Is "compressed air" cosmetic?

Mush Martin · 07-25-08, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Orion2012

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Originally Posted by Arclight

I think in RL compressed air was also used to launch torps out of the tubes and to force water out of the ballast tanks, maybe even more. AFAIK, as stated above, in SH4 it is only used for "emergency blow".

I don't think it was ever used to launch torpedoes during WW2. Most of the WW2 Torpedos were the Wet-Heater. Injecting a flammable substance into the combustion chamber, and then cooling the combustion chamber with salt water. Some were Lead-Acid batteries which didn't leave a wake, but required constant maintenance and even some experiments with hydrogen-peroxide torpedoes.

Now if only someone had invented the supercavitation torpedo in 1940....the war may have ended totally different....

Pphhh anyone can do that

but theres always another mind on the other side working up
a hydrofoil freighter.

lifes like that

I think you maybe misunderstand he meant compressed air to
initially launch the torpedo from its tube not compresssed
air to power the torpedo that goes way way back to when
I was a rookie.

[edit] I think compressed air is poorly labled in shiv