Why fire torpedoes at 25m depth?

[Incubus]

The torpedo depth gauge goes all the way down to 25m. This has me puzzled; normally the deepest I'd set my fish is 10 or 11 meters, if I'm trying to crack the keels of a big ship. Beyond that I don't really see any point, unless...

I'm not sure if the acoustic torps adjust their depth automatically. If they do, it would be neat if you could fire them while you were 25m, giving you a head start to escape.

[Kaleun]

To fire at diving subs, would be my guess

Kaleun

[U-104]

To fire at diving subs, would be my guess

Kaleun

no good i SH3:nope:

[soma]

A keelshot under a big ship thats been hit, flooded, but still wouldnt go down?

[Respenus]

Probably to add to the realism.

If they "forgot" to add that feature, people would start calling them "unrealistic". :yep:

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

Blast a hole through a sub net, or other submerged obstacle or defensive structure?

[Sailor Steve]

It's simple: people toyed with the idea of "blind firing", or shooting using sound bearings only. It never worked.

[Safe-Keeper]

I suppose that if you're, say, in a harbour and there's a stationary ship in front of you, you could dive to 25 metres, fire the torpedo, have it rise so that it hits the ship, and then be more safe when the destroyers wake up.

Just a thought?

[AVGWarhawk]

They used that depth to jettison garbage and crew members they did not want on the boat anymore.:lol:

[svenks]

crew members they did not want on the boat anymore

...like...Bernard...???

BRGDS
Sven

[AVGWarhawk]

Actually, if you think about it. Garbage, bodies(if any) were jettison out of the tubes as a decoy before they had the real decoy launcher. :yep:

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

I'm a bit puzzled: wasn't the original question about the depth torpedoes were set to run, rather than the depth a sub fired them at?

[kylania]

It's simple: people toyed with the idea of "blind firing", or shooting using sound bearings only. It never worked.

Worked once for me! Fired blind from 37m down at a full stop and eneded nailing a destroyer in the ammo bin after it's pass and sunk her.

[U-104]

I'm a bit puzzled: wasn't the original question about the depth torpedoes were set to run, rather than the depth a sub fired them at?

:yep:

[Respenus]

Worked once for me! Fired blind from 37m down at a full stop and eneded nailing a destroyer in the ammo bin after it's pass and sunk her.

Nice one! :up:

[Sailor Steve]

I'm a bit puzzled: wasn't the original question about the depth torpedoes were set to run, rather than the depth a sub fired them at?
Now:damn: that:damn: I:damn: reread:damn: it:damn: I:damn: see:damn: that:damn: you:damn: are:damn: absolutely:damn: correct!:damn:

"Torpedo depth guage"..."25 meters"...I just assumed he meant the shallow tiefenmesser.

D'OH!

[spork542]

crew members they did not want on the boat anymore
...like...Bernard...???

BRGDS
Sven

There's no point. Bernard never dies, he'll find his way back aboard. Knowing him, he'll swim back and open the conning tower hatch.

[Hylander_1314]

Works great with acoustic eels. As they pick up on the engine and propellor noise, just fire them in the general direction of the target(s), and get down to 60m. quicker than from periscope depth.

[Siinji30]

Who is Bernard?!?!

[azn_132]

Who is Bernard?!?!

That guy we always pick on and makin fun of him he's the one that mess up everything.

[Shaffer4]

Bernard the U-boat Guy, or B.U.G? lol

[peterloo]

I know, I know, that is for CARRIERS... to make it sink quicker

Settings for magnetic torpedoes in moderate weather (7m < wind <12m)

2m --- PT boat:rock: & other small coastal vessels in GWX
4m --- DD
8m --- small mechants
10.5m --- huge mechants


25m --- Carriers with draft > 30m. Creates a big hole in the bottom or ignite the magazine (who knows, especially carriers carrys lots of torpedoes, different AP bombs and HE bombs as well as shells for .30 guns) to achieve 1 shot 1 kill

Mechanism... I don't know, maybe a fish has a similiar density of that of water (1gcm-1) which allows it to float or sink when guided by a propeller

[Goose_green]

The deepest I have set my torpedo running depth is 13 meters set for magnetic detonation for those Passenger Liners whose draft is 12.6 meters or so.