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Torpedo launch "von Hand"
Posted by: bezukhov ()
Date: November 23, 2012 11:08PM

Hi everyone!

I post here because I have another question about a torpedo launch procedure.

In a page from a type VII U-Boat KTB, describing a submerged attack, one can read: "Versager in der Abfeueranlage. Rohr wird eigene Sek. spaeter von Hand lasgemacht".

The literal meaning is clear, but what does it mean "von Hand"? Was there a way to launch torpedo without compressed air?

Thanks in advance!

bezukhov

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Torpedo launch "von Hand" bezukhov 11/23/2012 11:08PM
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