6th naval armaments supplement programme

  1. YourChair

    Mythical 1941 Japanese CA specification for the Maru 6 Plan

    This "design" apparently did exist as a specification for the Maru 6 program -- but since the plan was pretty much shelved with the defeat at Midway, nothing came of it. Assumedly, most (if not all) records of its existence were destroyed. Certainly, no official drawings survived (if they ever...
    • YourChair
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    • 6th naval armaments supplement programme early 1940s empire of japan heavy cruiser imperial japanese navy imperial japanese navy technical department maru 6 keikaku ministry of the navy (japan) world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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    IJN AA cruisers

    Japanese Wikipedia entry on Akizuki class DD stated that IJN started in 1936 to study dedicated AA vessels following the example of Dido class. They contemplated anything from a 1000 ton torpedo boat armed with a single 10 cm or 12.7 cm AA gun to a quite large cruiser equipped with 12 double...
    • ceccherini
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    • 5th naval armaments supplement programme 6th naval armaments supplement programme aa gun anti-aircraft anti-aircraft cruiser cruiser destroyer early 1940s empire of japan imperial japanese navy imperial japanese navy technical department late 1930s maru 5 keikaku maru 6 keikaku ministry of the navy (japan) pre-world war ii world war ii
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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