How to improve one-torpedo sink rate ?

Well, most of the time, i hit a tanker with two torpedoes and she is still somewhat able to stay afloat. I have to use my deck gun to finish her. I guess i am making bad shots.

My questions are :

+ Where is the best place of ship to hit ?
+ What is the optimum depth for torpedoes ?
+ Does torpedo speed affect the damage it inflicts ?
+ Does range affect damage ?

Thanks in advance for replies.

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by makiferol

Well, most of the time, i hit a tanker with two torpedoes and she is still somewhat able to stay afloat. I have to use my deck gun to finish her. I guess i am making bad shots.

If it was a Cimmaron class tanker that's OK.. it usually needs 2-3 torpedoes to sink..

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by makiferol

Well, most of the time, i hit a tanker with two torpedoes and she is still somewhat able to stay afloat. I have to use my deck gun to finish her. I guess i am making bad shots.

My questions are :

+ Where is the best place of ship to hit ?

Best to hit with 2

Engine room hits (directly below the stack) can blow up the ship or cause it to stop
Bow hit can cause massive flooding and sink it if the ship is going fast.
Stern hit can damage props and stop the ship.
Keel shots (centre) can break the ship in half

If you use TDW FX mod - fire can kill the ship

+ What is the optimum depth for torpedoes ?

Keel shots = 1-3m below the keel (use magnetic and TDWs fix)
Engine shots = mid way down the ship side
Top heavy capital ships can turn over with high side shots causing flooding.
DDs are not to deep in the water - so near the surface for them

+ Does torpedo speed affect the damage it inflicts ?

No - only range

+ Does range affect damage ?

No - only speed

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

+ Does torpedo speed affect the damage it inflicts ?

No - only range

+ Does range affect damage ?

No - only speed

yeah, it was a Cimmaron Class. So, close range shots with high torpedo speed will do more damage or you were just being sarcastic ?

[plj]

You did not read well .. or attentively as some would say :p

Damage is NOT modified by speed or range.

Speed and range are are affecting range and speed respectively. If you set it to fast, it's max range is relatively short .. if you set it to slow, it's relatively long.

[Oleander]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

Keel shots = 1-3m below the keel (use magnetic and TDWs fix)

Every time I try a keel shot at those depths it goes straight under without exploding.

I usually hit tankers just behind the wheel house and let them sit, they usually go down after a bit from fire damage and flooding. Unless I want to hit and run then I put one there and one in the bow so it can sit and take on water helplessly.

Everything else gets hit behind the stack and that usually takes them down with one shot.

[aschar]

Personally, I think the stock torpedoes in the game are totally understrength. I mean c'mon, 3 torpedoes to sink a 7000 ton ship? Really? Didn't Otto Kretchmer once say "One ship, one torpedo"? That's why I use the "One ship, one torpedo" mod (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=3366); there's even a lite version incase you find the torpedoes overpowered.

As for landing keel shots, I always go to within 1 meter the ship's keel. There's also a sweet spot at or near the center of ships where if you hit that, you're certain to see that ship blow in half. In the case of a Cimmaron class tanker, that sweet spot is directly behind the forward superstructure, behind the bridge to be more precise.

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by Oleander

Every time I try a keel shot at those depths it goes straight under without exploding.

Originally Posted by Trevally.

Keel shots = 1-3m below the keel (use magnetic and TDWs fix)

[Oleander]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

Haha, I had to go back and double check, sure enough I didn't have that part enabled. Working now.

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Originally Posted by aschar

Didn't Otto Kretchmer once say "One ship, one torpedo"?

Lucky bastard that Kretchmer

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Luck's got nuthin to do with it-Mae West. OOPS I meant "Goodness"!! Silent Otto's technique of rising inside the convoy to do fearful execution is akin really to suicide shooter with a certain time span to wreak havoc before the SWAT approaches.

I am not discussing Kretschmer's genius here. For sure his superb strategical awareness helped him into reducing at maximum any negative factor. But you will admit that a 100% success rate (especially during the early days, when torpedoes were affected by any sort of problem), still required a good dose of luck. I have read many U-boat patrol accounts and, if not the rule, ships requiring two or even three fishes before sinking completely, were quite common.