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keltos01 · 04-15-08, 09:40 AM

I took it easy to see how it would behave : I ambushed a friendly convoy on route to Manilla ! I targeted one of the ships 3000 yards away (max 22 km remember), then opened the tube and fired a kaiten torpedo.
It went straight for a long while, then when I thought it was gonna pass ahead of the target ship, a medium size freighter, it suddenly veered to the left, towards the ship, It went striaght for a little while, then veered sharply to the right as the hull of the ship came in view, crept up behind it and hit the screws ! There was a huge splash, then explosions coursed through the ship as she finally broke up in two and sank.

04-15-08, 09:40 AM	#7
keltos01 Silent Hunter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milan Italy Posts: 4,999 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 18	hunt with Kaiten I took it easy to see how it would behave : I ambushed a friendly convoy on route to Manilla ! I targeted one of the ships 3000 yards away (max 22 km remember), then opened the tube and fired a kaiten torpedo. It went straight for a long while, then when I thought it was gonna pass ahead of the target ship, a medium size freighter, it suddenly veered to the left, towards the ship, It went striaght for a little while, then veered sharply to the right as the hull of the ship came in view, crept up behind it and hit the screws ! There was a huge splash, then explosions coursed through the ship as she finally broke up in two and sank.