Talk:61cm Quadruple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount/@comment-175.142.197.192-20140805144925

It's a good thing that these Long Lance didn't have the problem of the real one... ie: exploding in your face when they get hit...

Long Lance was notorious in that while they are very powerful, they are also volatile and when hit by gunfire... the torpedo rack containing them tend to explode catastrophically, and during WW2 a number of IJN destroyers and cruisers were lost in that manner by gunfire which otherwise wouldn't do much damage to the ship (like Bofors AA gunfire)..

it would be frustrating as all hell otherwise to have your ships blow themselves up after getting hosed pea shooters...