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Offline brady

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« on: January 26, 2005, 11:41:48 PM »
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Offline Halo

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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2005, 12:08:06 AM »
German battleship Bismarck
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2005, 01:09:44 AM »
Big scary wave with teh gozilla will cmoe outa it and go grrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!1 and it all the bpeeople
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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2005, 02:38:19 AM »
Iowa Class BB
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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2005, 03:36:38 AM »
Bismarck or Tirpitz
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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2005, 06:45:58 AM »


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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2005, 06:56:02 AM »
Schernhertz.....err however it's spelt.


That fast german cruiser.
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« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2005, 10:13:24 AM »
KMS Gneisenau
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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2005, 12:45:01 PM »
Gneisenau.  You can tell the difference by the mainmast directly behind the funnel on her, vs some distance back on the others.  Otherwise, she's identical to the Scharhorst I believe.
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« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2005, 02:53:43 PM »
Well, at least I know a pretty German when I see one.
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2005, 04:35:31 PM »
Either the Bismarl or the tripitz
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Offline KG45

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« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2005, 04:45:58 PM »
heh.

is there a german battleship that didn't get guessed at in this thread?
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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2005, 05:18:33 PM »
KM Scharnhorst?
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« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2005, 05:38:23 PM »
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Originally posted by KG45
heh.

is there a german battleship that didn't get guessed at in this thread?


Actually, all of the named battleships (Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau) all looked very similar in design.  The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (IIRC) were sister-ships and looked almost identical at launching.  Both underwent the same mods to their bows, both had catapults removed, both used the same scout planes and were outfitted with the same number of cranes, etc.  The ONLY difference I can find in the two ships is.......

During refit in 39 or 40 the Scharnhorst had the mainmast shipped aft like the Bismarck and the Tirpitz. The Gneisenau did not.  


The Gneisenau


The Scharnhorst
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« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2005, 05:42:53 PM »
I also considered it could be an early picture of the Scharnhorst before the refit, but two details preclude that possibility.  

1)  Before the refit the Scharnhorst had a flat funnel cap, not the raked version in Brady's pic.

2)  There is no coat of arms on the bow in this pic, and both had their plaques removed during the war.  

Since this has to be during the war, it cant be an early pic of the Scharnhorst, thus it must be the Gneisenau.
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