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A torpedo is a miltary weapon which is shot from a submarine, ship or patrol boat or dropped form an aircraft. Once dropped it races towards its target where its warhead explodes on contact with its target, usually another ship (although they have been fired against dams before, such as the Chosin reservoir.)
Torpedoes are long and cylindrical in shape with propellors at one end to provide propulsion. They are still used by virtually every modern Navy.
Torpedoes are named after a fish called the torpedo ray, so sailors refer to the torpedo weapon as a fish.
Prior to the invention of the Whitehead Torpedo (the first modern torpedo), the term "torpedo" was often used for what we now term a naval mine. (Adm Farragut's famous quote "Damned the torpedos! Full speed ahead!" was in reference to a minefield).
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∙ 11y agoTorpedoes are basically underwater missiles that are shot by submarines (sometimes special boats) that are used to blow up ships
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How do you use torpedoes in a sentence?
The torpedos were fired from the submerged submarine.
How does the japansese blow up the US ships?
Bombs and torpedos
Were aircraft carriers armed with torpedos?
No, but on many occasions they carried aircraft armed with torpedoes.
How do you use counterattack in a sentence?
After the aliens shot proton torpedos at me, I counterattackered by using my ElectronVaporizer 2000.
What were most Americans Pearl Harbor boats sunk with?
It was mostly a combination of bombs and torpedos. A good example of a bomb sinking a ship was the USS Arizona. A bomb was dropped and when it hit her it penetrated the deck went into the ships magazine (place where munitons are stored) and went off with such a force that it nearly cut the ship in two. She was however hit by at least two torpedos as well. The Japanese torpedos were retrofit with a special enhancement to their fins that kept them from diving too deeply when dropped as the harbor was barely deep enough to allow the passage of ships. These inflicted much damage. I would say from what I know of Pearl Harbor, most of the damage was caused by torpedos and the second runner up is bombs.
Can a man be fired from a torpedo tube?
no because torpedos are self propelled, people are too but the are to slow to be "launched" from a torpedo tube.
What in the thing that you get 130 bricks on Lego Star Wars 3?
You get a invisible ship with missles and torpedos. The cheat code for it is xpy46k.
What Does Tow Death Star do on Lego Star Wars 2?
it makes your space ships torpedos look like death stars
Were submarines used in World War 1 And if there were what were the weapons used by the controller of it?
submarines were used in WW1 and the weapons used were torpedos and a deck gun.
Can a submarine torpedo an airplane?
Only if the airplane is in the water. Torpedos are water weapons and seldom, if ever, get airborne. Their propellers don't work in the air.
What ne weapon did the Germans build during world war 1?
flamethrowers, gas masks and posion gas, graneds,submarines and torpedos.
What are all the weapons that the Enterprise carries?
The Enterprise carries A. Photon torpedos B. Phasers also it has the abilitly to use a tractor beam as a repulser weapon
