r/NavalArt • u/RicFlair-W000000 • 13h ago
Alliance St Louis
Drawn for my buddy.any advice welcomed.
r/NavalArt • u/RicFlair-W000000 • 13h ago
Drawn for my buddy.any advice welcomed.
r/NavalArt • u/Herfinde_NavyTD • 19h ago
Bourrienne (1943, post-refit)
[Armament]
Shortly after the fall of France, Bourrienne joined the Free French Naval Forces alongside her consorts. Continuous ammunition resupply was essential to sustain combat operations, yet obtaining supplies from the French mainland was impossible. Consequently, in 1943, she underwent a major refit ahead of her fellow warships to transition to readily available American weaponry; her remaining stockpiles of French ammunition were redistributed to other vessels in the fleet.
While US license-production lines were eventually established for her 130 mm main battery and 100 mm high-angle shells, her original 37 mm autocannons and 13.2 mm machine guns were completely removed. In their place, she was fitted with a total of 48 Bofors 40 mm/56 AA guns in a mix of twin and quadruple mounts, along with twenty-one twin 20 mm/70 Oerlikon mounts (42 guns total). Additionally, an SG surface-search radar and a CXAM-1 air-search radar were installed on her forward bridge superstructure.
