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Originally Posted by SteamWake
...One thing the 'auto target' does not do well is judge the depth of vessels. It nearly always plots it too deep. I typically set the torp as shallow as it will go, fast speed, and impact trigger. If you do want to try an under the keel detonation check the vessels draft in the recog manual first and verify that the auto has the torp set for only a foot or so beneath, not 2 or 3 like it typically does.
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+1 to the auto target depth set. Early in an encounter with a convoy (after positioning and finalizing attack angle and speed) I used to have all my torpedoes set for the depth appropriate for an under keel detonation for the specific target I would attack with each torpedo; when I was ready to attack, I flooded all tubes and then rippled off fish after locking each subsequent target.
After some unexplained misses well underneath targets, I started double checking running depths after locking on a target and sure enough, many times the running depth had substantially changed, sometimes as much as 30 feet (!). Thought I had a spy in my torpedo room
. Think I made it worse because I would use the periscope and target lock to verify range while doing multiple dry runs of my attack before I actually loosed a fish. Now I simply have all torpedoes pre set to fast, shallow, and magnetic and do a last second torpedo depth, speed, and detonator modification before I fire at each target: no more fiendish rippling of fish...