Anyone else sunk themselves?
 

I just did :Kaleun_Wink:

Fired my mk48 from about 1.5k yards away and lost the wire immediately. Tried to get clear but the torp locked on to me after the Delta dropped a noise maker.

:haha:

too many times :D

Yes indeed! The addition of safeties for such a scenario would be nice.

Didn't yet happen to me because I don't go over 10 knots when wire-guiding a torpedo, but you can easily sink yourself if you set the torpedo to a very close enemy and then your wire breaks, you have no more control and your torpedo may catch you after turning from a noisemaker.
For the torpedo a target is just a target...

Better question is: Are you so good to make the enemy run in its own torpedo? A MOSS in the right direction can do some miracles !

Mk-37 and 10 knots.. A grim story indeed.

I haven't had the experience of being chased by a Mk48 yet. But don't doubt I will at some point during my play time.

What? No. Never. Me? Nah.....

Yep. Several times already.

I, too have thought of and wondered about that. That would be very welcome realism addition -- adding safeties, if it doesn't add too much weight and complexity to the game. That said, I've learned, for the most part, how to not sink my own sub -- happened twice. D'oh.

Well... not _sunk_, but I did manage to turn straight into the Mk37 I launched at speed...

Many lives were lost in similar pursuits. :(

welcome aboard!
 

supposedly a Mk48 can be launched at up to 20 knots, but I've yet to do it safely above 10. Also, I always try to center the rudder before firing, having any lateral movement when firing tends to break the wire.

Just did this! It was the Escape with Red October mission that's included with the playable subs mod. It's basically you against a fleet of at least 12-15 surface ships and subs.

I got detected and had a lot of those nasty rocket launched torpedoes heading my way so I desperately threw out a Moss and dived.

For a few minutes I thought I had no chance, but then I saw what was happening.. The Moss was heading back towards the fleet and all 8 torpedoes were following it...

I sunk an Akula, an Oscar and damaged a Kiev... and all I fired was a Moss. It was epic :)

Oh yes :k_confused:-