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Old 07-06-10, 08:15 AM   #5
Hartmann
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Originally Posted by janh View Post
Could have been one of the British torpedo traps -- merchant vessels loaded with hundreds and thousands of empty barrels, to keep the Germans wasting ammo while the trap stays afloat... Happened in reality, was mostly 1940/41... if this is modeled in game. Else, it is probably a damage model that needs tuning...
true.

Q ships used this system

kretschmer sunk HMS Patroclus and empty barrels gushed from a hole made by the torpedo, it takes 5 impacts ,breaking the ship in two and sunk.
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