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Originally Posted by perisher
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Originally Posted by techie714
WOW, that sucks so everyone is missing destroyers about 70% of the time? I have yet to hit one & I have shot at about 4 with at least 7-10 torpedos, all with EXCELLENT firing solutions on easy. Everyone just glides about 3 feet below the keel (bottom) of the boat.. =(
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In real life destroyers were seldom attacked. Even if you have torpedoes that keep their depth, destroyers are difficult targets and their retribution for a missed shot can be terrible indeed. Also, at the end of the day, they were a relatively low value target, better to kill the escorted than the escort. |
Destroyers were frequently attacked, especially after a directive was issued to prioritize destroyers as targets after it was realized that escort availability was a big weakness in the Japanese system.