This Japanese Weapon From WWII Is the Stuff of Nightmares

If you are claustrophobic or are scared of drowning, look away

Schematic of a kaiten (Public domain)

The world was horrified to hear of tragic accounts of suicide kamikaze attacks on US Navy vessels at the end of World War II but most people do not know of their ocean-going counterpart the kaiten. Kaiten were manned torpedoes that functioned as the equivalent of…