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The 'Useless' British Boat That Hunted The German Navy Without Torpedoes

August 1942: British torpedo boats couldn't fight German E-boats. Admiralty built gun boats with ZERO torpedoes. Critics called it wasteful. Britain won coastal warfare. British MTBs attacked German convoys but carried only single machine gun. E-boats had 20mm cannons hitting at 1,000 yards. MTBs outranged, outgunned, helpless. Attack after attack failed. Casualties mounted. Naval architects said build more MTBs, accept losses. Admiralty chose radical solution: boats with NO torpedoes at all. Just guns. Maximum firepower. Critics said wasteful, doctrine-violating. Motor Gun Boats Built Anyway: Zero torpedoes (specialized for pure gun combat) 2-pounder pom poms outranged E-boats (2,000 yards) Multiple 20mm Oerlikon cannons Combined firepower: 1,000+ rounds per minute 200 boats built 1941-1944 The Tactic: MGBs engage E-boats. MTBs attack convoys behind protection. E-boats can't fight both simultaneously. Coordination beats individual superiority. August 1942: MTBs attacked alone. E-boats drove them off. Mission failed. January 1943: MGBs engaged E-boats with pom poms blazing. E-boats withdrew under fire. MTBs torpedoed convoy. Two merchants sank. Mission succeeded. Why Specialization Won: E-boats were all-purpose: torpedoes, guns, mines, ASW. Compromises everywhere. Space for torpedoes limited guns. Weight reduced speed. MGBs specialized: every design choice for maximum firepower. No torpedoes consuming space. Beat E-boats in gun combat despite E-boats being superior individually (40+ knots, diesel engines, better hulls). Result: German coastal convoys never safe. E-boats forced defensive. British dominated English Channel. 200 specialized MGBs changed coastal warfare. #MotorGunBoats #MGBs #EBoats #WWII #EnglishChannel #RoyalNavy #CoastalForces #NavalWarfare #BritishNavy #WW2 #TorpedoBoats #GermanNavy #ChannelWarfare #NavalTactics ⚓ MGBs: 200 built, zero torpedoes, maximum guns ⚔️ Tactic: Specialization beats all-purpose design 🎯 Result: Won English Channel coastal warfare 💬 Would you sacrifice torpedoes for guns? 👍 Like if doctrine-breaking wins wars 🔔 Subscribe for radical tactics that worked