[Rigel44]

Originally Posted by Kapitän

Well, the story about the German World War II Torpedoes is a lengthy one. The short version is, that when the war broke out, both torpedoes, Ato (G7a/T-1) and Eto (G7e/T-2) were equiped with AZ (Kopf-a) and MZ (Kopf-b) pistols (Pi-1/G7H). However, this was changed after the "torpedo crisis" during the Norway Campaign "Weserübung", during which a host of torpedo failures were experienced.

This resulted in both torpedoes, Ato and Eto, being only equiped with AZ contact pistols, from of May 1940 until November 1942, at which time the following new torpedoes and firing fuses were introduced: T-3 (Eto), AtoFAT (Convoy Torpedo) and the new pistol Pi-2 (G39H), which came with both AZ and MZ settings.

So, in essence, the German Uboats faught the most important phase of the Battle for the Atlantic, with only the contact pistol AZ, at its disposal.

Danke Herr Kapitän

A more complete history! I guess my ultimate question remains is if there is a patch/mod that represents this history of the German WWII Torpedo better than what is in the Dark Waters base mod?