Shhhh don't mention renown for paint around here or you know these guys will be saving up to start stripping the entire South Pacific of all the pink paint ever able to be mixed there...

:rotfl:

We all know what will happen early on in the war with realistic torp performance.

Radio operator: Yet another message for you Cap.

Captain: what the hell does HQ want now.

HQ: "BE MORE AGGRESSIVE".

:damn:

:yep:

Pretty much!

Either that or: "Report to Pearl Harbor for reassignment to minesweepers."

:rotfl:

The pacific comander in charge of U.S. Subs out of Australia was one of the developers of the magnetic fuses. He refused to believe that they were at fault for any of the torpedo failures, even after it had been proven beyond all doubt. It was only a direct order from Lockwood himself (backed by the president) did he allow the fuses to de-armed.

Many good skippers got releaved of command by him if he heard that they had tampered with fuses in any way.

If you wish to increase the likelyhood your fish will go off upon impact, then....

1) Close to 1100 yrd track.

2) Attack from 120 degrees to achieve an oblique hit. Ninety degrees will certainly
cause a dud.

Yep, it wasn't just the magnetic detonators, but also the pistol for impact detonation that was screwy too. Along with depth keeping problems. What a mess.

That's right JSF. They discovered that stronger pins were needed for the detonators or when they struck at right angles they would crush before travelling to the exploder. The irony is that the first pins manufactured that worked properly were made from metal taken from the propellors of Japanese aircraft shot down during the Pearl Harbor attack.

Considering that only 29 Japanese planes were lost over Pearl, and the other bases, they didn't get too many.

Good point. I never really thought about that. I know the reason they used that metal was because it was a light but very strong alloy. Not sure what they used for later production though...

At any rate, if they model torpedo failures historically, we'll have to be somewhat masochistic to play at that level of realism :damn: .

Cheers!!!