shooting torpedoes

ralphnader23 · 10-11-10, 11:57 PM

If you have hit a boat with a torpedo and it has it's engines off will the magnetic fuse still trigger when the torpedo goes under? I had a boat disabled, so it was barely moving, and I put two torpedos underneath it at 2-3m below it's keel and neither went off. I finally had to settle for the impact.

I do have duds on, but isn't the percentage on those only 10 or 15%?

Also...don't duds typically explode prematurely?

Finally...does the TDC automatically update range when targeting either manually or via the notepad? In other words if I take the range when my target is 40 degrees off my bow, and enter the speed, does the TDC compensate/triagulate the range from there as the target moves closer to me? Or is range like AoB...should it be what it will be when you actually fire the torpedo?

10-11-10, 11:57 PM	#1
ralphnader23 Bosun Join Date: May 2010 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 66 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	shooting torpedoes If you have hit a boat with a torpedo and it has it's engines off will the magnetic fuse still trigger when the torpedo goes under? I had a boat disabled, so it was barely moving, and I put two torpedos underneath it at 2-3m below it's keel and neither went off. I finally had to settle for the impact. I do have duds on, but isn't the percentage on those only 10 or 15%? Also...don't duds typically explode prematurely? Finally...does the TDC automatically update range when targeting either manually or via the notepad? In other words if I take the range when my target is 40 degrees off my bow, and enter the speed, does the TDC compensate/triagulate the range from there as the target moves closer to me? Or is range like AoB...should it be what it will be when you actually fire the torpedo?