Mark 27 Cutie Torpedo

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by NorthBeach

Armistead- You loaded up your boat with 10?

Wait, you were goofin' on a save, weren't you!

For a while, I would carry a couple, jic. When forced, you can get the right set up so that two will isolate a single target. But, the tonnage per tube payoff just isn't there. WAY more times than not they would still be on board when I would finish a patrol. Now, just beer coasters.

Hey, I loaded my boat up with a half dozen of them. Of course, we removed the warheads and now use them as bar stools for the officers mess. The remaining explosives from the warheads were packed into extra life vests that the requisition officer applied for. We then removed the blow tubes on the vests and replaced them with waterproof fuses and that's what we toss to the Imperial Survivors before speeding off to the distant sounds of dull thuds.

[torpedobait]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

Hey, I loaded my boat up with a half dozen of them. Of course, we removed the warheads and now use them as bar stools for the officers mess. The remaining explosives from the warheads were packed into extra life vests that the requisition officer applied for. We then removed the blow tubes on the vests and replaced them with waterproof fuses and that's what we toss to the Imperial Survivors before speeding off to the distant sounds of dull thuds.

I met an ex-Marine (if there is such a thing as an "Ex" Marine), who told me a story of shark hunting in a lagoon. They took raw meat from the galley, wrapped it around a grenade, and attached a wire leader to the grenade's safety pin. Once the shark took the bait he said they just pulled the pin with the wire and waited for the lever to release as the shark chewed or just swallowed...sometimes it took hours for a mystery "boom" and a newly dead shark to float up.