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Guns

I'm pretty sure that these guns were simply K L/40, not SK L/40s. And it might be worth mentioning that they were disarmed when converted to barracks ships and their guns. at least the L/40s, were used as railroad guns. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:56, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Compound armor

The description of compound armor is correct - it's taken directly from Herwig. But compound armor is essentially a plate with hard steel on the face with softer wrought iron behind. Wood backing was optional, but all four ships of the class retained it (even the two that got nickel-steel armor). And Herwig states this: "Wörth and Brandenburg were protected by so-called "compound" plates, introduced in 1877 and formed of steel-clad wrought-iron plates alternating with layers of wood and an inner skin of two layers of sheet iron." Presumably the sheet iron is simply the outer skin of the hull. Regardless, that matches with the description at compound armour. Parsecboy (talk) 14:52, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Armor of Weissenburg

I am not sure about the description of Weissenburg (later Turgut Reis). I have seen two preserved turrets of the ship last week (Turkish coastal battery Turgut Reis at Dardanelles). They are made of three steel plates, 4 cm each, connected by large bolts (totall thickness 12 cm). This schema is visible at the whole turret - gun ports, door openings and the bottom edge of the whole tower. Is not it the so-called compound armour, rather than nickel steel "Krupp armour"? Ondřej Filip (talk) 12:05, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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	I am not sure about the description of Weissenburg (later Turgut Reis). I have seen two preserved turrets of the ship last week (Turkish coastal battery Turgut Reis at Dardanelles). They are made of three steel plates, 4 cm each, connected by large bolts (totall thickness 12 cm). This schema is visible at the whole turret - gun ports, door openings and the bottom edge of the whole tower. Is not it the so-called compound armour, rather than nickel steel "Krupp armour"?		I am not sure about the description of Weissenburg (later Turgut Reis). I have seen two preserved turrets of the ship last week (Turkish coastal battery Turgut Reis at Dardanelles). They are made of three steel plates, 4 cm each, connected by large bolts (totall thickness 12 cm). This schema is visible at the whole turret - gun ports, door openings and the bottom edge of the whole tower. Is not it the so-called compound armour, rather than nickel steel "Krupp armour"? [[User:Ondřej Filip\|Ondřej Filip]] ([[User talk:Ondřej Filip\|talk]]) 12:05, 25 May 2015 (UTC)