Re: Fire Control lock-on

--- Broadband <al.ll2@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> In the real world Motor torpedo boats can (and
> frequently have) suceeded 
> against far heavier ships (destroyers were invented
> to specifically combat 
> MTB's  in the early 1900's because the battleships
> of the time were sitting 
> ducks).

History Lesson:
     Destroyers, AKA Torpedo Boat Destroyers,
were created to deal with the automobile 
torpedo being carried by ships of 700 to 1100
tons, AKA Torpedo Boats.
     The MTB, MGB, PT, E-boat, or S-boat was
a WWII creation.

Bye for now,
John L.

		
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