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The Bangalore torpedo was later adopted by the U.S. Army during World War II, as the "M1A1 Bangalore torpedo". Bangalore torpedoes were packed in wooden crates that contained 10 torpedo sections, 10 connecting sleeves, and 1 nose sleeve. The total weight of a crate was 176 pounds (80 kg).
M1A1, a U.S. Army bangalore torpedo used in World War II; Other uses. M1A1, a port of the computer game Marathon "M1 A1", a song on the album Gorillaz by Gorillaz;
The APOBS replaces the Bangalore torpedo, which is heavier when all sections are used together, takes significantly longer to set up, and cannot be deployed from a standoff position. It reduces the number of soldiers required to carry and employ the system to two, as opposed to as many as 12 for a Bangalore torpedo using all sections.
PT-109 is a torpedo-boat simulation game which starts in the practice-tactics mode to teach new players how to operate the boat, fire torpedoes, read radar on different displays, using the engine muffler to approach quietly, operating smoke screens, and locate other weaponry. Players also learn about the history of the ship, because some of the ...
Periscope [a] is an electro-mechanical arcade shooting submarine simulator.Two companies developed similar games with the name. The first, initially called Torpedo Launcher, was designed by Nakamura Manufacturing Co. (becoming Namco in 1977) and released in Japan in 1965, as the first arcade game Masaya Nakamura built.
Blood Wake is a naval combat video game released in 2001 for the Xbox as part of Microsoft's wave of launch titles. It was developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios . Set in an Asian -themed fictional world, Blood Wake is a story-driven, mission-based high seas action game in which the player controls a series of ...
Based on the Type 97 Chi-Ha, development began in March 1941. It was designed to destroy obstacles such as barbed wire fence and impenetrable undergrowth with a launched cylinder charge. At the center of the tank chassis was mounted a launcher. The launcher had two torpedo type tubes from which the cylinder-shaped charges would be fired.
Silent Steel is a 1995 submarine simulator computer game by Tsunami Games.It was created during the influx of interactive movies during the 1990s. The game is composed almost entirely of live-action full motion video, with sparse computer-generated graphics depicting external shots of the boat during torpedo attacks and atmospheric fly-bys.