Naval armor refers to the various protections schemes employed by warships. The first ironclad warship was created in 1859, and the pace of armour advancement... 39 KB (4,993 words) - 04:57, 23 January 2024 |
Krupp armour was a type of steel naval armour used in the construction of capital ships starting shortly before the end of the nineteenth century. It... 6 KB (642 words) - 21:25, 5 May 2024 |
including naval armour, body armour, vehicle armour. The first major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armour carried on... 41 KB (5,312 words) - 03:37, 17 April 2024 |
Armour (Commonwealth English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from... 31 KB (3,800 words) - 05:00, 6 May 2024 |
Electric armour or electromagnetic armour is a type of reactive armour proposed for the protection of ships and armoured fighting vehicles from shaped... 10 KB (1,103 words) - 00:14, 8 March 2024 |
continual need for reliable protection with the increasing size in naval ordnance. Compound armour was a non-alloyed attempt to combine the benefits of two different... 5 KB (823 words) - 19:39, 5 January 2024 |
Shell (projectile) (redirect from Armour piercing capped) 75 mm caliber and larger due to the similarity with the much larger naval armour piercing shells already in common use. As the war progressed, ordnance... 64 KB (8,508 words) - 22:23, 24 April 2024 |
Belt armor (redirect from Belt armour) be seriously damaged underwater not only by torpedoes, but also by heavy naval artillery shells that plunge into the ocean very close to the targeted ship... 7 KB (821 words) - 19:19, 10 January 2024 |
Iron armour was a type of naval armour used on warships and, to a limited degree, fortifications. The use of iron gave rise to the term ironclad as a... 6 KB (828 words) - 20:44, 17 March 2023 |
the armour-piercing capabilities of both naval and anti-tank guns. The configuration consists of an armour-piercing shell fitted with a stubby armour-piercing... 11 KB (1,343 words) - 23:02, 9 May 2024 |
HMS Warrior (1860) (section Armour) engine, and screw propeller; only her wrought-iron armour was a major technological advance. Naval architect and historian David K. Brown wrote, "What... 44 KB (5,362 words) - 22:19, 25 February 2024 |
Armored citadel (category Naval armour) typically in case of piracy. In warships, the All or Nothing technique on naval vessel armor is known for its use on dreadnought battleships. The concept... 3 KB (259 words) - 03:24, 28 March 2024 |
Special treatment steel (category Naval armour) Metallurgical Properties of Naval Armor and Construction Materials - NavWeaps". www.navweaps.com. Retrieved 2018-01-20. Gene Slover. "Armour chapter XII". Gene... 4 KB (465 words) - 04:52, 21 May 2023 |
All or nothing (armor) (redirect from All or Nothing (Battleship armour)) All or nothing is a method of naval warship armor, best known for its employment on dreadnought battleships. The concept involves heavily armoring the... 26 KB (3,489 words) - 18:00, 14 November 2023 |
The BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun was a breech loading (BL) gun designed for the battleships of the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. This gun armed the King... 13 KB (1,490 words) - 16:29, 3 May 2024 |
Warship (category Naval warfare) explosive shells soon led to the introduction of iron, and later steel, naval armour for the sides and decks of larger warships. The first ironclad warships... 43 KB (5,513 words) - 19:18, 8 May 2024 |
Anti-torpedo bulge (category Naval armour) bulge (also known as an anti-torpedo blister) is a form of defence against naval torpedoes occasionally employed in warship construction in the period between... 6 KB (790 words) - 00:00, 23 August 2023 |
Armoured flight deck (category Naval armour) flight deck is an aircraft carrier flight deck that incorporates substantial armour in its design. Comparison is often made between the carrier designs of the... 43 KB (6,146 words) - 03:07, 4 November 2023 |
Harvey armor (redirect from Harveyized armour) Harvey armor was a type of steel naval armor developed in the early 1890s in which the front surfaces of the plates were case hardened. The method for... 5 KB (613 words) - 18:55, 1 September 2022 |
Torpedo belt (category Naval armour) In theory this belt would absorb the explosions from torpedoes, or any naval artillery shells that struck below the waterline, and thus minimize internal... 6 KB (803 words) - 13:56, 15 December 2023 |
Ironclad warship (category Naval armour) Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-022-1. Campbell, John (1992). "Naval Armaments and Armour". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Steam, Steel and Shellfire: The Steam... 79 KB (10,825 words) - 09:01, 29 April 2024 |
Slat armor (redirect from Perforated armour) Slat armor (or slat armour in British English), also known as bar armor, cage armor, and standoff armor, is a type of vehicle armor designed to protect... 31 KB (3,202 words) - 13:02, 27 April 2024 |
Battlecruiser (section Naval rearmament) British naval circles that cruisers should displace battleships entirely. The battleship's main advantage was its 12-inch heavy guns, and heavier armour designed... 73 KB (10,255 words) - 16:33, 6 May 2024 |
"Harvey" or "Harvey Smith", term for the V sign Harvey armor, a type of naval armour Harvey F.C., a soccer team from Harvey, Illinois, USA Harvey mannequin... 4 KB (553 words) - 00:45, 12 April 2024 |
Pre-dreadnought battleship (category Naval history) carried a considerable weight of steel armour, providing them with effective defence against the great majority of naval guns in service during the period... 47 KB (6,052 words) - 18:21, 2 February 2024 |
Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour (born 1973) is a former United States Marine Corps officer who was the first African-American female naval aviator in the Marine... 11 KB (627 words) - 02:04, 2 February 2024 |
Armour with two or more plates spaced a distance apart falls under the category of spaced armour. Spaced armour can be sloped or unsloped. When sloped... 19 KB (2,430 words) - 02:31, 6 May 2024 |