Comments by "whya2ndaccount" (@whya2ndaccount) on "Drachinifel" channel.

  1. 15:46 Hexamine is the name for the heating brick. Also very happy that previous generations sorted these issues out as I frequently fire tank ammunition with a cellulose cartridge case that burns when we fire the gun, and sometimes (rarely) they rip and you get the turret floor covered in lots of little pellets.
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  2. Also lends its name to a dry biscuit here.
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  3.  @William-Morey-Baker  Two guys with Lewis guns - aren't the entire Australian Military - why does this crap persist (youtube / internet has a lot to answer for).
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  4. Kudos for making a trivial issue (or really only of interest to rivet counters) into an entertaining 30 minutes.
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  5. 16:40 - 16:45 "The hypotenuse and the long side of the triangle" Pretty sure the hypotenuse is the long edge? ;)
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  6. 39:40 Good attempt. "Lithgo" - in a similar way the Glasgow is pronounced "Glasgo". Looking forward to the coverage of I-24's bombardment of Sydney's Eastern suburbs on 8/9 June 42, which my mother in law experienced.
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  7. Long way from Oz. Someone else can have my ticket.
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  8.  @Dave_Sisson  Ah well if he's stuck in Melbourne he has my sympathies.
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  9. Gentlemen, Thank you very much for the session. I did watch to the end, although I'm not focused on Naval history, but as a "land guy" I'm a consumer of the effects provided by my colleagues in the senior service.
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  10. Interesting to read about spaced armour for warships. I presume a fully KE round (no bursting charge) like a tank's APFSDS would have limited effect given the volume of the target?
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  11. Ah so Tirpitz just needed a "Tallboy proof" bomb deck! Just stroll down to the shipyard and specify a 1.5m - 2m (or more) bomb deck and watch for the reaction. :) Happy New Year.
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  12. Why not upload from say Sydney - we have the Internet here too you know. ;)
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  13. Next time come to Canberra to the Australian War Memorial.
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  14. The Yanks have extended the apology, naming one of their new Littoral Combat Ships (LCS-30) "USS Canberra".
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  15. That's not Melbourne. That looks like Portsea.
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  16. May I start by saying how much I appreciate the effort you have obviously put in. I must say though that the miniature ships whilst possibly aesthetically pleasing in real life, lacked clarity. The addition of the ensigns in Part 2 helped, except for the ones seemingly randomly placed in the middle of the sea, but I couldn't read what was written on them, nor could I tell directions, etc. I suspect they look great up close but far away it was hard to determine which end was the bow (perhaps colour the base near the bow or place the ensign at the front of the column?). The maps / charts however were very clear and perhaps those are a better way forward?
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  17. Without becoming too Monty Pythonesque are the "Gallons" you referred to US or UK "Gallons"? Apart from having no idea as to the background to the difference, this would seem to suggest the use of Litres as the common unit of measure.
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  18. Yesterday Sydney, today Brisbane ... I think the issue is that post the Brisbane floods, the previously safe mooring was perhaps no longer safe due to wreckage on the river bed. Also if you watched the floods there was video of major items (ferry quays, etc.) breaking free and creating havoc downstream - I suspect they wanted to remove such potential hazards.
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  19. Terrible to hear of the war grave desecration
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  20. Surprised re the LOTR reference. Would have thought being a maritime channel, that the beacons relaying the message re the Armada would have come to mind. :)
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  21. Good to know where Kenneth More did his research for "A Night to Remember" and "Sink the Bismarck".
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  22. FYSA, most people here pronounce it as "Jarvis" - It bit like the variations on "Newcastle" (Newcasstle / Newcarstle)..
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  23. I guess Quint needed a bigger boat - twice?
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  24. I have walked the ground there twice (relatives at Quinn's Post and The Nek) and looked down on the Dardanelles from Chunuk Bair. I continue to be struck by Johnny Turk's heroism and determination: "I don't order you to fight, I order you to die. In the time it takes us to die, other troops and commanders can come and take our places." — Mustafa Kemal I'm also struck seeing how close the water appears that the Anglo French maritime assault could have saved so many lives, and avoided actions such as the SS River Clyde at Cape Helles (V Beach).
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  25. Kia ora! No need for Elephants, you already have the All Black tight five. :)
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  26. A relatively safe wreck to dive - assuming the RADHAZ has reduced. ;)
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  27. 33:00 Hence the requirement for the Loyal Toast sitting down.
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  28. Very patient Guide / Instructor. I think I'd have a hoarse throat by now and shown him off the range after that many safety "oversights". Also not so keen to carry a bag full of mercury fulminate based charges around the battlefield.
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  29. When you say “the entire war” for the USN (8:53) it equates to about 18 months. :)
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  30. 40C here in Aust - so not much need for a Boiler - Merry Christmas! :)
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  31.  @charlesmartin8454  Thanks. Holidays have pretty much taken a back seat here for people in the Emergency Services / Defence Force.
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  32. Can we look forward to you commandeering Mrs Drach's kitchen for the steel hardening / tempering experiments?
