Littorio class battleships PART 2: operational life

[@johnbaker6936]

My Father was on HMS Kingston during the second battle of Sirte. Fortunately he was on the aft part of the ship helping with the 4.7 inch gun when they were stuck by the shell form the Littorio Thank you for your video and a Italian perspective.

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Thank you John for the testimony!

[@Claymore5]

Excellent presentation - the Mediterranean sea battles were so pivotal for the whole course of the war.

[@myparceltape1169]

Yes, and the reason for the convoys was well explained.

[@craigfazekas3923]

Assuming that you have not spoken English for the majority of your life, you speak it very well indeed. Especially given that you're referencing technical items from history. Let's face it: it's one thing to say, "I need to buy milk, or are you having a good day "? To speak of technical matters clearly shows you are well versed in English !! Additionally, thank you for doing this for the English speaking world as well as the Italian- otherwise ? It would be lost on many who would be interested in Regia Marina..... Now, don't forget to cover the Japanese & German speaking peoples !!..... But seriously, THANK YOU !! 🚬😎

[@alexrennison8070]

Wait, what? This guy is Italian?

[@SkywalkerWroc]

Any chance for a video about Andrea Doria? There's little to find about it on youtube, and given the upcoming release of the ship to War Thunder - it'd be a great topic to cover.

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

There are several topics to cover, Andrea Doria is one of them, i will do my best

[@LegacyUser]

Nice to see some good information on the Italian Navy. They have some interesting ships and history. Thank you for putting something together in English.

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Thank you! It's a pleasure

[@MrTomte09]

Another brilliant video! Please keep making these, your contribution to military history on KZbin is valuable and much appreciated.

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Thank you Karl, you are very kind

[@willierobertson862]

Another excellent video Giulio, thank you for part 2.

[@nanorider426]

Thank you for this great video. Keep it up. ^^

[@Claymore5]

I just rewatched this and it came to mind that Vittorio Veneto and HMS Warspite were very similar in that they were the ships the enemy couldn't kill no matter how much was thrown at them. They both met the same end being scrapped when each could could have been preserved as fitting memorials to the brave men who served on them. How sad that is.

[@thomasshoe92]

Elegant ships

[@paoloodello3439]

So good, as always!

[@WildBillCox13]

Nice ships. Fast, well armored by standards of the time. Interesting tidbit relating the main battery accuracy oddities to stabilization, rather than quality control. 65mm AA seems like a good caliber, especially considering later trends.

[@SkywalkerWroc]

24:10 What do you mean by the "overstabilisation of the projectiles"? Which study was the source for that? Last I heard the root cause was the inconsistency in production

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Just added the source. It's hard for me to say it in english, I link here a twitter thread which contains a graph which should be self explanatory. Basically the projectiles tended to be very stable during the flight (hardly changing the orientation) and this coupled with air resistance, increased the dispersion at longer ranges: twitter.com/Axe99/status/1383271853234348038

[@TheVigilant109]

Thank you

[@samwch16992]

Thanks for the upload, I had been waiting for months since part 1

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Thank you for the patience! It was a hard work and I wanted it to be done properly

[@toda304]

Thanks for the upload Great work

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Thanks a lot! Especially for your patience!

[@blowfishfuguyou1512]

Bravo !

[@cwjian90]

Re: Pugliese system I think it is the same situation as SPS where the really damaging hits occurred outside the TDS in places where no system can cover, but the hits that did occur on the TDS were protected as intended.

[@1089maul]

Giulio, Thanks for an interesting presentation! The Littorio’s were some of the most elegant and graceful looking warships of WW2! That doesn’t make them the best. I agree with your views of their shortcomings but would add that the Regia Marina suffered due to the lack of radar. Keep up the great work! I look forward to the next presentation or discussion! Regards Bob

[@TrickiVicBB71]

You mentioned to me a few pieces of the ship are in museums. To bad they couldn't preserve a gun turret or even the whole ship

[@TrickiVicBB71]

They are good ships, just wished they had more operational battles

[@coppergearheart4125]

Do you have any research about rations and foods in the Regia Marina and the Italian military in general?

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Not at the moment, hope to analyse the topic in the future

[@patrickcloutier6801]

The Littorios and the Cavours have respectable operational histories, but I think the UK and US were very capricious in the treatment of the surviving Italian battleships. It was a dishonorable way to treat new allies, IMHO, particularly when they had ably fought at sea.

[@rokassan]

So I’m gathering the pugliese torpedo defense system seemed to do its job.

[@matteotoraldo8911]

Ma in italiano ???

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Ciao Matteo, il video in italiano è pubblico da Lunedì, lo trovi sulla pagina del canale