Torpedo reliability was not only a German problem

Were unreliable torpedoes a uniquely German handicap early in the Second World War?

No. German failures mattered, but other navies also struggled with unreliable torpedoes.

The viewer frames unreliable torpedoes as a German self-imposed handicap early in the war. The answer broadens the point: torpedo reliability was a problem across navies, rather than a uniquely German defect. The exchange is brief and does not compare particular failure modes or dates. It warns against treating a widely shared technical problem as evidence against only one submarine service.