As a result the Regia Marina began looking into procuring a vessel that would address this.

Italian torpedo boats ww2. 33 rows The Spica class were a class of torpedo boats of the Regia Marina Royal Italian Navy during World War II. These were larger but slower. By the end of World War I motor torpedo boats had proved their worth by attacking coastal shipping laying mines and in the case of the Italian motor torpedo boat MAS-15 sinking the 22000 -ton Austro-Hungarian battleship Szent István.

No other navy in the world had more experience in torpedo boat development and deployment than the Italian Regia Marina when WW2 broke out. This very boat will introduce War Thunder players to small Italian ships in the upcoming testing session for the Italian naval forces. Lacked depth control and lateral control was said to be primative resulting in runs that varied considerably in depth and were irregular spirals and.

No terrible flaws only excellent advantages. The two old Austro-Hungarian battleships Wien and Budapest had been bombarding Italian shore positions when MAS9 and MAS13 under the command of Commander Luigi Rizzo crept into the Trieste roadstead where the two capital ships were anchored. Italys Deadly Word War II Human Torpedo Raid At a stroke the Italians had eliminated two of the Royal Navys most powerful.

Namely the vessels of this type boasted excellent speeds but had less than ideal seaworthiness. These ships were built as a result of a clause in the Washington Naval Treaty which stated that ships with a tonnage of less than 600 could be built in unlimited numbers. Although an extended group of similar classes had been completed through the mid-1920s the class had lapsed for a 10 years prior to being started again with the 32-strong Spica class laid down between 1934 and 1937.

PT boats first deployed to Guadalcanal in September 1942. Pal -TP San Martino3jpg 800 508. This comparitively little-known organisation manned entirely by volunteers operated a number of small fast motor boats ranging in length from about 70feet to 115feet and made up of Motor.

In the early years of WWII the Italian Navy realized the drawbacks of the MAS series of torpedo boats. Their MAS boats already became famous during WW1 for their brave and ferocious attacks on large enemy warships. This was a short parachute-dropped torpedo that ran in circles spirals and curves.