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Zakalwe · 12-20-07, 08:12 AM

For the first time ever, I decided to start my career in 1939. I was ordered to patrol AM 32. On the way I stumbled over a taskforce west of Scapa at night. I decided to attack, although I couldn`t get nearer than 2 km and only had around 90 m water under the keel. The taskforce was formed by Hood, Repulse, 2 Southamptons and 3 DDs. I fired 3 torps at Hood, one exploded around 5 seconds after leaving the tube. Strangely, the ships didn`t evade, so still a chance of two hits. the second exploded around 50 m early from Hood, the last one missed or didn`t explode, don`t know....

I could have become a hero 1 week after the beginning of the war.

Later in the patrol I found a medium freighter in heavy seas, I attacked and needed 8 torps to bring her down... duds, premature explosions......

So here I am, 3 torps left and sank no more than 5,000 tons.

Now I can understand the frustration the real crews had at the beginning of the war.

"No duds" is still no option.

The new effects are great btw.

Greets

Z.

12-20-07, 08:12 AM	#1
Zakalwe Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Eckernförde, S-H, Germany Posts: 113 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	*!$%§"&% torpedoes....** For the first time ever, I decided to start my career in 1939. I was ordered to patrol AM 32. On the way I stumbled over a taskforce west of Scapa at night. I decided to attack, although I couldn`t get nearer than 2 km and only had around 90 m water under the keel. The taskforce was formed by Hood, Repulse, 2 Southamptons and 3 DDs. I fired 3 torps at Hood, one exploded around 5 seconds after leaving the tube. Strangely, the ships didn`t evade, so still a chance of two hits. the second exploded around 50 m early from Hood, the last one missed or didn`t explode, don`t know.... I could have become a hero 1 week after the beginning of the war. Later in the patrol I found a medium freighter in heavy seas, I attacked and needed 8 torps to bring her down... duds, premature explosions...... So here I am, 3 torps left and sank no more than 5,000 tons. Now I can understand the frustration the real crews had at the beginning of the war. "No duds" is still no option. The new effects are great btw. Greets Z. Last edited by Zakalwe; 12-20-07 at 08:32 AM.