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VONHARRIS · 04-28-12, 05:24 AM

A good article of german WWII torpedoes

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTGER_WWII.htm

i) I don't think that was possible in RL.

ii) I don't know

iii) Taking into account a warhead of 300 kg of explosives an arming range less than 300 m would be just fatal to the Uboat.
The blast of the torpedo was able to brake 3000 - 4000 tons ships ,imagine the results on a 700 tons U boot.

04-28-12, 05:24 AM	#2
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	A good article of german WWII torpedoes http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTGER_WWII.htm i) I don't think that was possible in RL. ii) I don't know iii) Taking into account a warhead of 300 kg of explosives an arming range less than 300 m would be just fatal to the Uboat. The blast of the torpedo was able to brake 3000 - 4000 tons ships ,imagine the results on a 700 tons U boot.