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To: WhiskeyPapa
I wasn't too bad on this until they had the homing torpedoes.

You should do some research. The US Navy fielded the Mark 27 passive acoustic homing torpedo in 1943; however it was only used by Pacific theatre submarines. The Kriegsmarine also developed them for u-boat use. HERE are pictures of the Mark 27. Cute little thing, no?

AB

219 posted on 06/26/2002 9:11:28 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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To: ArrogantBustard
I wasn't too bad on this until they had the homing torpedoes.

You should do some research. The US Navy fielded the Mark 27 passive acoustic homing torpedo in 1943; however it was only used by Pacific theatre submarines. The Kriegsmarine also developed them for u-boat use. HERE are pictures of the Mark 27. Cute little thing, no?

I would still be surprised to find that torps in WWII could vary their depth and do all the things the ones in the movie did.

Walt

224 posted on 06/26/2002 10:23:58 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa
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