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GWX aiming point for one torpedo sinkings
Some small GWX freighters been frustrating torpedo eaters. Here is a bit of a weird pic, which illustrates where to hit the little buggers so that they will split in two and go down in seconds :smug: :know: :arrgh!:
Aim just forward of the bridge. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/fsscr033.jpg |
That's not worth a torpedo... I gun them down and if weather doesn't allow for deck gun let the bugger get away.;)
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Another spot that works with small merchants and tramp steamers, is, in the general vacinity under the forward mast. The bow of the ship floods down and pulls the rest of the ship down with it.
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Yeah, could never waste a Torpedo on the smaller merchants, those Tramp Steamers absorb deck gun rounds though! Think they just sink when they've gained too much weight in naval ordnance
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I think you can one-hit pretty much every vessel in GWX.
Hell, just last night I ended up one shotting a BB (Revenge). It's become a science for me. Large cargoes, medium ones, large tankers, medium ones, DDs of all types, Cruisers, all can be one shotted. And I had no idea it was so ridiculously easy. Make sure you hit (not magnetic, impact piston) at the very tail of the ship, by the screws, or at the very front of the ship, at the bow. Doesn't matter the size of the ship. So far, they will ALL sink with one well placed shot. I'll see if I can find a pic to post to show this. |
Thanks Brag and Ducimus for the heads up. Very useful information.
To hit a Pyro ships ammo bunkers, another thread suggested aiming for under the first set of forward masts. Anyone have any other suggestions of good places to aim at for other kinds of ships? |
I managed to one hit three Medium Tanker's last night, I hit them all just in front of the ... bridge I suppose and they all burst into flames, immediate kills, my forth torp hit a forth medium tanker (The last and farthest) on the screws but it wouldn't sink, had to follow it and finish it off with the deck gun.
With the new medium tankers in GWX I haven't been able to kill one in a single shot yet, those others were like the stock medium's. For others, I've always had success putting it straight in the front, but not always to the rear |
Interesting post! :up:
I would like to know what depth you set your torpedoes on? /VV |
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I usually just send a contact-report, if I see one of those small cargos, and hope the Luftwaffe has some birds in the area.
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After that some DD sang, but I managed to escape. Spectacting will kill me some day. |
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Some people should try it out, though. Set your fish for the shallowest setting you can (.5 meters or something like that) and on impact. Line up about 1km away and fire so that the fish hits by the screws or by the bow. The ship won't blow up or split apart, mind you, but it WILL almost certainly go down. In the few times that it hasn't gone down (less than 10% of the time) then another well placed shot in the same place, or on the other end of the ship will finish her off. Again, this is regardless of size and tested on everything up to the Hood (who I have yet to run into on the open seas) or any Carriers. I haven't been lucky enough to run into the right convoy yet, but using my method I've had quite a few patrols come within 100k tonnage (no kills via deck gun, either). |
I've just sunk a Large Tanker with one torpedo. Running depth of 1m with impact pistol. It hit just above the first small bridge of the tanker (not the big one in the back with the smoke stak) and whole hell broke loose. It was blowing up for two minutes. It was on fire afterwards until it went down about 30 minutes later. I've never seen so much smoke in GWX. Shame I couldn't take a picture as I was in the middle of a convoy battle with just 400m visibility and DDs looking for me
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Impact torps, from my perspective, are doing what they're supposed to: ripping holes in ships. It's not like any of my shots have exploded ships before (save pyro ships and the occasional tanker). They have all sank very slowly from flooding. |
I mean, to me it makes more sense to go for the shots I go for.
That weight all at one end of the boat is going to start dragging it down, causing more flooding, thereby dragging it further down, causing more flooding, etc. Hitting in the middle of a ship can cause a list, but I've noticed that the list usually isn't enough to sink it. |
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