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Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "The Mark 14 Torpedo - Failure is Like Onions" video.
See, this is why you beta-test things before deploying them in a production environment.
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2:52 - Ironically, despite all that extra torpedo armor, quite a few capital ships still went down to single torpedo hits in WWII (albeit often with the help of poor damage control).
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Apparently noone thought to consider that expending a few torpedoes in live-fire tests to detect any problems with the torpedo would allow the percentage of duds to be reduced, yielding a net gain in the Navy's stock of usable torpedoes... 🤦♀
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The Mk. 14 torpedo: a superb weapon... once it got out of beta.
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