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Old 06-09-11, 03:52 PM   #21
Diopos
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Originally Posted by Platapus View Post
You are right. If your crew is going to report torpedo in the water, why not have them tell you whether it is hot straight and normal.
That is a question for Ubisoft actually!

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Now, during WWII, what could the crew know about the torpedo after it left the tube?
They could track it via hydrophones. From the firing solution they knew the bearing the torpedo should be. Any deviation from it would indicate a problem. Also if the characteristics of the torps sound signal (frequency/pitch and its general "timber") deviated from the normal that would be considered another indication of something going wrong.

Well, me thinks at least

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