Accoustic torpedoes

[KevinB]

I transferred from Lorient to La Spezia in January 1942 and when I check the torpedoes, I notice that I was given some accoustic ones. Is this right? I thought they weren't invented until later in the war.
Is this a bug?

[HunterICX]

No Kevin,

its not a Bug, the Falke Torpedo's you have (acoustics) are the Prototypes given to you to try them out. they are very handy to have in your stern to defend yourself against sweeping Escorts. use them wise :up:

hope this answer the question

HunterICX

[KevinB]

Thanks HunterICX!

[Subwolf]

Be careful with the acoustics, I fired one which turned around and attacked my own boat :o

From now on the first thing I do after firing one of those is to go silent.

[Incubus]

Yeah, best time to use them is in emergency situations where you need to take care of an enemy escort. Since they often hit ships at unpredictable angles, I generally set them for magnetic about 1-1.5m deeper than the escort's draft. This ensures they don't bounce off the hull.

Best thing about them is that they generally hit the escort in the stern, so even if they don't kill it outright they generally blow off the props.

[Subwolf]

Btw, that's how they believe kaleun Prien and his boat was lost. Hit by one of his own torpedoes, what they called a circle runner. I hope this is not simulated in SH3, except the acoustics.

[Sailor Steve]

Btw, that's how they believe kaleun Prien and his boat was lost. Hit by one of his own torpedoes, what they called a circle runner. I hope this is not simulated in SH3, except the acoustics.
Who exactly is "they"? We know exactly what happened to U-47; I posted on this not long ago in another thread.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=95535&page=6

[Subwolf]

Well Sailor Steve, I believe you are wrong. Read this: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u47.htm

We don't know exactly what happened to U-47, but I've read that it was sunk by a circle runner.

[Sailor Steve]

And yet, if you follow your own link, you'll find that Eckerman was the second of seven skippers, and that UA was never sunk at all.
http://www.uboat.net/boats/ua.htm