Yeah the Germans were set up for a kind of "Fleet In Being" with a focus on Capital Ships, Escorts, and Submarines.
America was a mass focus on Escort Fleets and Naval Air Superiority.
The Brits focused on Capital Ships/Dreadnoughts and only Capital Ships and they didn't know what the fuck they were doing.
The Japs were focused on Battleships and Destroyers ***and actually knew what they were doing***
The Italians focused on almost solely Battleships and actually knew how to build damn good ones for the period.
And the Russians kinda had to focus on Destroyers and Light Cruisers due to their retarded geographical setup

Oh surcouf

Japan basically went “right we like the British idea let’s make it more Japanese”

As the nips were wont to do

They also added so many god damn torpedoes

They literally spammed torpedoes

Mimicking the Germans but then taking it even a step farther

“Hey we like the Mauser let’s make it more Japanese”

>most durable bolt action ever

“Hey we like torpedoes”
>Kitakami

Their dd guns were pretty lit

IIRC there's stories where USN ships would be torp by Type 93's over the horizon and thought they had blundered in to a minefield

You know what is sad

The Germans put Torps on almost everything.
The Japs did the same thing, and then added more

But better torpedoes

The big ass French sub that was basically a destroyer/cruiser type deal but, underwater

Depends on the purpose

Err, not

And the U.S rammed and sank it not understand French

lmao

Japan had really powerful torpedoes

"You one of them vichy bastards?"

I love how Ethiopia was the only country who asked for any and Japan was like “maybe?”

"Averde derchi"

There literally is no "best torpedo" in WW2 it just depends on the purpose of the mission

That list includes no US torpedoes tho

Surcouf was pretty acoustic

They were all so fucking bad

As long as we agree American torps sucked for the longest time

The moving seamines were great Rofl, eat my entire ass

“Pop up shoot two 400mm’s pop down”

Tfw ywn get to fuck a 203mm american heavy cruiser gun

Something like almost 20km range on Americsn late war torpedoes. Just fucking slow as shit.

Which is why they are moving sea mines

I'm not gonna lie I actually lol'ed @Magos Squid "The Life Raft"

It is now immortalized

lmfao

I just love his discord name now

The Royal military in general has a historical consistency when it comes to underestimating and then promptly being beat on by near-peer Nations

He shouldn't disturb my slumber >:L

Yeah well I pinged you

Smh