How many torpedos?

[SteveUK]

Hi all just returned from my most succesful partol to date 5 merchies totaling just under 32,000 tons (yeah amatur I know!) and had some nice targets on the way back to port but was out of fish by then.

Because its early war and the problems with the mark 14's I have been firing 3 to 4 fish at each target. Is this overkill do you think?

Whats the best number to fire at targets, I'm guessig 2 for smaller ships, 3 for mediums etc.

Any help or advice from the community would be appriciated

Thanks

Steve

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by SteveUK

Hi all just returned from my most succesful partol to date 5 merchies totaling just under 32,000 tons (yeah amatur I know!) and had some nice targets on the way back to port but was out of fish by then.

Because its early war and the problems with the mark 14's I have been firing 3 to 4 fish at each target. Is this overkill do you think?

Whats the best number to fire at targets, I'm guessig 2 for smaller ships, 3 for mediums etc.

Any help or advice from the community would be appriciated

Thanks

Steve

Sounds about right to me 3 or 4..

By the way 32K tons is not bad at all. You realize that in 'real life' some skippers dident make this kind of tonnage in an entire career.

[Inner Sound]

It drives us mental. What it must have been like for all those guys with high risk of death, discomfort, no dames, and all those duds.

[Frederf]

How often did a submarine leave port without a full combat load of torpedoes? Recently I played my 3rd war patrol in a Gato class with 60% of so load plus a few purchased MK10s. This was in mid to late '42 which is when they had serious torpedo shortages.