Re: [FT] Battlecruisers vs. battleships

[Michael Llaneza <maserati@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, that happened in the Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese at 
Tsushima were getting hits before the Russians thought they were in 
range. The European navies picked up on this. Both Germany and Britain 
(and the USA) had people working on long range accuracy between 
1905-1914. By 1914 long range director firing was doctrine in pretty 
much every navy involved. The Turks I wonder about...

Right concept though. Spot on.

Derek Fulton wrote:

> It is important to remember that before the outbreak of WWI, even 
> though the cannon used had ranges measured in miles it was expected 
> that the protagonists would approach to close range and batter each 
> other much like naval ships had done previously. Although the 
> capability was there, tradition and a view of "how it should be" 
> determined how people expected the navies to fight.
>
> Of course once hostilities broke out the ships started firing at each 
> other as soon as they were in range, completely at odds with how it 
> was supposed to be.