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Old 03-24-14, 07:09 AM   #31
banryu79
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Originally Posted by Nukesub View Post
How far under the keel do magnetic torps have to be? Is 1 meter below too far?
It depends. Mainly by the weather, 'cause with heavy sea your target will roll and pitch more, and its keel depth will change constanly by a large amount.

So, it could be that your mag torpedo will run well under your target keel at the intersect point... All in all with very bad sea/weather it is safer to opt. for impact and forget magnetic at all.

In any case my rule of thumb is (W stand for Wind):
W < 7 = 0.5 meter under the keel
7 < W > 12 = 1 meter under the keel
W > 12 = 2 meters if you feel lucky, or forget it at all.
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