![]() "Wh n/A." Wh was first used in the German cruisers and Harte n/A" (Hardened 'Wotan' steel New Type), abbreviated Manufactured by Krupp and called by the German Navy "Wotan (25.4-101.6 mm) thick was of a soft, ductile, homogeneous steel Or conning tower roofs) and for vertical protection from 1-4 inches That used an contemporary warships, though with some unique features.Īrmor used for horizontal protection (armored decks and turret The types of armor used on the BISMARCK were similar to ![]() Iowa class, which are very similar to the South Dakota regarding their armor arrangement. North Carolina class, which were replaced by the South Dakota Class, and am occasionally mentioning the U.S. I am going to compare the BISMARCK to its similar-sized British, American, Japaneseįrench, and Italian battleship contemporaries, launched or actually building in 1941. Is an analysis of the armor protection designed into this warshipĪnd its capabilities to inflict damage an other armored warshipsĬompared with their abilities to damage the BISMARCK. Has renewed interest in that ship's capabilities vis-a-vis itsīattleship contemporaries in other navies at the time. Of the wreck of the German WWII battleship KM BISMARCK The recent discovery by a deep-water remotely controlled submersible ARMOR PROTECTION OF KM BISMARCK by Nathan Okun 9/6/91ĪRMOR PROTECTION OF THE BATTLESHIP KM BISMARCK©
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