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  33.  @Jpdt19  So no Bessemer process simulation in the oven?
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  34. Navy calls it Fleet Base East because there is also a Garden Island in WA which also a RAN base (HMAS Stirling).
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  35. Broadcast from Aust or pre-recorded?
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  36. USN vs RN would be an application of Train hard, Fight easy. Having a "near peer" OPFOR forces you to be serious. If the USN planned to fight say Iceland it would not have proved beneficial against the IJN. This continues today with say the Large Scale Global Exercise, Ex Talisman Sabre, etc.
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  37. Merry Christmas and thanks for all your work during the year. Currently enjoying Boxing Day here.
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  38. No idea what that was about but one day of the year, its fine.
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  39. Is there some sort of political reason for using the First World War ensign in the thumbnail? I was trying to reconcile a Type XXI boat but in 1914 - 1918.
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  40. Graf Spee slim pickings, leave it to the Kiwi's
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  41. Presumable the application of Mission Command as opposed to micro management?
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  42. Surely Babbage's Difference Engine was the first "computer"?
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  43.  @AMD7027  Not obsolete, still in use Sponson <> the gun, its a add on - e.g. many vehicles have internal sponsons as stowage areas.
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  44.  @ivanthemadvandal8435  Agreed, we use "fleet" as a generic term for equipment - e.g. the Fleet Manager for the generator "fleet", or the L159 "fleet", etc.
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  45. I though CNO was Chief of Naval Operations or has the title evolved since the 1930s?
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  46. Yes, unfortunately Melbourne 1 : Voyager 0
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  47. Perhaps also a stopwatch / timer to tell you when 5 minutes is up?
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  48. Drive from Perth to Albany? You need a WA fixer who can read a map. Hope you enjoyed your stay. Sandgropers are pretty hospitable.
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  49.  @thelonerick  Yep I just love when people arrive here (say Sydney) and then say they are "popping down" to Melbourne and I get to watch their face when I tell them its a 10+ hour drive.
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  50. 1:44 looks like Cockatoo Island in Sydney harbour?
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  51. Hopefully you can make it down to Canberra.
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  52. "a little bit away" Williamstown is about a 2 hour drive from Melbourne. The Cerberus (both the wreck, and the naval base) is near Melbourne. The SF 'ship' (fishing boat) is the Krait, used by Z Force. Canberra (halfway between Melbourne and Sydney) also has the Australian War Memorial.
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  53.  @simperous4308  Yes, but its a about an hour (just in case people thought it was 10mins or something) and then you need wheels at the other end.
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  54. I hope these (or a sub set) come to the AWM at some point. Perhaps RAN could buy it and put therm on display at HMAS Cerberus or HMAS Creswell as a PME tool.
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  55.  @GerryWestenberg  How much room do they take up (in "display mode" as opposed to "storage mode")? I'm in Army (a LTCOL) and know some people in the Senior Service and I maybe able to ask on your behalf -- or at least find some points of contact.
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  56. Surely you need to still strip the gun so the laser can be used on areas not externally visible? Also if it is a Class 3 or higher, there should be safety measures in place to prevent people just walking past accidentally looking at the beam (for example, at 8:20 its basically pointed at the camera)? Ultrasonic cleaners might also have an application in this space.
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  57. I'm guessing the "edited" version is on its way?
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  58. Just wondering if the wargame results were "professional judgement" or the outcomes of a simulation product?
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  59. Kia Ora! to my Kiwi mates across the ditch.
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  60. Just use a tank with stab, ballistic computer and a Laser Range Finder. ;)
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  61. 01:55 Nov 4th, 2022? Sorry I missed it. :)
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  62. A DSO with 3 bars - surely the Admiralty could nominate him for a higher gong, instead of 4 copies of the same one?
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  63. 16 mins out of 46 devoted to Intro, Ads and Caveats.
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  64. FYSA, I find the red text on the blue background (IJN), very hard to read at any resolution. The USN labeling is only marginally clearer at 1080p. I gave up and just focused on the audio.
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  65. Don't forget Narvik, the evacuation from Crete, Operation Avalanche and Operation Dragoon in your list of European amphibious activities.
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  66. Kia Ora! from across the ditch.
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  67. USNI participated in a World of Warships activity? If its anything like their land domain title ("Waste of Time") that would have been a traumatic clash of fact vs fiction. I hope that company is not infiltrating the USNI, just as they have messed up the Tank Museum.
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  68. New opening music?
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  69. TLAMs and CWIS are a bit of a give away of late Cold War refits.
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  70. The Brent’s accuracy is also one of its flaws. A MG is designed to produce a beaten zone with a cone of fire in order affect a large area (dimensions vary with range). If the weapon is too accurate, then you end up with a smaller beaten zone.
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  71. TOG is crap and represents how glacial naval design was.
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  72. Turn up late and still get dessert? If they had made them out of pykrete, the cooling mechanism would have been built in.
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  73. "smaller 18.1" guns"
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  74. I hope they kept the location secret, so the Chinese don't steal it.
