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Originally Posted by Quillan
Me, I have a load of perfectly fine torpedoes followed by a load of nothing but duds. I never get an even distribution. Last night I fired 8 torpedoes in close; the result: 8 hits, 8 detonations. A couple of nights before I fired 10 torpedoes in similar circumstances; the result: 1 detonation, 3 premature detonations, the rest unknown. Being based out of Pearl and launching in the western Pacific (with the loss of the torpedo tracking on the attack map) I can't tell if the remaining 6 were misses, deep runners, circular runners that missed me also, or bouncers.
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Actually, now that that I think of it, that's my experience as well. Although no duds, I will see loads of prematures, deep runners and god-knows-what-else on one patrol, and then the next patrol I've got the Mk.14 Platinum Editions aboard.