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Torpedo Tech specs:

"Long Lance" (carried by IJN surface ships only). Type 95 torpedo. 24" diameter. Maximum speed 49 knots. Maximum range:22,000 yards. Warhead: 1098 pounds.

Type 93 Torpedo (carried by Japanese submarines). 21" diameter. Maximum speed 45 knots. Maximum range: 13,000 yards. Warhead: 891 pounds.

Interestingly, GGPW underrates the quality of US S-boat and Flush Deck DD torpedoes in the early war. The S-boats and many flush deckers carried the very reliable and accurate (though mediocre of range and detonation weight) Mark X torpedo, not the Mark XIV torpedo, and they used a simple contact exploder, not the Mark VI magnetic exploder or the contact exploder on the Mark XIV. So these should not suffer the reliability problems of the Mark XIV equipped vessels.
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