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Old 01-10-07, 03:03 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by melnibonian
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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
Hold the conning tower steady perhaps? These are darn thick cables and probably provide stablity to the design...similiar to bridges with cable support?
I think that must be the reason. I am not too sure about it but it makes sence
Didn’t someone here in the forums show a little animated thing of these being used to load the torpedoes?
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