Note: This comprehensive reference book contains detailed tabulations and line drawings of the protection schemes and immunity graphs of battleships and battlecruisers designed after the Washington Naval Treaty, including the following capital ship classes: Littorio, Scharnhorst, Bismarck, H-39, O, Yamato; and FRAGMENTARY information on H-40, H-41, H-42, H-43, H-44 and B-65. The book contains NO written descriptions of protection schemes or design histories, only tables, drawings of cross- and longitudinal sections, plan views (with armour thicknesses given in millimeters), immunity graphs, pictures, and appendices.
The book contains: 61 Cross Sections 8 Longitudinal Sections 8 Plan Views 24 Immunity Graphs 69 Tables 5 Pictures 8 Appendices, containing information on ballistic tests of armour plates, spaced assemblies, chemical and metallurgical properties of armour plates, calculation of armour penetration, armour grating of uptakes, and more. |