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Re: GNAT
Posted by: Sniper ()
Date: June 13, 2004 03:32AM

Hi All,

I've heard that the Germans had a problem with their torps in that at the end of a run, the torp would sink and that water pressue would rupture the detonator, causing it to explode, and thus the warhead. Their solution was to fit a device which flodded the warhead at the end of the run and thus prevented the detonator from beign crushed. The reasoning behind this feature was that a torp detonating at the end of an (undetected) run would alert the escorts that they were under attack. As allied ASW technology got ever more sophisticated as the war went on, alerting the escorts to your presence with a failed attack ammounted to extreme foolishness.

Rgrds

Sniper.

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Subject Written By Posted
GNAT Michael 05/05/2004 03:17AM
Re: GNAT Brian 05/05/2004 09:46PM
Re: GNAT ROBERT M. 05/05/2004 11:39PM
Re: GNAT Mike 05/08/2004 09:33AM
Re: GNAT Brian 05/08/2004 02:21PM
Re: GNAT ROBERT M. 05/08/2004 10:24PM
Re: GNAT Brian 05/09/2004 10:38AM
Re: GNAT ROBERT M. 05/09/2004 06:10PM
Re: GNAT Sniper 06/13/2004 03:32AM
Re: GNAT Natter 08/28/2011 05:50PM


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