Sniper Wrote:
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> 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
Never heard of this - neither the problem, and especially the solution. I don't know every detail of the T4 and T5 though, but for the other operational german WW2 torpedoes, this was certainly not the case.

Besides: You can't flood a compartment which is filled with solid explosives (even potential flooding of the small pockets of air and/or wood on top of the head - diafragma - which along with lead-ballast helped aiding in stabilizing the torpedo, would give an effect as you describe).