Breaking the back..

Crazy Ian · 03-14-07, 04:49 PM

I'm getting sick to the back teeth of these damn magnetic fuses!

What is the optimum depth setting to break the back of ships? It's driving me insane!

Iron Budokan · 03-14-07, 04:57 PM

I feel your pain. Despite some people who swear by 'em I've found mag fuses to be pretty near useless and of poor operational quality. Everything has to be darn near perfect: seas not too rough, perfect depth beneath the keel, they have to be working in the first place and not duds, they have to not prematurely detonate or detonate after they pass under the keel, etc. Hardly worth the effort.

I mainly stick with the contact fuses. Much less frustration.

Rykaird · 03-14-07, 05:22 PM

Maybe it's a GWX thing, but I get just as many one torpedo kills with impact pistols as magnetics. It isn't like magnetics break their back or blow them into a fireball but impacts only make them slowly flood.

But - magnetics fail to detonate a lot. Very sensitive to depth, and as the seas are rough most of the time in the North Atlantic, that works against them.

I now use magnetics ONLY for special purpose situations - for example, where the torpedo is likely going to arrive at the target at a funny angle and an impact would just bounce off. Or the target is already wounded and listing so heavily I don't have a flat surface to shoot at.

But for any sort of well planned, perpendicular to target setup, I use impacts 100% of the time.

Brag · 03-14-07, 06:31 PM

Magnetics work well on short distances when the AOB is lousy. I can/t really complain (1941).

robbo180265 · 03-14-07, 06:39 PM

That's how I use them - short distance. Don't get me wrong, I still get duds. But not enough to really put me off - yet.

Dantenoc · 03-15-07, 12:09 AM

Impact pistol all the way

... I only use magnetics when the AoB is lousy, and I make it a very active point not to be ever caught out of position, and hence I never realy fire with a bad AoB.

magnetic pistols are supposed to be a captain's best friend: they allow you to shoot from the hip at any targetee and still score a hit, no matter what the angle or anything... but in practical use, it really does require a lot of things to go right for them to be of any use

03-14-07, 04:49 PM	#1
Crazy Ian Torpedoman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK Posts: 115 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Breaking the back.. I'm getting sick to the back teeth of these damn magnetic fuses! What is the optimum depth setting to break the back of ships? It's driving me insane! __________________ Make tubes 1 and 4 ready in all respects...

03-14-07, 04:57 PM	#2
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I feel your pain. Despite some people who swear by 'em I've found mag fuses to be pretty near useless and of poor operational quality. Everything has to be darn near perfect: seas not too rough, perfect depth beneath the keel, they have to be working in the first place and not duds, they have to not prematurely detonate or detonate after they pass under the keel, etc. Hardly worth the effort. I mainly stick with the contact fuses. Much less frustration. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

03-14-07, 06:31 PM	#4
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Magnetics work well on short distances when the AOB is lousy. I can/t really complain (1941). __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

03-15-07, 12:09 AM	#6
Dantenoc Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Posts: 504 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Impact pistol all the way ... I only use magnetics when the AoB is lousy, and I make it a very active point not to be ever caught out of position, and hence I never realy fire with a bad AoB. magnetic pistols are supposed to be a captain's best friend: they allow you to shoot from the hip at any targetee and still score a hit, no matter what the angle or anything... but in practical use, it really does require a lot of things to go right for them to be of any use __________________ Going to U-boot school : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88922 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=90234 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97682

03-14-07, 05:22 PM	#3
Rykaird Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 356 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Maybe it's a GWX thing, but I get just as many one torpedo kills with impact pistols as magnetics. It isn't like magnetics break their back or blow them into a fireball but impacts only make them slowly flood. But - magnetics fail to detonate a lot. Very sensitive to depth, and as the seas are rough most of the time in the North Atlantic, that works against them. I now use magnetics ONLY for special purpose situations - for example, where the torpedo is likely going to arrive at the target at a funny angle and an impact would just bounce off. Or the target is already wounded and listing so heavily I don't have a flat surface to shoot at. But for any sort of well planned, perpendicular to target setup, I use impacts 100% of the time.

03-14-07, 06:39 PM	#5
robbo180265 Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton, England.Party capital of the south Posts: 2,255 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	That's how I use them - short distance. Don't get me wrong, I still get duds. But not enough to really put me off - yet.