Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "The Drydock - Episode 103" video.

  1. The FFG was not designed for Air defense nor was the 76mm Otto Melara gun expected to sink many surface ships. It was a ASw escort. Cheap, simple and in a shooting war, expendable.
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  2. Try here... https://www.phillyseaport.org/olympia
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  3.  @Matahpi  Want to learn about Minesweepers? Here is a film for you. https://youtu.be/6nZnkRCVszE
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  4.  @DisSabot  Uh, that is a major history change. If they survive? The crews do too. Changing leadership at Sea and in the air for the rest of the war. Japan stays on offense into 1942 if you change things,
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  5.  @bkjeong4302  Too the previous question. If Japan saves the 4 carriers, can they win the War? Likely no. But they can drag it out to a peace on their terms.
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  6.  @blogsblogs2348  Available does not equal a good choice.
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  7.  @blogsblogs2348  Blimps were a better option than air refueling bombers.
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  8.  @tommeakin1732  Rocketry in the 1940's was moving as fast as it could. From the Bazooka to the V2. In the 1950's unguided rockets were thought to be a fighter plane weapon. But it never replaced the 20mm.
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  9.  @admiralredaceone5913  The Great Depression would have had the same result. A cut in defense spending.
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  10.  @gbladewarrior6884  CSA Hunley vs USS Houstonanic. X craft vs Tirpitz, MS 22 vs HMS Manchester.
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  11.  @FazCraft  Brass cased cartridge guns. SK C/34 from Krupp.
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  12.  @tommeakin1732  The AA gun was proven and simple. There's also the danger of rocket fuels of the time.
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