Nagato details on armor
I started a new thread to discuss Nagato's armor. The other thread has turned to a topic I do not wish to discuss. I think everyone who knows me would understand Nathan Okun is a personnal friend whom...
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Thanks for posting all these wonderfully detailed cross-sections. They are much appreciated.
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Why is the taper on the lower belt internal? Surely putting it externally would have the same effect as an inclination of the same angle?
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Thanks Tony for helping me get the drawings in the thread. We are missing Frame 53 or turret one?I apologize for Frame 143. I do not know why the drawing glitched the way it did and I hope to fix it....
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I'm very interested in those dravings. if not possible to place here, I would be very grateful for email with them maciej.chodnicki@giga-hard.com.pl thank You.
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rlundgren wrote:Chrispat was your question concerning the lower belt about the small section below the main belt? I am not sure I followed your question or I know which section you were refering...
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Hi ChrisPat,These lower belts were first introduced with Kongo. They are so narrow I really don't understand why they simply did not taper the main belt down instead of adding a seperate plate....
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I have added one new sketch to my original post which shows Frame 53.
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Thanks, very much appreciated. I would never have understood a text description.Give penetration pundits a meltdown. Ian S.
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Can I just ask for a further clarification? Is it right that the upper slope was only reinforced over the fore turret magazines and not the aft turrets nor the engine rooms? Yes, I am very interested...
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Steven197,You are correct in your understanding. The forward turrets the slope received additional armor in two plates. Frame 53 (J and K) Using frame 77 as the example (L and M). Probably placed here...
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Looks as though as Nagato was vulnerable to mobility damage. Ian S.
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LA Dave wrote:Tony D wrote:Images by Rob Lundgren.Your post showed all the pictures. So, ...Read More
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Cracking stuff, the sort of thing that can't be found on the internet...Frame 239 M & N - the big slabs of armour "inboard barbette protection" - were these original, they're marked as VC? They...
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CrosbyB,The two large plates under the slope at frame 239 (M&N) are not part of her original armor scheme and were added in the 1930's refit. I have the dates at home but not with me at the...
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LA Dave wrote:Not a problem with the browser (Google Chrome) but the idiots at Sonicwall who classify your site as a "weapons" site. Anyone else report that problem? I am trying to get it un...Read...
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