Chapter 276 World War II Fangs VI

readx; The rotating part of the main turret of the "Bismarck" class was 720mm K/A armor plates on the front, 440mm K/A armor plates on the sides, 640mm K/A armor plates on the back, and the top was covered by 260-360mm Wh armor plates. The K/A armor with a thickness of 640mm on the back of the pen &www.biquge.info amp; fun & pavilion is set up to deal with a large number of enemy ships from the port side direction.

The secondary turret of the Bismarck-class has 200 mmk/a rotating frontal armor and 160 mmk/a open-air gun mount armor, which can withstand light cruiser-class shells. Below the first deck was a 290mmk/a upper broadside armor belt with +30mm Wh armor seats, which could withstand heavy cruiser-class shells. Through which the ammunition delivery channel extended all the way to the dome, the secondary gun ammunition depot was located in the central part of the separate compartment under the dome, protected by 640mm mainboard side armor and 200-240mm dome armor. Similar to the protection of the main fire system, the protection of the Bismarck secondary artillery fire system is also increased from top to bottom. Most of the newer battleships of other countries did not have the same heavy armor as Bismarck's, which was also a reflection of the comprehensive protection of German ships.

The conning tower of the "Bismarck" class has 700 mmk/a armor on the façade, 440 mmWh at the top and 140 mmWh at the bottom. At the same time, the protective space of the German battleship conning tower was large, which could accommodate more command staff and equipment. In addition, the ship has a spare conning tower with 300 mmk/a façade armor on the aft bridge and an armored watchtower with 120 mmWh façade armor at the top of the main mast, which is not found in most of the newer battleships of other countries. The ship's three main detection and fire control system units, which are placed above the three armored towers, are also equipped with façade armor ranging from 120 to 400 mm, which is extremely well protected.

The "Bismarck" class has 24 high-pressure Wagner boilers, which are placed in 12 watertight compartments, and the steam transmission pipeline directly passes through the auxiliary artillery ammunition depot compartment, which is also located under the dome, to 6 main engine rooms, each main engine room is placed 2 turbine steam turbine main engines, and every 8 boilers simultaneously provide power to 2 turbine steam turbine main engines, the main engine is 6 Blohm&Voss steam turbines, the maximum output of a single engine is 90,800 horsepower, and the total power of 6 is 302,400 horsepower. Each main engine drives a propeller with a diameter of 9.4 meters.

In addition, there is a steam transfer transfer structure in the transition chamber, which can be cross-supplied with power if necessary. The design power system of the "Bismarck" class is 276,000 horsepower, but the actual stable output power is as high as 300,340 horsepower, and the top speed output power is as high as 326052 horsepower, so that the "Bismarck" class battleships have a stable and high speed.

The command post for the firing of the main and secondary guns of the "Bismarck" class has two places in the front and rear masts. The rectangular antenna of the Fumo24 radar is 4 meters high and 8 meters wide, with an operating frequency of 736 MHz, a wavelength of about 162 centimeters, and a maximum range of about 50 kilometers. This kind of radar performance is completely capable of searching the water surface in bad weather, but the German radar design does not use the azimuth display (that is, the so-called p-type display), only the distance display, the azimuth relies on the synchronization sensor of the antenna base to drive the mechanical azimuth display disk indication, so this radar is very cumbersome in the detection of multiple targets and zigzag coasts, and the azimuth radar can only have a clear target angle relationship for a single target, so this radar can only be used as fire control target indication. The measurement error of 162 cm wavelength is on the large side, but it can meet the salvo fire control performance of the battleship at a distance of 50 kilometers. The German Navy also did not intend to use this radar for more complex detection occasions, but only installed the antenna with a 21-meter optical rangefinder for fire control only. The combined base is capable of rotating 360 degrees to look around the sea from the highest point of the battleship. One of the reasons why the Fumo24 radar did not have a P-type azimuth display was that the German Nazi officials considered the device to be too complex and extravagant, which was an important flaw in the design of the Bismarck, which at least allowed for a more complex understanding of the sea surface situation.

