SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - Definitive torpedo depth/exploder status in 1.3

Bilge_Rat · 07-13-07, 08:57 AM

In RL some skippers were turning off the magnetic exploders just a few months into the war, in early '42 and were fudging their patrol reports to hide that fact, although others, notably Mush Morton, kept using it and appeared to have good results.

In the game, if we had the option, everyone would turn off the magnetic exploder on december 7th, 1941, which is hardly historical. As it is, unless the numbers have changed in 1.3, the magnetic exploder is way more reliable in the game then it ever was in RL, so I don't see this as being a real issue.

Thanks for the testing Nomad_Delta, did you notice if the reliability of torpedoes was changed in 1.3?

07-13-07, 08:57 AM	#15
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	In RL some skippers were turning off the magnetic exploders just a few months into the war, in early '42 and were fudging their patrol reports to hide that fact, although others, notably Mush Morton, kept using it and appeared to have good results. In the game, if we had the option, everyone would turn off the magnetic exploder on december 7th, 1941, which is hardly historical. As it is, unless the numbers have changed in 1.3, the magnetic exploder is way more reliable in the game then it ever was in RL, so I don't see this as being a real issue. Thanks for the testing Nomad_Delta, did you notice if the reliability of torpedoes was changed in 1.3?