Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "The Mark 14 Torpedo - Failure is Like Onions" video.

  1. Submarine toilets are a meme. They are probably the most complicated purely mechanical system aboard a submarine. The Type VII U-Boat usually had its bathroom stuffed with provisions. Crews shat in buckets (never the bilges, if possible) until the food was down to where the toilet could be employed. In fact, for long missions (like across the Atlantic), the crew's bathing water tank was, instead filled with bunker oil for the engines. No bathing and shitting in buckets makes for s stinky ship. Try reading "Iron Coffins" by Herbert Werner. https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Coffins-Personal-Account-Battles/dp/030681160X
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  2. Space Battleship Yamato, of course. ;-)
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  3. It changes centers of gravity. Artillery shell projectiles, for any specific caliber and use, have a 'perfect" shape. This is not the same as the solid subcaliber Kinetic Penetrators of today, with are very long and thin, but carry no filling.
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  4. Ouch.
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