Long Lance Torpedoes

[sandbag69]

We need these Torps in SH4...please have them in SH4.
please make them be fired from ships

[Sulikate]

What are they?

[Safe-Keeper]

Wake up Neo, the Google has you.

The Long-Lance Torpedoes

A torpedo is a self-propelled projectile carrying a warhead which detonates against a ship's side below the waterline. It was the most destructive naval weapon of the Second World War and the best of these was the Japanese Long-Lance. In 1941 the Japanese Navy was the third largest navy in the world, after the US Navy and the Royal Navy. It had 100 destroyers, 18 heavy cruisers and 18 light cruisers. Most destroyers and cruisers were fitted with the 24-inch Long Lance torpedo. This oxygen-powered weapon could deliver a 1,000lb warhead at 49 knots over almost 11 miles.

Wow.

[Torplexed]

A fantastic secret weapon which took the Allies by surprise. . Japanese submarines used a smaller 21-inch diameter version called the Type 95.

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[Godalmighty83]

my understanding was that there guidance and depth keeping was hopeless.

may be thinking of another ww2 torp though.

they cant have been any worse then us torps for the first half of there war.

[WilhelmSchulz.]

NO DONT ADD THEM!!! I want to live!

Then agian it will teach me to be on my toes.:hmm:

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by Godalmighty83

my understanding was that there guidance and depth keeping was hopeless.

may be thinking of another ww2 torp though.

they cant have been any worse then us torps for the first half of there war.

Japan probably had the best and most reliable torpedoes of World War 2. Unfortunately for them, their doctine of using submarines almost exclusively against heavily-screened warships meant this advantage was largely thrown away. However, on a few occasions it paid big dividends, such as the sinking of the US carrier Wasp.

Another advantage some Japanese surface ships equipped with the Long Lance had was the unique ability to reload tubes.

[WilhelmSchulz.]

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Japan probably had the best and most reliable torpedoes of World War 2. Unfortunately for them, their doctine of using submarines almost exclusively against heavily-screened warships meant this advantage was largely thrown away. However, on a few occasions it paid big dividends, such as the sinking of the US carrier Wasp.

Another advantage some Japanese surface ships equipped with the Long Lance had was the unique ability to reload tubes.

The Indianaplois. Also that was our statigy befor we got involved in the war. Dose anyone know how many Merchants where sunk in the Pacific?

[Threadfin]

Don't have a breakdown of merchant sinkings only in front of me here at work, but...

After the war, the Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee (JANAC) attempted to reconcile all Japanese shipping losses over 500 tons with the cause. While certainly not 100% accurate, the JANAC figures should be considered in the ballpark. JANAC credited the US submarines with sinking 1,314 ships for 5.3 million tons. Included in these sinkings were one battleship, eight aircraft carriers, three heavy cruisers and eight light cruisers. This represented 55 percent of Japan's maritime losses. By comparison, German submarines in WW2 sank 2,882 ships for 14.4 million tons (it should be noted the Germans were at war for 2+ years longer than the US)

52 US submarines were lost to all causes, taking down with them 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men (out of 16,000 who made war patrols), for a loss rate of 22 percent, the highest loss rate for any US service branch during WW2, but lowest loss rate among submarine branches among the major combatants. By comparison, the Germans lost 781 boats, the Japanese 130 and the Italians 85.

Source: Blair's Silent Victory

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