Note I said internal gun. A gun pod is not internal. ;)

A gun pod degrades stealth and performance.

So does that make it a dumb weapon?:DL

Anyone mention the Petard yet??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petard

heh, got a laugh out of the AT dog idea... and the fact they used russian tanks as pratice targets. Guess they didnt think the russian dog could just use its sence of smell, and not see its a russian tank

Nuclear depth charges
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_depth_charge

Again, not stupid. Before the 1980s targeting submarines was very difficult. An area effect weapon simply means the solution on the target doesn't need to be perfect. NDCs were delivered mostly by Aircraft (incl unmanned DASH drones) or by rocket meaning the launching platform was safely away from the blast.

Not sure why this is stupid. Sounds like a early Bangalore torpedo.

Well the F-35 is an aircraft that relies on Stealth for defense so any weapon that degrades that isn't very smart.

How can you go past the K Class sub! Steam powered and a maximum depth less that the length of the sub.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_K_class_submarine

The fact they sank each other is somewhat unique!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_May_Island

The K class were almost hillariously bad, they were flawed in every way imaginable and crewed by a combination of Dinsdales and Bernards, or so it would appear from their service records. The things were fitted with depth charge launchers for pittys sake.

Not the weapon the implentation theres a reason for the phrase "Hoisted on his own petard". :03:

The (US) S-Boats at one time had Depth Charge launchers IIRC.

Stupid use dosn't make the weapon dumb. Look at how many people shoot themselves with semi-automatic hand guns.

Well you dident have to be stupid to blow yourself up with the petard. They had 'issues' with the 'slow' fuse. Sometimes it wasent so slow.

No you had to be ingnorant, brave, or suicidal to use one.

it should be and/or between all those.