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Originally Posted by nirwana
 From late 40 with better electronic and better skilled crew they get smart, zigzagging towards u until they are below the minimum range for arming the eals. Then they go straight for u with flank and try to overun and wabo ure sorry bud. No frigging way to to hit them unless u throw a full spread of eals at them before they are too close. |
True...but those turns are almost always predictable...they always swing x degrees to port and x degrees to starboard...with a little calculating you can get a straight on shot.
My preferred method for taking out escorts is firing down the throat with the torp running about .75m below the keel using the magnetic pistol. Speed varies on the distance, but I usually use medium and only fire after the vessel is committed to its attack run (about 800 meters or less is where I draw the line, though I let zig-zaggers get as close as 400m for the shot I want). I set two torps up, if the first misses I fire the second and crash dive, twisting like a madman. Very risky, but also very effective in my opinion...I would wager I hit with the first or second torp 8 out of 10 times.
Of course, as others have said, I feel it a waste of a torpedo under most circumstances.