That's insane. Thanks for the reference - I have to review my understanding of nuclear fission - and implosion detonation in particular.
yea. was in different forum when i created it because i wanted not only history stuff but any actual experimental stuff.. but admins moved it.
The Japanese built quite a lot of submarines that would carry one or two scout planes, the Type A's, B's. That actually saw combat too.
Ever see a WWII vintage American "pineapple" grenade? The killing range of the major fragments was beyond the maximum throwing range of the grenade. Granted, the odds of being hit by the big pieces of shrapnel at that distance were minimal, but you were still at significant risk from the smaller fragments just by throwing it. THAT is insane, and it was standard issue.
The article never explained how a steam-gas turbine on that sub would lead to more underwater endurance, you still need oxygen for the fuel and have the major disadvantages of not being able to instantly start or stop the engine, and steam turbines are quite loud.The Soviets had some post war transport/ assault sub projects. Some would have launched planes AND tanks.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/621.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_assault_submarine
this is highly interesting. might be nice for quick suprise landinThe Soviets had some post war transport/ assault sub projects. Some would have launched planes AND tanks.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/621.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_assault_submarine
one of reasons why it was scrapped. but its a nice idea for a game.
didnt they get around it by getting needed oxigen from sea water somehow?
When nuclear reactors are on a ship they have enough power to do that, but if you have a nuclear reactor you lose the whole point about needed enough oxygen to run a generator. All nuclear submarines do use electricity to separate the oxygen from water so they can stay underwater until they run out of food.
When throwing grenades, it's expected that the soldier would have a rifle-proof cover nearby (else they would have been gunned down already), and shrapnels have far worse penetration than rifle rounds so they're not put in more danger. Meanwhile there's a pretty slim chance that a portable nuke would be fired out of a fallout shelter, though its blast radius appears to be much shorter than its range as noted above.
That is easier to achieve with torpedoes that run a at pre-set depth and have a magnetic/noise fuse...
They were both rather unreliable for most of WWII though, this is meant to be an intermediate before they were fixed.
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