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JUTLAND AND THE ADVENT OF OVER-THE- HORIZON WARFARE A Firepower Perspective James Goldrick
JUTLAND AND THE
ADVENT OF OVER-THE-
HORIZON WARFARE
A Firepower Perspective
James Goldrick
BRITISH
DISTANT
BLOCKADE
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Both target and firing unit are moving (all the
time….)
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THERE ARE NO FIXED REFERENCES
A revolution started 20 years before…
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One of the drivers of the revolution…
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Which then goes under water….
RADIO
DIESEL
ENGINES
RETRACTABLE
PERISCOPE
GYROSCOPE
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The Battle Fleet must be ‘all arms’…
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The Battle Fleet is too big…this is a good day
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…this is a bad day…there’s a ship in this
picture…
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Game Changer?
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Spotting really matters…
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Gunnery – on a good day
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Jellicoe
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Inside a Turret..(a German one)
A German shell (on a British ship)
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Jellicoe’s circle
of average
visibility
Concentration of Fire requires Coordination of
Manoeuvre…
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THE HIGHER THE OBSERVER
CAN BE, THE MORE INFORMATION
YOUCAN GET
More aviation…
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How do you create a naval air strike capability?
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The K Class: Direct Fleet Support
AND THEN YOU
GET…THE ‘M’
CLASS….
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October 1918….
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The ‘Amiens Gun’
WAS AT JUTLAND!
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