Bombs and Torpedoes

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Torpedoes and bombs are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Torpedoes" instead the word "Bombs" as a noun or a verb.

Definitions of Bombs not found.

Bombs and torpedoes are semantically related. You can use "Bombs" instead the word "Torpedoes" as a noun or a verb.

Rock Beats Laser: The wood and cloth airships the Sky Clan sends out a decoy end up being impervious to bombs and torpedoes, because the bombs punch straight through the ships before they have a chance to explode.

Source: Light Novel / Toaru Hikūshi e no Koiuta
One of the most notable examples of this happening was during the Battle off Samar, where three of these very cruisers were more or less destroyed/sunk when American 5-inch guns and torpedoes/bombs managed to score lucky hits on the torpedo tubes.

Source: Attack Its Weak Point aka: Weak Spot
In practice, though, they epitomized Awesome, but Impractical and accomplished little other than soaking up large numbers of bombs and torpedoes before sinking.

Source: Useful Notes / Types of Naval Ships

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