Torpedo tactics
 

what kind of tactics do you guys use when going in for a torpedo attack, and how can I get the most bang out of my eels(rather than firing of a salvo of for torps into a convoy and that one of them will hit something).

Well if i have spottet a Convoy i try to get into a 90° angle to have a good positin. If it are small ships i fire 2 Torpedos to make sure at least one hits. On large ships like the HMS Rodney i found once i fired four torpedos. Also i sometimes search the biggest ships in the convoy, set the speed and direction for two maybe three ships open the Topedohatches and wait until i have a good distance and a good position.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=151431

Really well explained here

There are a bunch of tutorials out there, one of which another poster has pointed out. There is also the GWX manual.

You will, of course, find what works best for you, but here are my 2 cents:

• Don't be greedy. Even if it is a convoy, make one ship your goal. Trying for two or three is just going to rattle you, and you will make mistakes. If you nail your target, you can reassess the tactical situation and aim for another, but you'd be advised to be down at 100 m long before that first eel hits.
• Learn to use magnetic eels. You don't want to be constrained by the "90 AOB" doctrine.
• Don't target escorts. Their job is to sink you; your job is to sink merchants.
• You can attack the same convoy night after night after night. This goes back to not being greedy.

Hope that helps.

It depends on the tactical situation, but if torpedo efficiency is your primary concern, then night-time surface attacks (early in the war) can be most effective. If you lower your profile, (decks awash), and plan your approach carefully, you can often penetrate to point blank range where the odds of a miss are reduced to a minimum.

That plus there's a certain sense of satisfaction in shredding their defensive screen without even having submerged. :up:

at what depth do the diesles cut out and the electrics kick in?

I haven't actually tested that, but I would imagine it's just below the boat specific snorkel depth property. For me, I run a heavily modded VIIB, so I set my snorkel depth to 7.8 meters which allows a handy one button control to move to decks awash. :sunny:

the ship will run on electrics at snorkel depth unless the snorkel is raised(if the boat has one at all).

When you reach the stated periscope depth for your boat.

Not if you mod the snorkel depth to a lower setting (on a boat that doesn't have one equipped). That way you can run on diesels with just the turm exposed. :up:

what's a turm?:-?

German for turret. It's the conning tower/sail.

ahh

It looks like this:

http://i54.tinypic.com/2hftg1d.jpg

Running diesels all the way! :up:

P.S. I took this at dawn so it'd be easier to see. At night the 'stealth factor' is much greater.