Well, that would have made more sense than this:JAG13 wrote:You mean something like this?Carl Schwamberger wrote:maybe instead of these beam guided weapons we might consider a piloted delivery system. A one shot aircraft with a cheap engine like the V1 or the Natter, basic flight controls, a 500 kg bomb, and piloted by fanatical young SS volunteers. Call it the Kirschblüte?
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The Neger human torpedo suffered 100% casualties at Normandy for zero successes. Not a good ratio...
Maybe something like an "improved" V-1 carrying a pattern running torpedo and piloted. The pilot just has to get out to he can launch then flies somewhere to abandon the V-1 "parachuting to safety..." maybe.
The Japanese Oka flying bomb was pretty much unstoppable once launched. It was only pilot inexperience and poor tactics on their part that made them less effective in hitting a ship. The Japanese pilots flew at a higher altitude than sea skimming and dove on their target. This produced a number of near misses rather than hits. Sea skimming and trying to hit the ship head on would have worked better.
Bottom line is still, if you can't sink the fleet off shore you lose the battle.