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Richelieu: France’s Super Battleship Hitler Drooled Over
19FortyFive ^ | 4/21/2021 | Peter Suciu

Posted on 04/21/2021 6:46:51 AM PDT by Onthebrink

A concern was that if a single turret were disabled, the ship would lose fifty percent of its overall firepower, but each turret was also divided in half by a bulkhead of 45mm. Each half thus contained two of the 15-inch guns, which were fed by their own respective magazine below decks. Therefore the only thing the two compartments actually shared was the barbette.

Richelieu was also armed with three sets of triple 6-inch guns mounted aft of the superstructure in smaller traversable turrets. She was also equipped with an aircraft deck with an integrated hanger, which allowed the battleship to carry up to four seaplanes for use in reconnaissance and artillery spotting sorties.


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To: TruthWillWin

The Germans could smell the perfume from the ship from miles away : )


21 posted on 04/21/2021 8:48:39 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Robert A Cook PE; Red Badger

Badger nailed it!


22 posted on 04/21/2021 9:03:59 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

I look at movies and laugh when they have explosions in space with huge sound effects...............


23 posted on 04/21/2021 9:07:55 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: carriage_hill

There’s no runway. The plane gets catapulted off, and then lands at sea and is lifted up by crane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feo-5p3bGkc


24 posted on 04/21/2021 9:11:34 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Rurudyne

Here’s the song;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpapdB-bCFI


25 posted on 04/21/2021 9:12:34 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Where words can mean anything they can also mean nothing.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Many thanks for clearing that up! Now I understand.


26 posted on 04/21/2021 9:16:14 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Hmmmm ... you know, a cow pad launcher might make a good anti riot weapon.

Of course a weapon that slings a constant stream of slimes piggie poo would be more entertaining.


27 posted on 04/21/2021 9:19:35 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: carriage_hill

People always plan for the last war they fought—not the new war coming. Our carriers are floating coffins as is our tanks. We might be better off with Battleships—they can survive better even when hit with a small nuke.


28 posted on 04/21/2021 9:26:21 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( ALWAYS GO FORWARD AND NEVER GO BACK.)
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To: snoringbear

And, these missiles are relatively cheap when compared to a carrier battle group.


Just not yet technically feasible. From testing failures I’d guess that we’re at least a decade away from fielding hypersonic missiles. Meanwhile, like the battleships of WW2, the modern aircraft carrier will soldier on.


29 posted on 04/21/2021 9:49:11 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Our carriers are floating coffins as is our tanks.


You may have noticed that the US Army has been shedding tanks for quite a few years, and the USMC has just eliminated their tank battalions completely.

I would say this indicates that the tank is assuming a different tactical role within the overall US warfighting doctrine, and that when the tank is replaced it will be with something other form of armored mobile platform. Because armor is the only way you retain mobility.


30 posted on 04/21/2021 9:54:08 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

We’d be better off using stealth subs than surface ships. Times have changed from WWII.


31 posted on 04/21/2021 10:47:43 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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To: carriage_hill

Look closer.


32 posted on 04/21/2021 3:44:23 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

<>We might be better off with Battleships<>

Alfred Thayer Mahan you are not.


33 posted on 04/21/2021 3:47:35 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Onthebrink

I thought the French would have put both turrets in the rear.


34 posted on 04/24/2021 1:05:41 PM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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