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I remember reading a similar side effect of slower technology during the sinking of the Bismark. The British were using older bi-plane torpedo planes, while th

I remember reading a similar side effect of slower technology during the sinking of the Bismark. The British were using older bi-plane torpedo planes, while the Bismark had the latest anti-aircraft, mechanized guns. The swiveling speed of these newer guns was too fast to accurately track to slow bi-planes. This made the Bismark's anti-aircraft less effective.

csours 7y ago
Another big factor was that the contact-fused shells did not explode, because they felt no "contact" with the super lightweight construction of the Swordfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTO3JagV8gE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTO3JagV8gE