[Thrair]

I've begun to play later in the war than I did before. One benefit of these is access to more equipment. Noticing the Cutie, I decided to do a few tests with it.

First thing I noticed is it's actually got quite decent homing abilities.
Second thing I noticed is that it's a snail.


Indeed, while the description states it was intended for self-defence against ASW, I've found it's actually more useful when attacking convoys.

I aim the cutie at a large ship in the convoy as I would a normal torpedo, then dive to avoid detection (aided by the cuties being electric and not giving your position away as readily).
Frequently, the cutie will blow the prop/rudder off the target vessel, leaving it dead in the water, which allows you to finish off the crippled vessel with mark 14s once the escorts leave.


However, I cannot get it to be of use against destroyers that are actively hunting me. My initial plan was to load cuties in the aft tubes and launch them at chasing destroyers if I couldn't escape them, but the cuties just don't move fast enough to catch them in most cases. This is rather disappointing, as a standard "oh crap" spread of Mk 14s is a better option for self-defense.



Anyone have any suggestions on it's use? Again, I've found them moderately useful for disabling large ships in a convoy, but can't really find much use for them aside from that.