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- From: "david.r.wells" <drw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com>
- Subject: Re: Dueling Battleships
- Message-ID: <Bzo8uH.CGJ@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: AT&T
- References: <Bz06vK.F1F@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:35:05 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From "david.r.wells" <drw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com>
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- In article <Bz06vK.F1F@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Markus Stumptner <mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
- >
- >I remember reading somewhere that the Bismarck used radar-directed
- >gunnery on the British destroyers in the night before she was sunk.
- >Didn't hit any, but shot well enough that they did not get into
- >torpedo range. That was in 1941. Can somebody corroborate or
- >disprove this?
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- I also believe that the Bismarck had radar, although I belive that it
- was a fairly fragile set. The only source I can think of off hand that
- talks about this is Mullnheim-Rechburg's (sp?) book "Battleship Bismarck:
- A Survivor's Story". I'd be willing to bet that the Scharnhorst & Gneisenau
- had radar too. (and I'm not normally a betting man)
-
- David R. Wells
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- Disclaimer: My beliefs, not AT&Ts.
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