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Originally Posted by crockett
Hell modern day anti surface ship torpedoes don't even make contact with the ship's hull.. They are designed to blow up underneath the ship in order to break the ship in half from the water pressure. I'd suspect anti sub torpedoes would work the same and never actually hit the hull.
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This ship thing was the case already in WWII and probably in WWI too. It was magnetic detonation under the hull. However the case is different regarding subs as much smaller damage is enough to destroy the sub and the water pressure is much higher down the deep where the subs are. Though there might be magnetic detonation to increase the chance of hit. Or maybe you are right, I don't know, but there is not that much need for it regarding subs. Very succesful anti-sub weapons in WWII were direct contact hedgehogs (hit the top part of the sub).