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Rykaird · 03-14-07, 05:22 PM

Maybe it's a GWX thing, but I get just as many one torpedo kills with impact pistols as magnetics. It isn't like magnetics break their back or blow them into a fireball but impacts only make them slowly flood.

But - magnetics fail to detonate a lot. Very sensitive to depth, and as the seas are rough most of the time in the North Atlantic, that works against them.

I now use magnetics ONLY for special purpose situations - for example, where the torpedo is likely going to arrive at the target at a funny angle and an impact would just bounce off. Or the target is already wounded and listing so heavily I don't have a flat surface to shoot at.

But for any sort of well planned, perpendicular to target setup, I use impacts 100% of the time.

03-14-07, 05:22 PM	#3
Rykaird Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 356 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Maybe it's a GWX thing, but I get just as many one torpedo kills with impact pistols as magnetics. It isn't like magnetics break their back or blow them into a fireball but impacts only make them slowly flood. But - magnetics fail to detonate a lot. Very sensitive to depth, and as the seas are rough most of the time in the North Atlantic, that works against them. I now use magnetics ONLY for special purpose situations - for example, where the torpedo is likely going to arrive at the target at a funny angle and an impact would just bounce off. Or the target is already wounded and listing so heavily I don't have a flat surface to shoot at. But for any sort of well planned, perpendicular to target setup, I use impacts 100% of the time.