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Originally Posted by Gambit
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Originally Posted by Lagger123987
The magnetic fuses are unless in the early war till they fixed it in 1943, also, torpedoes tend to run deeper than it usually set it too, so like if you put 25ft, it might go down to like 5-10ft deeper than what you just input it to.
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Yeah I knew that. However my other torpedoes from just a few days earlier in the patrol were ok with magnetic settings. So the only difference is the weather, unless I really happen to have a bad batch. I agree that's a possibility, but think it is remote at this point.
Anyway, latest test: 4 torpedoes, depths 10, 12, 15, 10. Four direct hits on a merchant with draft 28.
I think I'm going to set lower depths in high sea states from here on. |
As a general rule of thumb for me, unless the circumstances dictate differently, I never set my "fish" to run deeper than 3.5'.
Even at that, in heavy seas, I have personally seen a torpedo running at 3.5' hit the bottom of the hull, and I have also seen some torpedos in heavy seas, hit the deck.