General Social/Chatter Thread

[The Rock Doctor]

For sure.

[The Rock Doctor]

Damned if this photo of a "war tuba" didn't just pop up in my FB feed.  Caption says:

'The War Tuba'
Japan's Emperor Hirohito inspects the 'Type 90 Large Air Sound Detector'.
This photograph was published in an issue of 'Life Magazine' in 1936.

[Kaiser Kirk]

yep that's one variant.
I've seen pics of both Brit and German ones.

While my Parthians have been fitting them, I figure they
are discovering that they are very directional
and of limited utility for detecting distant MTB/DD squadrons,
while the Enhanced hydrophones...if you are stopped and quiet...can pick them up.

Both are likely of little use underway.
But sprint and drift ships get some value out of them.

[The Rock Doctor]

I've renamed this formerly "Well", thread to encourage general chatter and conversation without anybody feeling like the thread is strictly for my own blatherings.

Speaking of which, I found myself with a small riverboat that had 4m of beam and 13m bulges and it took me forever to figure out why it had such lousy seakeeping.

[The Rock Doctor]

From the Book of Bad Ideas:

Soviet destroyer Engels, with a 305mm recoilless rifle on her stern.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/5vfv59/soviet_orfeyclass_destroyer_engels_armed_with_a/

[Desertfox]

You see a bad idea, I see opportunity...

[TacCovert4]

Hmm.   I could spring for a 280mm open barbette mount for destroyers and scout cruisers.

[The Rock Doctor]

I suppose a deck mount or mount and hoist would be most appropriate for a recoilless rifle sim.

Makes me feel like playing, even though I read the proponent of the Soviet attempt ended up shot in the head for his troubles.

[TacCovert4]

Oh, you were thinking an actual recoilless rifle.

I was thinking about how to get a 280/50 onto a light cruiser.

[The Rock Doctor]

Somewhere in Navalism 3 I posted one with a 12 inch gun but damned if I can find it.

[Desertfox]

I stuffed an 8" gun into a destroyer, an 11" one on a cruiser should be doable.

My thinking for recoilless guns was to treat them as torpedo tubes. So just slap down a fixed misc weight about based on caliber size.

[The Rock Doctor]

Oh no, it worse than a 12"...

https://www.navalism.org/index.php/topic,3054.0.html

[Kaiser Kirk]

you mean better.

Best I did was a spinal mount 10" on a ~3000 ton torpedo ram

[The Rock Doctor]

It's hard to differentiate between better and worse in such a scenario.

[Desertfox]

Scrolling down that thread...

Alright, I definately NEED one of those!

Yup!