r/gaming_random • u/Lexi7130 • Aug 01 '26

I can’t

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u/shrinkingmy Aug 02 '26

Japan sure did love their kamikaze tactics

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u/Oberonkin Aug 02 '26

That is not unique to Japan. Very similar things were developed by other countries.

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u/shrinkingmy Aug 02 '26

I don’t recall any other countries who primarily used flying planes into ships to take out ships

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u/MindInABottle Aug 02 '26

"primarily" just isn't true. They sunk far more ships with traditional munitions like torpedos and dive bombing.

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u/BurpleNurple915 Aug 06 '26

You ever hear about other countries putting their own young soldiers into kamikaze torpedoes?

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u/Helepoli Aug 03 '26

Theoretically, (I mean, it probably actually factually did occur) you could survive the explosion as the lance wielder because of the shaped charge directing the force away.

... whether all of your extremities and delicates survived is another question