This is a very important part in preparing your boat for patrol. Choosing the torpedo type depends on your strategy, the major difference between the gas and electric torpedoes is the range vs detections. With a steam torpedo you can have a 12 km long shots but will leave a very visible wake that makes them hard to use at daylight, the electric ones limit the range to 5-7 km but are practically invisible.
So if you plan to attack convoys at night with your boats surfaced, steam torpedoes would be a good choice. This way until the torpedoes reach their targets, you can be far away from the escorts detection range. At daylight, always use electric ones.
There is also the acoustic homing torpedo, that will track down ships even without selecting a target. But is hard and even impossible to control it, soon as it detects noise will start to follow it so is very hard to make it pass the convoy escort shield when using a strategy based on attacking the convoy from outside. So this type is best used for attacks inside the convoy. And make sure your not making the biggest noise once your torpedoes are released.
This is the theory. Practically you need renown point to buy/setup your torpedoes and they cost a lot. On refit outside the base, is no way to control the torpedo type you want and your boat will be loaded with the most used torpedoes your boat had. Sadly, there is no mod made yet that gives you control on refit and will get rid of the renown system.
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