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    Krupp armour was a type of steel naval armour used in the construction of capital ships starting shortly before the end of the nineteenth century. It...
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  • Krupp armour. Ducol steel came into use in the 1920s, and was widely used on World War II era ships. Futuristic armor designs include electric armour...
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    speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph), and they marked the adoption of Krupp armour in British battleship designs. The class formed the basis for the nearly...
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    adopted new, stronger Krupp armour, which was more effective than the Harvey steel used in the Majestics. In addition to the Krupp steel, the ships also...
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    protected by Krupp armour, 8 inches (203 mm) on their faces and 10 inches on their backs, with roofs 2 to 3 inches thick. The Krupp armour of the barbettes...
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    Most of the heavy armour of the King Edward VII class consisted of Krupp cemented armour; this included most of the belt armour, main and secondary...
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    (781 to 784 m/s), and they were capable of penetrating 12 inches of Krupp armour at a range of 4,800 yards (4,400 m). At their maximum elevation, the...
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    sister ships were protected with a mix of Krupp armour, Harvey armour, nickel steel, and mild steel. Their armour arrangement was an incremental improvement...
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    1895, the German Kaiser Friedrich III pioneered the superior Krupp armour. Europe adopted Krupp plate within five years, and only the United States persisted...
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    18-inch (460 mm) torpedo tubes. Her belt armour ranged from 4 inches (102 mm) to 11 inches (279 mm) of Krupp armour. Dreadnought sparked a naval arms race...
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    guns. She also carried thinner armour, but incorporated new Krupp steel, which was more effective than the Harvey armour used in the Majestics. Albion...
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    was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. It was the costliest German...
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    reinforced concrete or one full metre of steel armour plate, from beyond the range of French artillery. Krupp engineer Erich Müller calculated that the task...
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    guns. She also carried thinner armour, but incorporated new Krupp steel, which was more effective than the Harvey armour used in the Majestics. Ocean was...
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    guns. She also carried thinner armour, but incorporated new Krupp steel, which was more effective than the Harvey armour used in the Majestics. Canopus...
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    known by the nickname Big Bertha, was a German siege howitzer built by Krupp AG in Essen, Germany and fielded by the Imperial German Army from 1914 to...
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    armour Armour-piercing (AP) Armour-piercing ballistic capped (APBC) - a shot with a cover to improve aerodynamics Armour-piercing capped (APC) Armour-piercing...
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    turret. The total weight of the Krupp armour was 3,300 long tons (3,353 t) or 25.8% of the displacement. The armour was mostly made in the United States...
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    would come at the cost of reducing the belt armour to 6 in (152 mm). During the design process, Krupp armour became available, so the reduction in thickness...
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    as "torpedo" cruisers during the "protected" era. The introduction of Krupp armour in six-inch thickness rendered the "armoured" protection scheme more...
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    guns. She also carried thinner armour, but incorporated new Krupp steel, which was more effective than the Harvey armour used in the Majestics. Goliath...
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    were carried. The armour protection given to the Lions was heavier than that of the Indefatigables; their waterline belt of Krupp armour measured 9 inches...
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  • (2,000 m) at 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). The Evstafi-class ships used Krupp armour. The maximum thickness of the waterline belt was 9 inches (229 mm) which...
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    Treaty of Versailles ban on tanks. MAN, Krupp, and Rheinmetall-Borsig each developed prototypes, with Krupp's being selected for further development....
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    survived, but according to naval historian Erich Gröner "The outfit of Krupp armour was similar to that of the [preceding] Derfflinger class". The figures...
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    Tiger I (section Armour)
    anti-tank gun, or a 10.5  cm L/28 field gun in a Krupp turret. Overall weight was to be 33 tonnes. The armour was designed to be 50  mm on frontal surfaces...
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    the experience of high explosive armour-piercing shells not being effective enough against the Harvey / Krupp armour and compartmented hull used on the...
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    deck had plating 10 and 57 mm (0.4 and 2.2 in) thick. The turrets had Krupp armour which was between 60 and 125 mm (2.4 and 4.9 in) thick. The ship was...
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    Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1. Media related to Zhemchug (ship, 1903) at Wikimedia...
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    fire-control transmission system to each turret. Tsesarevich used the latest Krupp armor in a version of the French cellular armor scheme. This consisted of...
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