Talk:Spring 2015 Event/@comment-26348726-20150428121329/@comment-114.78.121.124-20150428124324

Actually the Pugliese TDS on the Littorio's was infamously ineffective.

They thought that filling the volume of a torpedo bulge with a large cylinder would cause an explosion to expend most of its energy "crushing" said cylinder, but they failed to realise that an explosion instead follows the path of least resistance, bypassing it completely.

The miserable failure of the Pugliese system can be seen during the Battle of Taranto, when Conte Di Cavour (which had the Pugliese TDS, although not a Littorio-class) sank from a single aerial torpedo hit. Littorio was hit three times and suffered disporportionate damage.