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TorpX · 01-09-15, 02:35 AM

If you make contact in a favorable position, you can intercept and attack with a lower speed. If your initial position is not favorable, and they are faster than you, you are out of luck. This is why it was rare for fast Naval Task Forces to suffer torpedo attacks. Most of the "end-arounds" were made against merchant convoys.

If they zig (and loose enough speed to give you the speed advantage), you still might be able to get ahead of them, but this would be problematic, as you would have no way of knowing when and where the zigs would occur.

Realistically, with a slow boat like yours, you would probably only get one shot.

01-09-15, 02:35 AM	#2
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	If you make contact in a favorable position, you can intercept and attack with a lower speed. If your initial position is not favorable, and they are faster than you, you are out of luck. This is why it was rare for fast Naval Task Forces to suffer torpedo attacks. Most of the "end-arounds" were made against merchant convoys. If they zig (and loose enough speed to give you the speed advantage), you still might be able to get ahead of them, but this would be problematic, as you would have no way of knowing when and where the zigs would occur. Realistically, with a slow boat like yours, you would probably only get one shot.