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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal
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- What is a reasonable range to successfully fire a torpedo and consistently hit? I prefer to close to within 1200m, anything farther and I use a spread.
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Blimey that's
close Onkel, I should think my average range is 3500-4500! I prefer to attack from one side of the convoy having got ahead and then slipped past the oncoming escorts to just inside one edge of the convoy. On the overtake, I've listed all the angles were good solutions are possible and once past the front escorts I'll turn onto one of these and wait. The benefit of this is that there's plenty of time to nail both AOB and speed accurately, permitting long range fire, which in turn enables you to put more sea-room and depth between the escorts and the U-boat, and if operating in the North sea, find a deeper part of the puddle to hide in! I usually plan an escape vector before I even fire, typically +/- 60 degrees of the convoy heading.
There's no right or wrong way of doing this, find a system that works for you.