torpedo tips: maximum damage

[popeye]

Ahoy captains:

I just spent 3 or 4 hours firing my entire load of torps at a convoy. i missed with 2, through my own fault. but most hit targets. the problem is, i seemed to have to put far to many fish into them, and some did not even sink...they just sat low in the water, burning, but did not sink. another one, i didnt get credit for, even though i watched him break up, and slip under. no icon showed on the map, no tonnage added.

i would like some tips about where to hit ships, to use my torpedos most effeciently.

after i used all the fish i had on board, i only sank 4, and two or three wouldnt go down. i couldnt use my deck gun because of the 4 DD's that were looking for me.

[the_belgian]

Originally Posted by popeye

Ahoy captains:

1)I just spent 3 or 4 hours firing my entire load of torps at a convoy. i missed with 2, through my own fault. but most hit targets. the problem is, i seemed to have to put far to many fish into them, and some did not even sink...they just sat low in the water, burning, but did not sink. another one, i didnt get credit for, even though i watched him break up, and slip under. no icon showed on the map, no tonnage added.

2)i would like some tips about where to hit ships, to use my torpedos most effeciently.

3)after i used all the fish i had on board, i only sank 4, and two or three wouldnt go down. i couldnt use my deck gun because of the 4 DD's that were looking for me.

1)for merchants i use 2,max.3 torpedo's*
2)i try to hit in 2 places;the rudder/screw and just under the funel.
3)waiting is part of comanding a sub,so wait untill the DD's are gone(could take some hours,i know)and finish your work with the deckgun.
*see underlined above



USS Perch "The Booperboat"
Two patrols(rep. by the 2 skulls)
One insertion(rep. by raft under 2nd skull)
12 merchants downed
1 warship downed

[daft]

Originally Posted by the_belgian

1)for merchants i use 2,max.3 torpedo's*
2)i try to hit in 2 places;the rudder/screw and just under the funel.
3)waiting is part of comanding a sub,so wait untill the DD's are gone(could take some hours,i know)and finish your work with the deckgun.
*see underlined above


USS Perch "The Booperboat"
Two patrols(rep. by the 2 skulls)
One insertion(rep. by raft under 2nd skull)
12 merchants downed
1 warship downed

In regard to item number two on your list; Is there any way of sending just the bearing to TDC in order to hit different parts of the ship? I'm to slow to use the stadimeter in order to aim my torps at different locations on my targets.

[the_belgian]

Originally Posted by daft

In regard to item number two on your list; Is there any way of sending just the bearing to TDC in order to hit different parts of the ship? I'm to slow to use the stadimeter in order to aim my torps at different locations on my targets.

Set bearing midships the difference want make the day(if distance isn't to large)and reset your periscope to the point you want to hit(spreading factor 0).

[quote=daft]

Originally Posted by the_belgian

In regard to item number two on your list; Is there any way of sending just the bearing to TDC in order to hit different parts of the ship? I'm to slow to use the stadimeter in order to aim my torps at different locations on my targets.

use spread option (from -2 to +2 is ok)

[the_belgian]

[quote=Julius Caesar]

Originally Posted by daft

use spread option (from -2 to +2 is ok)

That,of course,is also a way...

[popeye]

wait untill the DD's are gone


so, they WILL abandon 2 or 3 crippled merchants, if i'm patient?

[daft]

[quote=Julius Caesar]

Originally Posted by daft

use spread option (from -2 to +2 is ok)

Yes, but I would like to use a similar method to what Morton/O'Kane used on the Wahoo, and O'Kane/Frazee used on the Tang. They set a constant bearing and fired their torps as the part they wished to hit passed the stationary center line of the scope. I haven't figured out a way to do that yet. A work around would be to send individual bearings on different parts of the target, but that seems impossible since the stadimeter is very hard to operate on a moving target without locking the scope.

[Yanaran]

Originally Posted by daft

Yes, but I would like to use a similar method to what Morton/O'Kane used on the Wahoo, and O'Kane/Frazee used on the Tang. They set a constant bearing and fired their torps as the part they wished to hit passed the stationary center line of the scope. I haven't figured out a way to do that yet. A work around would be to send individual bearings on different parts of the target, but that seems impossible since the stadimeter is very hard to operate on a moving target without locking the scope.

Unclick the position keeper.
Lock on the target and take your range with the stadimeter.
Unlock the target and move the scope to where you want to fire.
Resend the range to the TDC, this will send your new bearing.
Fire when desired part of target passes the centerline.

Depending on how much you move the scope your range will be slightly off using this method but it will fire in the way you describe. Personally I never fire this way because I prefer to use divergent spreads (first show towards the stern, second the center and last shot at the bow), using the spread angle dial. This spread makes it harder to evade all the torpedoes, and if you're using manual targetting the chance of creating such a perfect solution that you actually hit the "aim point" is minimal anyway.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by the_belgian

finish your work with the deckgun.

Not in my case as I came up near my wounded prey he had teeth and started shooting back, when I got out of his range there was a lot of damage needed fixing.

Don't surface to near the wounded beast.

I will admit it only happen once thankfully.

[Jay]

Originally Posted by popeye

Ahoy captains:
I just spent 3 or 4 hours firing my entire load of torps at a convoy. i missed with 2, through my own fault. but most hit targets. the problem is, i seemed to have to put far to many fish into them, and some did not even sink...they just sat low in the water, burning, but did not sink.

In real life, some ships refused to sink despite being hit by multiple torpedoes. Check out this story about the Kittanning:
www.uboat.net/about/members/ships_demo.html?shipID=3280