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Originally Posted by John Channing
Or do what I have been doing.
Never use the Magnet Detonator. Set your torpedos for Contact only, shallow run (just below the waterline).
But don't tell Fife or Christie. They will be p***d!
JCC
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LOL - if you're running RFB and playing in 1941/42, even that won't save you. I fired 14 torps at a small freighter in January 1942 - 6 while underway (all missed), 8 more after bringing her to dead stop with the deck gun. Of those last 8, the first 2, set for contact at 10' depth, and the next 5, all set to contact and 3' depth, passed harmlessly under her hull - only the last torp (also set to contact and 3') finally hit and exploded, and she mercifully went down. Obviously, setting them shallow will be better than not, since they tend to run deep, but it's no guarantee of success either. So, for TDC practice purposes, I say go with no duds in 1944/45 till you get the hang of it.
