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Langsdorf realised too late that he was facing three cruisers. Calling upon the immediate acceleration of his diesel engines, he closed the enemy squadron at 24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h) in the hope of engaging the steam-driven British ships before they could work up from cruising speed to full power.[7] This strategy may seem an inexplicable blunder. Langsdorf could perhaps have manoeuvered to keep the British ships at a range where he could destroy them with his 11 in (280 mm) guns while remaining out of the effective range of their smaller 6- and 8-inch guns. On the other hand, he knew the British cruisers had a 46 kn (4.66.9 mph; 7.411 km/h) speed advantage over Graf Spee and could in principle stay out of range should they choose to do sostandard cruiser tactics in the presence of a superior forcewhile calling on reinforcements.
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Originally posted by Rooijen10
46 knots speed advantage? You're knuts.
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On the other hand, he knew the British cruisers had a 46 kn (4.66.9 mph; 7.411 km/h) speed advantage over Graf Spee and could in principle stay out of range should they choose to do sostandard cruiser tactics in the presence of a superior forcewhile calling on reinforcements.
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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
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Originally posted by Rooijen10
46 knots speed advantage? You're knuts.
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On the other hand, he knew the British cruisers had a 46 kn (4.66.9 mph; 7.411 km/h) speed advantage over Graf Spee and could in principle stay out of range should they choose to do sostandard cruiser tactics in the presence of a superior forcewhile calling on reinforcements.
No, merely a victim of the board's poor handling of punctuation. For some reason the board now suppresses a lot of punctuation marks unless you take a side-road through something like notepad. Don't know why but it works that way.
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Originally posted by Jefgte
Graf Spee is the historical ref.
But we are in WW, & some choices are not similar...
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