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Submarines could be good - water would probably protect well against 'heat rays'.

The subs would probably have to try and ram the tripods, or surface and use guns. Of course, given the technology of the time the tripods could probably outmanouver them.

Another alternative could be a low-draft gunboat with armour over the areas not protected by water. They'd be short range - just sallying forth when walkers are spotted, so bunkerage could be cut.

Weapons - given the targetting problems - i.e. shell splash being not much use when the body of the target is tens of meters above the water, they'd be better with direct-fire weapons. Maybe elevated guns, sited behind an armoured bridge, for protection. The guns would be elevated because they'd be engaging the tripods at close range and thus the body would present a good target.

There might be scope for an indirect weapon like a mortar, but the stabilisation issue would probably nix that.

However, a fleet of Thunderchilds would do a good job on their own. Thunderchild got cut down after killing one tripod of three. An even match could have wiped out all three tripods.

Starviking