How to kill a T3

looney · 07-10-08, 04:51 PM

I keep getting duds on a T3 tanker with my D2. Just simple 90 degree shots. I'm still playing with updates so I can see my torps hitting the tanker. I just keep getting duds
from the last 10 fired at a T3 only 2 did their job.

Am playing vanilla 1.5

KeptinCranky · 07-10-08, 05:19 PM

Hmm, I have only recently started playing SH4 with Uboat expansion but have sunk 4 t3's in my first patrol

didn't have any duds, fired 2 eels per ship, 1 magnetic, depth 11.8 meters or so aimed just in front of the engines, 1 impact, 4 meters aimed just before the bridge...

I only needed a 3rd eel for 1 of them...

this is just what I've found out in 1 patrol

I had a lot more trouble with smaller ships for some reason

looney · 07-12-08, 04:05 AM

Today I fired a Mag torp at a T3 around 11m deep and it did go boom but the impacts fail lots. anywhere 2m -6m deep all where duds

Herr_Pete · 07-12-08, 07:11 AM

the easiest way to hit it with torpedos. That ususaly works

.... lol

looney · 07-12-08, 02:30 PM

Am getting better results now with mag torps

The Fishlord · 07-13-08, 10:22 AM

German magnetic detonators are much more reliable than the American ones. I use magnetic all the time; all the torpedoes, if they use contact, will get a dud if the angle of incidence when it hits the ship is less than 50 degrees.

KeptinCranky · 07-13-08, 10:25 AM

Having now done a 2nd patrol, and sunk another 2 T3 tankers, I'd have to say a magnetic shot is the way to go, hit them right and it only takes 1 eel

looney · 07-13-08, 11:21 AM

Yups with mag torps it less hard but contact ones do fail a lot

07-10-08, 04:51 PM	#1
looney Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sneek, The Netherlands Posts: 635 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	How to kill a T3 I keep getting duds on a T3 tanker with my D2. Just simple 90 degree shots. I'm still playing with updates so I can see my torps hitting the tanker. I just keep getting duds from the last 10 fired at a T3 only 2 did their job. Am playing vanilla 1.5

07-12-08, 07:11 AM	#4
Herr_Pete Commodore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 623 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	the easiest way to hit it with torpedos. That ususaly works.... lol

07-10-08, 05:19 PM	#2
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hmm, I have only recently started playing SH4 with Uboat expansion but have sunk 4 t3's in my first patrol didn't have any duds, fired 2 eels per ship, 1 magnetic, depth 11.8 meters or so aimed just in front of the engines, 1 impact, 4 meters aimed just before the bridge... I only needed a 3rd eel for 1 of them... this is just what I've found out in 1 patrol I had a lot more trouble with smaller ships for some reason

07-12-08, 04:05 AM	#3
looney Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sneek, The Netherlands Posts: 635 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Today I fired a Mag torp at a T3 around 11m deep and it did go boom but the impacts fail lots. anywhere 2m -6m deep all where duds

07-12-08, 02:30 PM	#5
looney Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sneek, The Netherlands Posts: 635 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Am getting better results now with mag torps

07-13-08, 10:22 AM	#6
The Fishlord Planesman Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 185 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	German magnetic detonators are much more reliable than the American ones. I use magnetic all the time; all the torpedoes, if they use contact, will get a dud if the angle of incidence when it hits the ship is less than 50 degrees.

07-13-08, 10:25 AM	#7
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Having now done a 2nd patrol, and sunk another 2 T3 tankers, I'd have to say a magnetic shot is the way to go, hit them right and it only takes 1 eel

07-13-08, 11:21 AM	#8
looney Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sneek, The Netherlands Posts: 635 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Yups with mag torps it less hard but contact ones do fail a lot