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Originally Posted by SteamWake
What strikes me as strange is that typically to be within the range of a torpedo you are also within "visual" range of the target. Not to mention the fact that you have to be surfaced to use it :hmm:
Mark 1 eyeball being the most precise instrument available why not make use of it ?
The ony thing I can think of is in crap weather with limited visibility.
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What really suprised me, was the fact that many of these submarines, even in convoys almost all the time did surface attacks, it was very rare that they actually dove down to P depth, even with escorts around.. Seriously go get the book "Submarine" Its a great non fiction book..
It talkes about many of the historic battles from the Wahoo,Trigger and many many more..
It seems that the skippers never really dove until they fired all 10 of there loaded torps.