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Re: cruel seas a Naval officer's persective
Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 9:16 pm
by bangorstu
I've played a couple of games and you're right... MTBs are not going to last long against S-boats...
Mind you, the Fairmiles didn't do too well against the S-100s either... apparently storing torpedoes on deck is dangerous
WW2 must have been fought before Health & Safety was a Thing.
Re: cruel seas a Naval officer's persective
Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 9:33 pm
by FreddBloggs
Hence MGBs being the prefered option, then it is them worrying about torpedos exploding rather than you. It has kinda piqued my interest, but only looking as yet.
Re: cruel seas a Naval officer's persective
Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 10:12 pm
by bangorstu
Mind you if you think MTBs are lightweight, look at what the Italians were using... as with their aircraft, fast, sleek, elegant.. and then they forgot to put any guns on...
Re: cruel seas a Naval officer's persective
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 12:46 am
by grizzlymc
It is sad that the only classic torpedo attack in history was foiled by Jellicoe's turn away. The surface actions in the pacific saw extensive use of torps (once the yanks fixed theirs) but nothing like the sort of cavalry charges we used to do under Pretcher flatt.