Talk:General Discussion/@comment-4010439-20140614190942/@comment-24332640-20140615184205

While it's true that historically many battleships did in fact have torpedo tubes, in practice they were rarely ever used. They were simply overshadowed by the effectiveness of the main guns on battleships, and effectively deploying torpedos (remember that most WW2-era torpedos were not homing, they just went in a straight line) usually meant having to get very close to the enemy. Something better suited to small, fast vessels.

So I'm fine with not allowing torpedos on battleships in the game even if it's not totally historical. Combat in KanColle is pretty abstract and in practice most of the time BBs may just as well not have had torpedo tubes.