Torpedo evasion manouvers

Captain Sub · 01-25-10, 06:51 PM

Dear folks,

how to evade incoming torpedos when your sub is not a seawolf and both countermeasures have failed?

Here's a real fun manouver I developed back then, the insane dimitri: (proof screenshots down in the thread)

1. Go to a shallow depth of aproximately 130-150m.
2. Go to max speed (atleast ~33kts). If cavitation occurs, descend a few meters until it stops.
3. Turn your boat so the torpedo approaches at your 9 o'clock and keep it that way.
4. Fasten seatbelts and remove & secure all dishes aswell as other loose and fragile objects.
5. When the torpedo is in range of 1 nautical mile (know by the ping), immediatly set rudder to 33° right (maximum!) while setting depth to something like 1000m (making sure all tanks are 100% flooded for fastest possible crash diving)
The sub will now be set into a crazy downspiral and for a moment the boat may appear as much as 45° (corrected) nose down!
5. Now you have to experiment, because I don't remember this part so well. At some point in your crazy downspiral (when you're at 400m or so) reset the rudder and set depth to max depth (550~ if i remember correctly, depends on sea level) so the boat will leave the spiral and level at exactly at max depth. There isn't anything to do wrong or chances of suicide once you have found the right timings.
If you reset the rudder too late and don't have enough downward motion anymore, I believe the fast drift will kill your speed. It's safer to reset the rudder before ordering max depth.

The fast change of direction and depth has the potential to confuse a torpedo, however to your detriment comes the fact that in DW, sometimes torpedos can perform athletic manouvers of up/downward movements.
I would say that with this technique, your survival chances per torpeo lie at aproximately 1/4.

Because this is from my memory and I currently don't have DW installed, there could be inacurate information here. After all you'll have to test this for yourself.
Also: I'm not sure how mods play into this, I used to play mostly stock 1.3 back then.

This was the only remotely effective emergency manouver I found that could shake off a torpedo in a situation after everything else has failed, but I'd be pleased to hear about your manouvers aswell.

peace

01-25-10, 06:51 PM	#1
Captain Sub Gunner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 91 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Torpedo evasion manouvers Dear folks, how to evade incoming torpedos when your sub is not a seawolf and both countermeasures have failed? Here's a real fun manouver I developed back then, the insane dimitri: (proof screenshots down in the thread) 1. Go to a shallow depth of aproximately 130-150m. 2. Go to max speed (atleast ~33kts). If cavitation occurs, descend a few meters until it stops. 3. Turn your boat so the torpedo approaches at your 9 o'clock and keep it that way. 4. Fasten seatbelts and remove & secure all dishes aswell as other loose and fragile objects. 5. When the torpedo is in range of 1 nautical mile (know by the ping), immediatly set rudder to 33° right (maximum!) while setting depth to something like 1000m (making sure all tanks are 100% flooded for fastest possible crash diving) The sub will now be set into a crazy downspiral and for a moment the boat may appear as much as 45° (corrected) nose down! 5. Now you have to experiment, because I don't remember this part so well. At some point in your crazy downspiral (when you're at 400m or so) reset the rudder and set depth to max depth (550~ if i remember correctly, depends on sea level) so the boat will leave the spiral and level at exactly at max depth. There isn't anything to do wrong or chances of suicide once you have found the right timings. If you reset the rudder too late and don't have enough downward motion anymore, I believe the fast drift will kill your speed. It's safer to reset the rudder before ordering max depth. The fast change of direction and depth has the potential to confuse a torpedo, however to your detriment comes the fact that in DW, sometimes torpedos can perform athletic manouvers of up/downward movements. I would say that with this technique, your survival chances per torpeo lie at aproximately 1/4. Because this is from my memory and I currently don't have DW installed, there could be inacurate information here. After all you'll have to test this for yourself. Also: I'm not sure how mods play into this, I used to play mostly stock 1.3 back then. This was the only remotely effective emergency manouver I found that could shake off a torpedo in a situation after everything else has failed, but I'd be pleased to hear about your manouvers aswell. peace Last edited by Captain Sub; 01-29-10 at 08:04 AM.