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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
You're in for a very long war, then. American torpedoes were utter crap until 1943.
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The Americans had tested their torpedoes off Rhode Island, where calm waters were nothing like the combat conditions America's boats would encounter. The heavy seas of the Pacific knocked out the guidance system, and the firing pin was inoperable much of the time, failing to detonate even if the Americans would get a hit. Complaints to the US Naval Command went unheeded. Some American commanders took to modifying their torpedoes themselves, despite orders prohibiting shipboard modifications.
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Hi MM It kinda makes you wonder who was the real enemy? " USNC ? "
