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Old 08-25-12, 04:30 PM   #12
sharkbit
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Originally Posted by Red Heat View Post
Great work, Rubini...
Sorry my ignorance but i all aways think the acustic torpedos was exclusive used only by the Krigstmarine in the W.W.II.
The Allies developed the Fido air dropped torpedo later in '43. Some of the accounts I read in Michael Gannon's "Black May" were pretty chilling. He gives a pretty detailed account on their development and use.

Fleet boats in the Pacific used acoustic torpedoes later in the war as well.

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