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  75. 15:28 "make its way up Australia's East Coast" whereas the graphic has them going South to Melbourne, Perth and then the Philippines?
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  76. 1:02 The blue print and some photos have three, triple turrets. Other 'photos (e.g.: 3:29) with a "HMS Sheffield" caption have four, triple turrets????
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  77. I presume the light guns on the turret rooves are not meant to be used currently with the main batteries, or is blast, concussion, etc. not a thing on ships?
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  78. Unsure why you actually decantered the beer from the cans? Also it appears you re-countered the Spanish ration plan after consuming the English beer ration?
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  79. The last or second last (depending on the model you use) layer of the "protection onion". I guess for naval gunnery you can't really use witness plates?
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  80. Happy New Year to you and Mrs D and welcome to 2023!
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  81. 45:00 The range estimation with the naked eye was quite informative, but presumably lookouts with binoculars and those in the Directors would have better than 1:1 zoom, not withstanding fog, sea spray, rain squalls, etc.
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  82. Thank you for the smaller format. Finding time to watch 1 - 1.5hr videos is problematic.
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  83. Wide ranging tastes - earlier a Napoleonic cooking segment with audio commentary / laugh track and hand modeling from Mrs Drach and now this?! Brave Lass letting you cut that salted beef and bash the ship's biscuits, with her fingers nearby.
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  84. What is the significance of the Boomerang and Emu stencils in the Wardroom?
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  85. Hope you are enjoying your visit to God's country. ;)
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  86. Well they need good museums over that side as there's bu**er all else to do there, apart from digging stuff out of the ground.
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  87. If the gun carriage has been destroyed, then the gun crew that used to serve that gun are probably in the triage queue for the Surgeon.
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  88. Did Mrs D buy the T shirt for you?
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  89. Polybius's "The Histories" is on the bookshelf, next to Tacitus and Herodotus. Sounds like you aren't going to cover the 2nd or 3rd wars - a pity.
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  90. I guess Kamchatka's exploits have already had enough air time?
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  91. 19:30: CAPT to RADM, just skipped Commodore?
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  92.  @stargazer5784  Well not in the RN, RAN or RCN. It goes CAPT (O6), CDRE (O7), RADM (O8), etc. In USN terms, the equivalent is a ""rear admiral (lower half)".
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  93. Oh I thought we were off to visit KMS Tirpitz.
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  94. For what its worth we tend to pronounce is "Melbern" with "`~ern" instead of "~ourne".
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  95. I gather someone determined that there was no need for both the main guns and the smaller weapons atop the turrets to be manned at the same time? Being exposed to friendly blast and concussion as well as enemy fire is probably not the best duty station.
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  96. The downside of living here - all the April Fools Day items arrive a day late.
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  97. I gather "working at heights" OHS requirements (harnesses, lines, etc.) don't apply in the US, at least in terms of climbing to the funnel - as if falling from the funnel is OK, but from the slightly higher mast isn't.
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  98. 0:50: "Chanced upon". I suspect no one plans a trip to the US with a programme of ship visits to "chance upon" anything. :)
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  99. Re the armour issue, have you looked at the various "witness plates: at most military ordnance locations or even say the Tank Museum?
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  100. A bit of a drive from Oz.
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  101. The other part I find assuming (as an Army guy) is that HMAS Cerberus is now the name of the RAN's training school for naval ratings (still in Victoria). I'm unsure if the dog is "guarding the gates of hell" into Cerberus, or guarding the gates facing in so those posted to Cerberus can't escape.
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  102. Maths with Drach. Come back next week and learn about the differential calculus involved in the making of a cappuccino. Don't forget to bring your slide rule!
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  103. 6:22 Is that Garden Island in Sydney?
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  104. Something I've never understood. Your opening sequence was all about the different types of 16" rounds, but they were basically all full bore AP / APBC. Why did large calibre naval gunnery stay with that technology? I ask as an Armoured Corps Officer, I'm familiar with the evolution from say AP to APBC to APDS and now APFSDS. A 16" APFSDS round would seem to provide much better KE / penetration effects. A modern 120mm Tk gun can impart a muzzle velocity of around 1500 - 1700 m/s for an APFSDS round. Perhaps its harder to achieve very high muzzle velocities with large diameter naval guns? Maybe they just had sufficient stocks of existing ammunition types? Perhaps the move to missiles made the research into more advanced ammunition natures redundant?
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  105. 10:15 The technical term for "all the way down" is fully depressed. :)
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  106. I made it to the end! :)
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  107. Right so its just like tank gunnery (albeit at longer range) - got it.
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  108. @Drachinifel 13:52: FYI I'm not sure if its changed since the Second World War, but "RAS" is now termed Replenishment At Sea.
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  109. Some familiar "guest voices". A suggestion - it may have been clearer if the various model bases were colour coded.
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  110. Half the entertainment value is hearing Drach's attempts at pronunciation.
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  111. Batavia = WA's version of "Survivor".
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  112. Good to see UNSW via ADFA recording histories.
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