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kaptain klank 04-10-07 11:41 AM
loading external torps during foul weather & night
 
personally i don't load my exeternal stores into the boat during foul weather or nighttime.

i figure you wouldn't be able to in real life so why do them in the game.

any1 else?

The Munster 04-10-07 11:56 AM
If I'm in the throes of a convoy and the escorts are looking the wrong way then I get them loaded ASAP.

Brag 04-10-07 12:50 PM
Historically: they loaded torpedoes at night and in some fairly rough weather

Herr Russ 04-10-07 01:24 PM
It surprised me that they could load eels, but not man the flak guns during bad weather.. I load them as soon as possible since you never know if a convoy is just over the horizon..

Good Hunting..

Platapus 04-10-07 02:20 PM
When the mission demands, I work my crew like the dogs they are.

Rough weather? not a problem, the torpedoes are lashed securely. If any of my crew is lame enough to fall over board, I will find one to replace him.

WORK UNTIL YOU DROP DOGS!!


(seriously, it would be a nice add-on that if you are reloading externals during rough weather that there is a chance you might lose someone)

Heibges 04-10-07 04:07 PM
I do that, and also in rough weather, i do not reload the actual tubes on the surface, but submerge to do so.

The Munster 04-10-07 04:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Platapus
When the mission demands, I work my crew like the dogs they are.

Rough weather? not a problem, the torpedoes are lashed securely. If any of my crew is lame enough to fall over board, I will find one to replace him.

WORK UNTIL YOU DROP DOGS!!


(seriously, it would be a nice add-on that if you are reloading externals during rough weather that there is a chance you might lose someone)
Good idea for a Mod, a 'man overboard !' Mod

kaptain klank 04-10-07 04:51 PM
didn't they have to open special hatches to lower the torps into the torpedo rooms?

it seems like rough weather would cause a lot of water pouring down into the torpedo room.....like tons of water....

also, as for loading torpedo's at night.... how would you see what you were doing at night? did they use lights?

Sailor Steve 04-10-07 05:03 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brag
Historically: they loaded torpedoes at night and in some fairly rough weather
How rough? References?

Quote:
Originally Posted by kaptain klank
didn't they have to open special hatches to lower the torps into the torpedo rooms?

it seems like rough weather would cause a lot of water pouring down into the torpedo room.....like tons of water....

also, as for loading torpedo's at night.... how would you see what you were doing at night? did they use lights?
Yes. They had to go on deck and set up a small crane, and open a hatch big enough to allow the torpedo to be passed into the boat. It took more than a few minutes to do it all; closer to an hour.

As for lights; I don't know. I always load mine at night, but always in dead calm.

ddiplock 04-10-07 05:19 PM
I lost an officer because he was "killed in a barfight" just before my 4th patrol!!!!

Really, what's the state of the uboat force coming to when men die in such stupid instances!!! :damn: Fighting over who gets the whore is just downright petty!!! lol :yep:

The Munster 04-10-07 05:32 PM
Lost some good men like that .. good Scottish men and i wa... oops, thought we were on the set of Braveheart there for a moment :rotfl:

Kaleun Cook 04-10-07 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ddiplock
I lost an officer because he was "killed in a barfight" just before my 4th patrol!!!!
huh, for real now?!

ddiplock 04-10-07 06:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaleun Cook
Quote:
Originally Posted by ddiplock
I lost an officer because he was "killed in a barfight" just before my 4th patrol!!!!
huh, for real now?!
yes for real. thats what SH3 commander told me when i loaded my save game before starting my 4th patrol.

will uboat men ever learn there's plenty of whores for everyone in the service? lol

Cerberus 04-10-07 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ddiplock
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaleun Cook
Quote:
Originally Posted by ddiplock
I lost an officer because he was "killed in a barfight" just before my 4th patrol!!!!
huh, for real now?!
yes for real. thats what SH3 commander told me when i loaded my save game before starting my 4th patrol.

will uboat men ever learn there's plenty of whores for everyone in the service? lol
Yes, but.

There's only one Marlena...

"Underneath the lamplight
By the barrack gate
Darling I remember
The way you used to wait ...."

Sigh.

shegeek72 04-10-07 07:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kaptain klank
personally i don't load my exeternal stores into the boat during foul weather or nighttime.

i figure you wouldn't be able to in real life so why do them in the game.

any1 else?
Though I haven't done any research into loading ext. torps, it seems unlikely the crew could load them in rough weather. The watch crew had to be lashed to the bridge in foul weather to prevent being washed overboard. But I'd like to know what actually happened with the externals. :hmm:
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