Down the throat shot. What is it, and how to perfect it??

[commandosolo2009]

Attention on Deck

Hello my fellow seamen,

Today I shall teach you on how to perform a perfect text-book down the throat shot for pursuing destroyers or incoming traffic.

But first, what is a Down the Throat shot??

It's easy.. He's going to run you over..

Feel a bit challenged? Check this wikipedia link

I could incorporate diagrams and all. But I figured a footage should tell it all..

There you go:

As you can see the results are devastating to anything head-on...

With a magnetic detonator, and with proper rise and fall of tide, a single eel could create a pretty good crater right underneath a ship, of course cracking it to a half and sending it to the deep..

I think it's more meant to be used with electric T3 variant since the 'top secret' magnetic pistol is very much reliable when the belly of the boat rubs itself to the eel..

I will record another video with testing for the above theory, and show it to all of you dear kaleuns.. Hope this served your appetite..

[ddrgn]

I do it all the time, I prefer to call it "playing chicken" ;]

[ERPP8]

I use this strategy all the time

[speedbird]

I love your videos man, keep them coming!

[gimpy117]

yeah set for mag and get them to come straight at you!

[commandosolo2009]

It's a very difficult one if ever there was one.. but a life saver..

[commandosolo2009]

Originally Posted by speedbird

I love your videos man, keep them coming!

thats a roger mate, stay tuned.. cheers

[kylania]

Every time I try this I get the shot perfectly right down the throat... MY throat!

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by difool2

Except that there was a US skipper in the Pacific in WWII who routinely did just that. On the other hand, he didn't make it back on his last patrol. Sam Dealey of the Harder (which is mentioned in the link above).

Gene Fluckey cautioned against the tactic of deliberately holding the 'scope up for a down the throat shot, as if any of the three torpedoes had a rudder lock hard over, then the sub was dead. The Germans at least used the tactic of holding the 'scope up when they had homing torpedoes.

Being stuck at periscope depth with a DD that knows exactly where you are, with torpedoes that don't behave properly = you don't make it back from patrol.

Forewarned is forearmed.

[commandosolo2009]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

Gene Fluckey cautioned against the tactic of deliberately holding the 'scope up for a down the throat shot, as if any of the three torpedoes had a rudder lock hard over, then the sub was dead. The Germans at least used the tactic of holding the 'scope up when they had homing torpedoes.

Being stuck at periscope depth with a DD that knows exactly where you are, with torpedoes that don't behave properly = you don't make it back from patrol.

Forewarned is forearmed.

thats a roger on the tactic cease