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PukingDog · 09-13-05, 10:59 PM

Can anyone offer advice on the effective use f these torpedoes? I am in early 1942 with a VIIB, and the couple times I have tried to use these passive homong torps, I have had unpredictable results. For instance, I had a nice passenger liner in my sights in a convoy west of Ireland, set the 13.6m for an under the keel shot, lined up almost 90 AOB. Let loose around 1100 yards, and the torp got half way there and starting chasing a Coastal merchie. Ran around harmlessly at too deep a depth to hit anything, just kept shifting from one target to the next. Didn't get a second chance either, as the skies soon filled with bombers and the destroyers jumped all over me when a normal G-7e fish hit a tanker. Thanks for any help

09-13-05, 10:59 PM	#1
PukingDog Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Yokuska, Japan Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	G7-es Can anyone offer advice on the effective use f these torpedoes? I am in early 1942 with a VIIB, and the couple times I have tried to use these passive homong torps, I have had unpredictable results. For instance, I had a nice passenger liner in my sights in a convoy west of Ireland, set the 13.6m for an under the keel shot, lined up almost 90 AOB. Let loose around 1100 yards, and the torp got half way there and starting chasing a Coastal merchie. Ran around harmlessly at too deep a depth to hit anything, just kept shifting from one target to the next. Didn't get a second chance either, as the skies soon filled with bombers and the destroyers jumped all over me when a normal G-7e fish hit a tanker. Thanks for any help