Most cruisers had one or several floatplanes onboard for scouting purposes. They were launched with steam catapults and landed on the sea near the ship; they were then lifted onboard again by cranes.
@@VirgoShelter The Japanese in the early part of the war did almost all their scouting using the planes on their Tone-class cruiser, and their other cruisers. They felt using combat planes was a waste of resources so would only launch the planes on their cruisers to spot for enemy ships. This is why the scouting during Midway did not seem very strong(Nagumo didn't even launch all those that were available) and was only precautionary measure.
It was a breakdown in communication in the worst way possible. The most important communication line is between the officers and their army. As we see here, neither side can do anything if that breaks down. It is literally the worst possible communication breakdown.
@11:25 I know it is an old video but to answer the question on aa guns and abilities against ships. Depends on the gun. A 50cal or 40mm not so much against any warship. They could cause some havok at short range but that is it. The 3-5inch guns which tend to be dual purpose could definitely hurt a destroyer. 5in guys could also do decent damage to a cruiser at closer range. Battleships and heavy cruisers on the other hand they are just going to piss it off unless you get a lucky shot. As for aircraft carriers they should never be close enough for it to matter so they were not armored against that kind of combat. They had large torpedo blisters to prevent damage from them and most didn't even have armored flight decks till after WW2.
Reliable recon launches due to having an actual runway and assault from an unfavourable attack angle are the reason carriers are so important in my opinion.
Most cruisers had one or several floatplanes onboard for scouting purposes. They were launched with steam catapults and landed on the sea near the ship; they were then lifted onboard again by cranes.
FUN fact. Japan had too cruiser called "Tone" and "Chikuma" which carry a good amount of floatplanes
@@VirgoShelter The Japanese in the early part of the war did almost all their scouting using the planes on their Tone-class cruiser, and their other cruisers. They felt using combat planes was a waste of resources so would only launch the planes on their cruisers to spot for enemy ships.
This is why the scouting during Midway did not seem very strong(Nagumo didn't even launch all those that were available) and was only precautionary measure.
Cruisers and Battleships carried seaplanes for recon, they had small catapults and cranes on the ships to bring them back up.
It was a breakdown in communication in the worst way possible. The most important communication line is between the officers and their army. As we see here, neither side can do anything if that breaks down. It is literally the worst possible communication breakdown.
McJibbin, you should react to Fallen of WW2, great video and really eye opening on the amount of deaths from WW2 globally
@11:25 I know it is an old video but to answer the question on aa guns and abilities against ships. Depends on the gun. A 50cal or 40mm not so much against any warship. They could cause some havok at short range but that is it. The 3-5inch guns which tend to be dual purpose could definitely hurt a destroyer.
5in guys could also do decent damage to a cruiser at closer range.
Battleships and heavy cruisers on the other hand they are just going to piss it off unless you get a lucky shot.
As for aircraft carriers they should never be close enough for it to matter so they were not armored against that kind of combat. They had large torpedo blisters to prevent damage from them and most didn't even have armored flight decks till after WW2.
Reliable recon launches due to having an actual runway and assault from an unfavourable attack angle are the reason carriers are so important in my opinion.
get out?!?! I'll watch the original video w/o you.
Why are you here then?