Soviet torpedo attacks occurred, but some published narratives may not reproduce them faithfully. British, American, Japanese, and other national accounts rarely show weather, geometry, timing, and enemy action cooperating at once. A report in which every condition is ideal can therefore be less persuasive than one that preserves confusion and friction. Doubt about a polished story does not mean the underlying sortie never happened.
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Perfect attack narratives invite source criticism
Accounts in which target position, light, waves, and approach all align perfectly sound unlike the untidy reports left by other torpedo forces.