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Incubus · 11-21-06, 12:49 PM

Dive times are listed for each submarine type. However, I haven't seen ANY data on how quickly torpedoes reach their preset depth. I am very curious about this, because of certain factors in-game.

You can fire as deep as ~25m underwater (this is also the deepest you can set your torpedoes). Normally this is kind of pointless since you generally can't see what you are firing at. But I thought of a few options:

-If you get REALLY good at plotting firing solutions, you could hit a target solely using the hydrophone and sonar. When the weather is awful you could hit targets from considerable distances.

-Firing from 25m, you could launch a spread of FaT torpedoes at a convoy, hoping to hit a few ships. As before, if visibility is poor this is probably the best option. Your depth (and distance, possibly) would give you that much more time to evade escorts.

11-21-06, 12:49 PM	#1
Incubus Planesman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Anyone know dive/surface times of torpedoes? Dive times are listed for each submarine type. However, I haven't seen ANY data on how quickly torpedoes reach their preset depth. I am very curious about this, because of certain factors in-game. You can fire as deep as ~25m underwater (this is also the deepest you can set your torpedoes). Normally this is kind of pointless since you generally can't see what you are firing at. But I thought of a few options: -If you get REALLY good at plotting firing solutions, you could hit a target solely using the hydrophone and sonar. When the weather is awful you could hit targets from considerable distances. -Firing from 25m, you could launch a spread of FaT torpedoes at a convoy, hoping to hit a few ships. As before, if visibility is poor this is probably the best option. Your depth (and distance, possibly) would give you that much more time to evade escorts.