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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
German u-boats did have a selector switch that would set up a salvo. What is not clear is whether this automatically fired the selected tubes in sequence, or just told the torpedomen which tubes were to be fired. Either way, it is probable that even in u-boats the tubes fired several seconds apart, and for the same reason; not all at the same time, as is done in SH3.
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I bet it was the latter. From what I've read and researched on German submarines, there was no device that automatically fired the torpedoes without any intervention from the crew; after all, German torpedoes were launched with compressed air, just like the American ones were. Not to mention, it wasn't as if the technology between both nation's torpedoes was drastically different, so it's likely U-boat captains paused as well in between firing a multiple number of torpedoes.