In real life, in daylight with normal visual conditions, I think getting a hit on target from more then 4500 yards was probably unlikely but it did happen on more than a few occasions.In the game this is a long shot but it does happen.Night time, is a different story, esp if its surface attack.Assumign your data is accurate, you have a good chance of a hit even at long range.
The Mark 23 came about as a simplified version of Mark 14, no magnetic exploder and no low speed setting since it was rarely used before then.However, by mid 44 something changed, the Japanese started taking ASW efforts serious and it was not always easy to fire from ideal range, esp on larger, well screened convoys and task forces.Skippers found themselves needing a torpedo with more range, esp as night surface attacks were now a normal tactic.While they still wanted to get close to fire, they enjoyed having the option so many were converted back to Mark 14 or were scrapped for parts.
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