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Originally Posted by Steeltrap
When it comes to duds etc, people tend to forget that the Yanks compensated somewhat by firing 2-3 torps at each target. Part of the issue for the game is that some players might expect to be able to rack up totally unrealistic kill/tonnage totals by firing a single torp at each ship encountered. It is a fact that multiple torps were fired at even quite small targets (say 3-4000t). So, even though a fleet boat had 6 bow and 4 stern tubes and plenty of reloads, that was off-set by the doctrine (and necessity given poor torp reliability) of firing 2-3 torps per target.
Worth noting that torpex came into the mix as well during the campaign, improving considerably the destructive power of US torps.
Reading 'Wahoo' by Dick O'Kane makes some of the tactics/issues pretty clear. They certainly didn't save their torps for the 'next encounter' as they might not have one (the Pacific is a mighty big place to cover, even hanging around known shipping lanes).
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As a U-Boat commander it will be quite difficult for me to 'waste" 2,3 or even more torpedos for even small ships.
