Doubt about sinking subs with one torpedo.

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by LoBlo

I don't remember the Red October taking any hits in the book or the movie.... which scenes are the talking about?

Ever seen the pictures of a surface ship practice targets that have been hit with a heavyweight torpedo as an example of their explosive power. They have been known to completely break the ship in half. Total underwater detonations carry a slightly different explosive dynamic iirc, but afaik even high strength steel is no match for the explosive pressures/power of a direct hit.

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At the final scene when Tupolev tries to save the Motherland's bacon, in the book he gets one hit on Red October. It wasn't enough to sink it but it certainly would have crippled it for several months except for the fact that the Americans intended to disect Red October anyway so it didn't matter whether or not it could sail as long as it could get to port.