The Drydock - Episode 122

Concerning the last question in Drydock 122 and an officer saying taking Gibraltar would be easier than Iwo Jima. As a kid of the 1960`s we all thought of "The Rock" as the most invincible fortress. So I believe it was meant as an expression rather than a direct comparison.

Oh, hey! You answered my question. Thanks a lot. I guess I forgot how huge naval artillery is. Yes, I've seen the guns (and shells) in front of the IWM but that's about it. Naval shells are huge. I usually imagine something much smaller.

That is interesting, and I'm kinda surprised that it would have made that much difference. I had wondered (after typing the question) if paint technology moving on might have had something to do with it. Things not needing repainted every week, that kind of thing.

Fair enough. Thanks, man :-)

cousarmy0001

With respect to peacetime colourschemes, I remember reading one of the findings of in the Falklands was that *anything* that broke up the uniform grey (black line on the funnel etc.) could form an aiming point for jets doing straffing runs.

Thomas Riley

That was one big bottle of iron bru!

Thomas Riley

I must've accidentally cut off that portion of the question when copy/pasting into the word document I use for the livestreams. I'll try to remember to add it to this weeks. :)

Drachinifel

Former army enlisted, can verify. They HATE it.

cousarmy0001

Through a miracle of modern engineering and the questionable handling of state secrets, the Americans are able to outfit the Iowa class with turrets that utilize Dutch stabilization technology, and are also able to scale up the Des Moines' autoloaders to reliably fit the 16"/50s. Assuming all other systems are as they were at the time of Operation Ten-Go, how many Yamatos would be needed to put down such an Iowa? Bummer about the smoke screen footage, though. A photograph I hadn't seen before is a good substitution :-)

cousarmy0001

I don't know what the correct usage is, but personally I find myself using the full "aye aye, sir" most commonly when acknowledging an order whilst on Individual Augmentee assignment to an Army unit. Army officers HATE that.

videodude26

Remind me? :)

Drachinifel

Hey, the larger part of my question this month was skipped over. Was it too silly?

cousarmy0001

Thank you for the great Answer! There were many operation names that I didn't know.

Hi, one of the Draftsmen here. There were two errors on nationality of the listed SpringSharp design competition winners. Almirante Brown and Guerrico were both Argentine, not Chilean and Brazilian respectively. Sorry for any issues this may have caused, there was a communications breakdown internally and it will not happen again. Thank you for your patience and we look forwards to the next contest which will be starting very soon.