When a miss looks like a hit. From the read me.
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Angle of impact
The third issue was that though the impact pistol was designed to detonate at an angle of 21º. It was found to often, but not always fail at an angle equal to and less than 50º due to the 180º design that had a high chance of jamming. This issue was not fixed until the end of 1942 after the Germans copied the British design of the torpedos from the captured British submarine, HMS Seal.
This is well represented in Silent Hunter III.
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What happens in game is that the torpedo bounces off the curved hull and sinks down detonating at depth, this give the appearance of ‘hitting’ the ship as the water detonation is beside the ship. But of course the torpedo has exploded at a great depth.