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Originally Posted by Ducimus
Contact/influence (or magnetic) means that both pistol types are active. it will explode on contact, OR by magnetic field. Also remember your dealing with feet with the imperial system, not so much as meters. US specs for various settings were in feet. 5 meters is entirely too deep, that's roughly 15 feet, and the torpedo would under run the target. 1 to 2 meters is what your looking for ( 3 to 6 feet)
Oh yes, it's one of the greatest scandals in the history of warfare. Wiki page if your interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_14_torpedo
Page on German problems
http://www.uboat.net/history/torpedo_crisis.htm
Main difference is the germans weren't mired in buearcratic BS and got the problem solved much quicker:
You assume much.  The US acoustic homing torpedo (scroll down to "mark 27") was based on a nasty ASW weapon used during the war that does not appear in SH3. |
I'm going to have to thank you Ducimus.
Sometimes I overlook certain things. One being that SHIV uses imperial units, therefore I was setting the depth
VERY high.
I fired up the torpedo training mission to test my errors. I came up with this:
According to the recognition manual, Draft is 22. I tried a few settings. Set the running depth at 24 for torpedo 1, 23 for 2, and 22 for 3.
Torpedo's 2 and 3 hit. That(above) was the result of torpedo 3 running at the ships keel depth. I suppose the torpedo's not so good reliability ran it deeper.
But, that is the closest I have come to a keel shot, and probably the closest I will ever come.
Now only if I could get the ships to sink a little slower(but not as slow as NSM).