Post by fluorophil on Apr 18, 2014 3:22:38 GMT -5
An interesting 'what – if' proposal...IF the steel had been available....and the Leadership had been willing...
Gneisenau up – gunned and with better close – in AA...I have just added a couple of points to the AA value.
Garzke and Duilin state that approximately 1200 tons would have been added to the displacement after the
reconstruction.
As always, my usual disclaimers apply...
Sources consulted include:
Conway's – All the World's Fighting Ships 1922 - 1946. (2006 reprint)
Conway's – All the World's Battleships 1906 to the Present. (1987)
Breyer – Battleships and Battlecruisers, 1905 – 1970. (1974 reprint)
Groner – German Warships 1815 – 1945 Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. (1990)
Gibbons – The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers. (1983)
Garzke & Dulin – Battleships: Axis & Neutral Battleships in World War II. (1990 reprint)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scharnhorst-class_battleship
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau
Ships in Class: Gneisenau.
Proposed stats:
Gneisenau BC 15” gun reconstruction (7+)
Hull: 144 (35950 t)
Speed: 8
Armour: 19
SAV: 6
AA / ASW: 11 / 0
Move Step: Cruiser
Shoot Step: Battleship
Fire Control: RDR
Primary Weapon: 6 x 15”/47
Secondary Weapons:
Primary Data:
Short: 17 Med: 34 Long: 51 Ext: 68
Arcs: 2 x [2] F / P / S
2 x [1] A / P / S
Pen: 12 Dmg: 10
Secondary Data:
Short: 11 / 8 Med: 22 / 16 Long: 33 / 24 Ext: 44 / 32
Arcs: 2 x [2] P, 1 x [2] P, 2 x [2] S, 1 x [2] S (All 5.9”/55)
2 x [3] P, 2 x [3] S, 2 x [1] A / P / S (4.1”/65)
Pen: 3 / 1 Dmg: 3 / 2
Aircraft: 1 (Recon) Flight Ops: 1
TT: Nil
Gneisenau up – gunned and with better close – in AA...I have just added a couple of points to the AA value.
Garzke and Duilin state that approximately 1200 tons would have been added to the displacement after the
reconstruction.
As always, my usual disclaimers apply...
Sources consulted include:
Conway's – All the World's Fighting Ships 1922 - 1946. (2006 reprint)
Conway's – All the World's Battleships 1906 to the Present. (1987)
Breyer – Battleships and Battlecruisers, 1905 – 1970. (1974 reprint)
Groner – German Warships 1815 – 1945 Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. (1990)
Gibbons – The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers. (1983)
Garzke & Dulin – Battleships: Axis & Neutral Battleships in World War II. (1990 reprint)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scharnhorst-class_battleship
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau
Ships in Class: Gneisenau.
Proposed stats:
Gneisenau BC 15” gun reconstruction (7+)
Hull: 144 (35950 t)
Speed: 8
Armour: 19
SAV: 6
AA / ASW: 11 / 0
Move Step: Cruiser
Shoot Step: Battleship
Fire Control: RDR
Primary Weapon: 6 x 15”/47
Secondary Weapons:
Primary Data:
Short: 17 Med: 34 Long: 51 Ext: 68
Arcs: 2 x [2] F / P / S
2 x [1] A / P / S
Pen: 12 Dmg: 10
Secondary Data:
Short: 11 / 8 Med: 22 / 16 Long: 33 / 24 Ext: 44 / 32
Arcs: 2 x [2] P, 1 x [2] P, 2 x [2] S, 1 x [2] S (All 5.9”/55)
2 x [3] P, 2 x [3] S, 2 x [1] A / P / S (4.1”/65)
Pen: 3 / 1 Dmg: 3 / 2
Aircraft: 1 (Recon) Flight Ops: 1
TT: Nil
