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Old 01-31-14, 09:52 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Armistead View Post
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Yes, but British WW II torpedoes actually worked from day one. The venerable Mark VIII wasn't retired until 1983.

I always found it one of those strange dichotomies of WWII, that the two nations that were the most successful with their respective submarine fleets, (Germany and the US) started the war with dysfunctional torpedoes.
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