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Old 07-05-06, 04:36 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper
GreyWolves all the way. The only problem I have with it is that you can fire a torpedo at a target at point-blank range (much less than 500 metres) and still have it detonate, making it ridiculously easy to torpedo lone merchants.

But enaceo is right, it's best to try them both.
The minimum arming distance for torpedoes is 250 mts, as in the stock game,and for what I've read also for real life torpedoes of that time.

from www.uboataces.com :
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There was also a safety device which armed the pistol only after a minimum run of 250 meters. For this, a small propeller was fitted to the nose of the torpedo. As it moved forward, rushing water would spin the propeller until it wound shut, arming the pistol.
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