I cant sink a tanker at point blank range

[JimmyS1985]

I spent several hours tonight sneaking into a british harbor to get a tanker about 300m from my torpedo tubes. Ive messed with the detonators, crew morale, depth of torpedos and still can not sink a damn tanker. From what I can tell it takes 4 of them, but here is what I see.

The torpedos come into contact with the tanker and then either:
A. stop at the hull and then run parallel with it and run into the levy behind it and blow up
Or
B. Stop at the hull, go under the ship, and blow up behind it, causing no damage.

Im very new to sub simulation and can not find many tutorials on how to get my torpedos to blow up a damn tanker.

[THE_MASK]

Theres a million question to ask .
What year , as dud torps caused problems .
What Mods are you running .
What difficulty is the game set at .
etc etc etc .

[JimmyS1985]

the year is 1939, no mods, difficulty setting is hard, or 77%

Should I be going for the merchant ships in the harbor instead?

[FIREWALL]

300 meters the trigger on the torpedo didn't arm. TOO CLOSE !!!

While I know SH5 looks like a RPG/FPS Game it does have some sembalance of a Submarine sim.

[Krauter]

Yeap, sounds like you're not giving the fish long enough to arm themselves.

As a general rule, I don't shoot closer than 400m.

[FIREWALL]

Yeap, sounds like you're not giving the fish long enough to arm themselves.

As a general rule, I don't shoot closer than 400m.

:up: 500+ for me.

[Gerald]

Maybe, also wrong AOB

[JimmyS1985]

Alright, Im backing down, I know nothing about submarine warfare, Im more of a WWII Combat flight simmer that needed something to fill the void while BoB:SoW came out.

[FIREWALL]

Just remember I gave you the right answer FIRST!!! :D

You were TOO close. AoB had nothing to do with it.

Come on you guys . Quit giving him bad info.:nope:

[Gerald]

We know that he was a little too close, but AOB may have played a role, but of course not decisive, :hmmm:

[Gerald]

Alright, Im backing down, I know nothing about submarine warfare, Im more of a WWII Combat flight simmer that needed something to fill the void while BoB:SoW came out. But I do not think you should give up, there are many opportunities for it to work for you, next time :salute:

[Webster]

i did a good bit of testing with sh4 and based on stock settings torps armed between 350-400m but not before and acustic torps almost always required a full 400m to arm.

as a rule i recommend 400-500 minimum ranges (500-600 for acustics) but if the target is heading straight for you it still must travel the 350-400m so depending on speeds with a point blank or down the throat shot you may require as much as 600-700m to arm since the DD can quickly close that distance a few hundred meters during the time after launch. (600-700 for acustics but for head on shots or anchored ships shouldnt be using acustics)