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"dumping pure oxygen and kerosene into a cylinder would make the torpedo travel really fast, but instantaneously and in all directions at once disassembling itself and any nearby people with considerrable enthusiasm"
this is why I love Drach

I love your understated title. Calling a Long Lance a "long range hole poking device" is like calling a nuclear warhead an "enhanced negotiation tool."

Japan had an unexpected ally for defeating the US Navy in the Pacific - the Bureau of Ordnance.

The Type 93: one of history's prime examples of 'Just because you can't do it, doesn't mean your enemy can't'

"they hadn't yet invented the Machine Spirit"
Sad Techpriest noises

“... the Americans are known for having a lot of guns”

You astonish me, sir. I don’t believe that I had ever heard this before.

BoO: "This torpedo can't possibly exist!"
Everyone: "Why???"
BoO: "It works!"

In Milspeak the title would look more like: Device, Hole Poking, Range Long.

The RN tried Oxygen fuelled torpedoes before the Japanese took up the idea. The RN torpedoes had a nasty habit of exploding. The Japanese found the reason for this was the tight radii of the bends carrying the oxygen caused localised overheating. They overcame this by enlarging these radii thus keeping the bends cooler.
My father was an Electrical Artificer (EA) in the RN pre WW2 and responsible for torpedo maintenance aboard ship. He said that he met several groups of visitors from the Japanese navy who gleaned a lot of information from us even though anything of interest was supposed to be covered with sheets. They were still at the time allies of ours, well supposedly.
We saw post war the quality of Japanese engineering so really it’s no surprise that they produced these torpedoes.

Minor correction: The denotator wasn't too sensitive, it was adjustable--and overzealous crew will often crank it up as much as they can just to make sure it will explode. To be fair explode the torpedoes did. Later the torpedo manufacturing team will state that "supplying our soldiers with sensitivity adjusting tools is our largest regret of the war".

Drachism of the day:
"Seeing as they haven't invented the machine spirit yet"

Japan - "Behold, the Type 93"
The West - "Does it have fancy nickname?"
Japan - "No."
Samuel Morrison - "How about Long Lance?"
Japan - Holds chin for a moment thinking... nods vigorously "Yes, that will do nicely."

USN's greatest enemy in WW II: Bureau of Ordnance

5:53  "The torpedo would travel at fairly high speed, just instantaneously in all directions at once, disassembling itself and any nearby people, with considerable enthusiasm."

Ah, the Long Lance. As famous for it's effectiveness as the Mark 14 is infamous for it's failures.

Mark 14 Torpedo: Who are you?
Type 93: I am you, but better

So what you're saying is that a type 93 was actually faster than a Swordfish torpedo bomber if there was any form of significant headwind? 😂

You have outdone yourself, that was so filled with Drachisms that I kept having to rewind due to me laughing too hard.

"Sir, they're launching torpedoes."
"Idiots. They're well out of range."
"They would appear to disagree, sir."


Such a holesome device.