Their fire control systems were also more advanced. Given that they were always outnumbered, many questions have to be asked of the Royal Navy, and not just of its tech at the time.
Makes you wonder what innovations the Russians (and therefore Chinese, who in much miltech are more advanced because they simply steal US miltech, and have invested in their own innovations) have up their sleeves.
Well, the Kriegsmarine had its problems. The capital ships lacked a dual-purpose secondary armament. So in addition to their 5.9in guns, they had to carry smaller-caliber high-angle guns: at first the 3.5in HA gun in single mounts and then the 4.1in HA gun in a twin mount. This ate up tonnage and necessitated a larger crew.
The high-pressure steam turbines of the 8in gunned heavy cruisers were none too reliable and the ships’ radius of action was unsatisfactory. The 1936A (Mob) destroyers were a disappointment, due primarily to the selection of the 5.9in gun as their main armament. Five were carried, two in a twin turret forward and three in single mounts aft. Their rate of fire was low, since the heavy shell had to be manually handled and loaded. Moreover, the twin turret forward was so heavy that it adversely affected seaworthiness. And unlike the destroyers of the US Navy, no German destroyer class had a dual-purpose main armament. (This deficiency the Kriegsmarine shared with the Royal Navy.)
All navies during the war had their problems, of course, and the Kriegsmarine had its fair share.
Their fire control systems were also more advanced. Given that they were always outnumbered, many questions have to be asked of the Royal Navy, and not just of its tech at the time.
Makes you wonder what innovations the Russians (and therefore Chinese, who in much miltech are more advanced because they simply steal US miltech, and have invested in their own innovations) have up their sleeves.
Well, the Kriegsmarine had its problems. The capital ships lacked a dual-purpose secondary armament. So in addition to their 5.9in guns, they had to carry smaller-caliber high-angle guns: at first the 3.5in HA gun in single mounts and then the 4.1in HA gun in a twin mount. This ate up tonnage and necessitated a larger crew.
The high-pressure steam turbines of the 8in gunned heavy cruisers were none too reliable and the ships’ radius of action was unsatisfactory. The 1936A (Mob) destroyers were a disappointment, due primarily to the selection of the 5.9in gun as their main armament. Five were carried, two in a twin turret forward and three in single mounts aft. Their rate of fire was low, since the heavy shell had to be manually handled and loaded. Moreover, the twin turret forward was so heavy that it adversely affected seaworthiness. And unlike the destroyers of the US Navy, no German destroyer class had a dual-purpose main armament. (This deficiency the Kriegsmarine shared with the Royal Navy.)
All navies during the war had their problems, of course, and the Kriegsmarine had its fair share.