5min and drydock Reason for debris in the opening Iowa vs Yamato vs Bismarck vs ... what if Every Samar what if Every IJN 25mm lament Every Kamchatka fail Alternative Admiral what if Where are all the mine voices ... etc 😁
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@jimtaylor294 induced FAMINE is infinitely cheaper, we're talking tens of lives per penny not invested! Just look at The Great Leap Forward or the Cultural Revolution for Mao's sake.
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So sad when a good question evolves into a fantasy what if drill.
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@kimleechristensen2679 good to see that the conversation had moved on with good points raised. I would be very impressed if the TDS did not progressively degrade with each hit and if machinery or weapon systems did not go down with repeated shock events. On the question of the feasibility of achieving enough hits in the 4 dwindling strikes, were there enough torpedoes available on Ark Royal? Whether men, machinery, torps, bombs, bullets, canned tomatoes and/or margins of stability and buoyancy are exhausted, the surface units are going to go in for their licks 😁
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@unlimitedx53 funny, I had some free time and bicycled over to that today. The plate is 26 inches thick. 2 inches from the back side, there is a distinct broader, a transition between ductility and hardness. From the front, there were spider cracks on the surface radiating about 18 inches from the circumference of the hole. The cracks branched out into several fingers. On the face, it appears as if dinner plate sized "flint" shards were ejected, it was difficult to determine exactly how deep this went, it could have been 3 or 4 inches. The core was smeared, pushed in the direction of the shell and the hole was smooth. Next time, I'll measure the diameter of the hole. I was not aware of the effect of "extruding" the penetrating shell to a smaller diameter. About 10 ft away were 2 APC shells for the 18.1's. 50 ft away were 2 plates and a propeller from the South Dakota. One plate was about 12 inches thick and had cement backing and was stud (3 - 4 inch dia) mounted to a 1 1/2" hull plate. This must be a belt plate. The other plate was about 6 inches thick and looks like it took a non penetrating medium caliber shell hit at a shallow angle. There were radiating scars, all were ductile. Interestingly, there were inch long lines all over the surface of the plate, like giant ice crystals.
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@unlimitedx53 from this eyeball I can confirm that the shell impacted at a right angle to the face. Not sure what the real slope was on the turret face, but at some range, an incoming shell is going to be impacting at right angle to it. Edit: look at some pictures of the Yamato and the turret faces looked closer ro 45 degrees. I wonder what range will the 16 50s plunge a shell at that angle? I could see that for test purposes a control point would be to compare impacts at a given angle.
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@unlimitedx53 was that 35 and 30 degrees to the plate or to horizon? The later will give an impact angle of only be 10 to 15 degrees, not much. Although not perfect, the test set up may be such that it can be compared with similar previous tests and future tests. Basically, follow an instruction, repeat the process and compare the observations.
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@kimleechristensen2679 had to do a little digging here too and Google it's not helping me either. Although carrier ordnance load is flexible depending on the mission, torps tend to get their own magazines thus there should be a maximum load. I'm not sure why 100 seems to be a lot ro me, however the number of torp sorties that you have proposed does "feel" feasible. I would very much like to be educated on the mission capability facts on not just the Ark Royal but other carriers too.
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@kemarisite Frank, thanks for the report. Hard to read on a phone screen during a flight 🤓 Would appreciate more when you find them.
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After reading the Ukon report, I got to wonder how much juicing up Dahlgren did in order to punch thru like that? Plus what does the rest of the plate look like? Would be very interested to see the results if there was a first shot?
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