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Pugliese Underwater Protection Bulkhead
No.136 プリエーゼ式水中防御隔壁
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Refittable Class | |
Coastal Defense Ship | Destroyer |
Light Cruiser | Torpedo Cruiser |
Heavy Cruiser | Training Cruiser |
Aviation Cruiser | Fast Battleship |
Battleship | Aviation Battleship |
Light Carrier | Standard Aircraft Carrier |
Armored Carrier | Seaplane Tender |
Submarine | Aircraft Carrying Submarine |
Submarine Tender | Fleet Oiler |
Repair Ship | Amphibious Assault Ship |
Introduction
シリンダータイプの隔壁による、艦幅も重量も増やさずに水中防御を向上させる大型艦艇の防御隔壁です。タラントでの戦訓から評価が分かれますが、一定の防御効果は期待できるといわれています。
(戦艦・巡洋戦艦・航空戦艦・正規空母(含む装甲空母)用)
The Pugliese Underwater Protection Bulkhead is a cylindrical bulkhead intended to increase underwater protection of large warships. Even with the results at Taranto, a certain degree of effectiveness is still expected from these bulkheads. (Can be mounted on battleships, battlecruisers, aviation battleships, and aircraft carriers (including armored carriers).)
Notes
Unbuildable
- Spring 2015 Event E-3 Easy/Medium/Hard reward.
Trivia
The Pugliese Underwater Protection system, named after its designer Umberto Pugliese, was intended to reduce the effectiveness of torpedo strikes through the use of a hollow steel drum that ran along the length of the underwater bulkhead. In theory, any incoming torpedoes would collapse the drum, expending its blast energy in the process and thus reducing the damage dealt. In practice however, the effectiveness of this device when compared to more traditional systems was questionable. While it could (and did) stop torpedoes under favorable conditions, it had several drawbacks and a weakness to non-direct hits, which made its value in combat limited.