"ANDREW ROBERT BREEN" wrote in message
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In article ,
Grantland wrote:
John Halliwell wrote:

In article , Tony
Williams writes
There's a scene in The Dam Busters where the guy playing Barnes Wallis
explains that in Nelson's day the RN gunners used to bounce cannon balls
off the water to improve their effectiveness. No idea if correct or why
though?

Those bouncing bombs were just too whacky. Why didn't they use
torpedos? Big ones.

Because there were anti-torpedo nets across the lakes in front of the
dams. Big ones.


Not to mention the fact that no airplane on earth could have lifted
a torpedo with the size of warhead needed.

Keith