Mark14 "better" than Mark10

[Ostfriese]

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

LMAO.....only you USA lot persist with the absurd 'imperial' system although use decimal for your currency. Go figure.

Incidentally, AFAIK the mk14 initially didn't have Torpex. I believe that was introduced in 1943 (could be wrong, haven't looked it up).

Hey, don't you call me US American!

The Mk 14 was introduced in 1931 and indeed used TOPREX. You probably mix it up with some other torpedo.

[Steeltrap]

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

Hey, don't you call me US American!

The Mk 14 was introduced in 1931 and indeed used TOPREX. You probably mix it up with some other torpedo.

Interesting. Dick O'Kane mentions in Wahoo making an attack with a mk14 using the 'new' explosive type, torpex. I'd have thought he'd hardly have called it new if it had been in service from day 1. Curious.....

And FYI, my comment about USA and imperial was directed (playfully) at mookie, who posted the comment about it having 643lb, not 242kg....