The German Navy used two such Fumo24 radars and a 21-meter rangefinder turret for fire control in two main directions. On the rear bridge of the "Bismarck", two turrets were also arranged, which usually assumed the command of firing at the second target by controlling the main and secondary guns in the rear, or as a firing command backup for the fire of the whole ship in the event that the turret of the radar rangefinder turret of the foremast was destroyed. The foremast pillar structure extends down to the fire control solution bay below the armored deck. The armored belt deck directly below the aft bridge is also equipped with a calculation cabin (the so-called calculation cabin is actually a multi-turret firing command cabin). The German electromechanical firing director was very large and complex, and it was able to be directly connected to the main turret control cabinet to control the main turret, and the results of the calculation were displayed in the relevant command compartment with an electromechanical dial. However, the accuracy and reliability are still very high. In addition to the 21-meter optical rangefinder installed in the rangefinder radar turret, an independent 21-meter rangefinder is also installed in the main gun turret, which is convenient for continuing to carry out ranging and fire control shooting according to the commander's telephone command after the command turret fails, but at this time the fire control projectile spread is much larger.

The 150-mm secondary gun turret is equipped with an independent 13-meter optical rangefinder, and there are 8 fire control stations for anti-aircraft firing, two on both sides of the main mast with spherical shields, and the other two are arranged along the longitudinal axis of the hull on top of the rear superstructure, and 8 anti-aircraft fire control stations are equipped with 9-meter rangefinders. According to the configuration of the "Bismarck" class of anti-aircraft weapons, eight fire control stations are capable of directing anti-aircraft fire on eight targets. The 105-mm anti-aircraft guns had follow-up systems, which could be connected separately with the corresponding fire control stations for automatic control, while other small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns could only be operated by telephone and manually. When the 150 mm secondary gun is involved in anti-aircraft fire, the turret rangefinder or the front and rear radar rangefinder turrets carry out fire control, and in the case of simultaneous engagement, neither the main and auxiliary guns can free the turret for anti-aircraft fire control.

The principle of fire control and firing organization is to use as many artillery salvos as possible and as fast as possible to fire, and to fire as probably as possible, while the firing commander is to find the target and complete the ranging at the greatest possible distance. The organization of the first salvo is very important and decisive for the correction. Before the advent of artillery sighting radar in the 40s, it mainly relied on salvo impact observation for elemental correction. Once the exact azimuth distance is confirmed, all the main guns will fire a salvo together in the exact element. At the same time, the Captain will maneuver and try to ensure that this more accurate azimuth distance is approximately unchanged within at least two salvos.

Mass distribution: hull structure 23382 tons, armor 34900 tons, armament 11946 tons, aviation equipment 166 tons, self-defense weapons 16 tons, 738.8 tons of general equipment, 17.2 tons of crew living equipment, 60 tons of masts and rigging, 3020.8 tons of ammunition, 50 tons of ammunition for self-defense weapons, 310.8 tons of general consumables, 487.2 tons of personnel and personal belongings, 388.4 tons of reserve goods, 278.4 tons of drinking water, 334 tons of equipment water, 375 tons of boiler water, 6452 tons of heavy oil, 193 tons of diesel, 160 tons of lubricating oil, 34 tons of aviation oil.

In this way, the birth of the Bismarck-class B type is to a large extent an exploration of the Germans, which is slightly shorter than the 330-meter-long aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of more than 100,000 tons in the later generations of US imperialism, but it is undeniable that Germany's advanced armor technology in World War II is undoubted.

For the Mustachioed Führer, the Third Reich could not wait for the Hindenburg-class catamaran super-battleship to be launched into service and fight in the oceans, because the engineers told the Führer that the Hindenburg-class could only complete the lead ship at most with the current resources, and there were no other resources to build the next one or more Hindenburg-class.

However, compared with the historical H39 and H40 minutes on July 15 and August 15, 1939, the only Hindenburg-class lead ship of the catamaran super-battleship Hindenburg was officially started in May 1938, and the Führer ordered the abolition of the H39-H44 plan and concentrated on building the H44 ultimate reform plan: the H45 Hindenburg-class catamaran super-battleship, with the launch of the two Bismarck-class B-type battleships, the shipbuilding resources were finally inclined to the H45 Hindenburg-class catamaran super-battleship, As a result, the catamaran super battleship that was built and put into service was completed and put into service faster than expected, which shows how much the mustachioed Führer expects this kind of super giant battleship.

The ship was finally launched in July 1942, marking the decisive overwhelming superiority of the German Third Reich Navy in Europe and even in the Americas, as the only super-warship with the largest volume and tonnage on the planet and a gun caliber of more than 1,000 millimeters, the Germans fought with this battleship until 1947, and finally were forced to sink themselves in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean.