Clibanarius
Banned
Did you even read post #11?
Yeah, what's that got to with it? What's wrong with having a few Torpedo launchers in place as an AS defense?
Did you even read post #11?
So it shouldn't have any sort of defense or way to fight back? And you just that BB's aren't as maneuverable.
Yeah, what's that got to with it?
What's wrong with having a few Torpedo launchers in place as an AS defense?
I'm proposing that they have them as an AS defense.
I'm proposing that they have them as an AS defense.
Incidentally, a number of battleships did have submerged torpedo tubes. I'm not entirely sure why; they weren't used much, if at all. Perhaps a legacy of the pre-dreadnought era?
Okay... depth charges aboard a BB is going to do bugger all at 'staving off' subs. Simply put early WW2 depth charge projectors had a range of less than 50m while the late war Squid had a range of only 250m and even the post-war Limbo system had a maximum range of less than a kilometer. Unless the sub's captain is planning a boarding action he can safely engage with torpedos well beyond the range of any Depth Charge projector system...Look, I never said anything about chasing subs, the point of those weapons would to stave off enemy subs. I'd argue that in the US at least the AA guns did an excellent of killing enemy aircraft.
Submerged tubes? Not deck mounted?
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