Your torpedo loadout

Zero Niner · 03-14-07, 08:49 PM

What's your typical loadout when you leave port (early war, 1939 - 1941)?
Do you use all T1s, or mostly T1s with a few T2s?

Ducimus · 03-14-07, 09:12 PM

If using T2's, with their stock range of 3KM, i typically load all T1's. Tell 1941.
If 1941, i may load a couple T2's, but but no more then that.

That completley changes in 1942.

High Voltage · 03-14-07, 09:12 PM

I usually include a couple of electrics in case i stumble on a "special" target and am forced to make a daylight attack...Be sure to load them in the proper tubes so that when you select salvo you are able to launch by type..
Hope this helps.

GoldenRivet · 03-14-07, 09:24 PM

T-1s in tubes 1 and 4 leaving port - after they are fired i use all T1

T-2s in tubes 2 and 3 and all stern tubes

Zero Niner · 03-14-07, 09:26 PM

The thing I don't like about the T2 is the short range - 3000m. Whilst great for taking down escorts & other ASW ships, you'd have to approach really close to get within range.
The T1 alas whilst having a greater range leaves a tell-tale sign which I presume in the game (GWX) makes it prone to miss if the ship starts evasive manoeuvres...

Maybe I'll just wait until the T3 comes into service...

Ducimus · 03-14-07, 09:43 PM

Truth be told, T2's really arent all that bad for what their intended for. You really dont NEED T2's unless your doing a submerged attack during daylight. I dunno about everyone else, but i usually close to less then 3000 meters anyway. I typically shoot from around 1200 to 2000 meters on those scenario's. So for me it really doesnt make much difference.

Besdies, early war is all about night surface attacks on convoy's and shelling unarmed or poorly armed merchants.

panthercules · 03-14-07, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Truth be told, T2's really arent all that bad for what their intended for. You really dont NEED T2's unless your doing a submerged attack during daylight. I dunno about everyone else, but i usually close to less then 3000 meters anyway. I typically shoot from around 1200 to 2000 meters on those scenario's. So for me it really doesnt make much difference.

Besdies, early war is all about night surface attacks on convoy's and shelling unarmed or poorly armed merchants.

Yep - what he said

Actually, I usually did take about 50% T2s (none in external slots though) in early war because I have not had much luck making night surface attacks without getting spotted (haven't tried it with GWX yet - been in late '43/early '44 ever since I loaded up GWX so no surface time to speak of, much less surface attacks, at this point). As a result, I found myself in early war making a lot of daylight submerged attacks against convoys, and I always liked to fire my first salvo of 2 T2s at a farther target and then my second salvo of T1s at a closer target, timed so both targets would be hit at roughly the same time, and I didn't want the wakes to give away my first salvo while I was preparing to fire my second salvo. The second one was usually fired from around 500-600m so there was really no time for the enemy to react to the wakes on those torps anyway.

Steppenwolf · 03-14-07, 10:33 PM

GWX changed the range on the T2's to 5250 mtrs @ 28 knots. The in-game description was just never updated.

Ducimus · 03-14-07, 10:37 PM

After 42, my loadout is usually

Tubes 1 and 2, extra slot 1 and 2, and all external stores are T1's.
Tubes 3, 4, 5, 6, and all normal internal stores are T3's.

So, if im not using my stern, i usually have a choice to make.

A salvo of T1's? Or a salvo of T3's? Or both shooting the T3's first?

I prefer to use the T1's whenever i get a chance too, saving the T3's for daylight submerged attacks in clear to moderate weather. If i use a salvo of T1's, ill pull down two external stores at the first avialable moment and stuff the extra slots full with T1's again. I always reserve tubes 1 and 2 for T1's, and 3 and 4 for T3's its sort of my SOP.

03-14-07, 08:49 PM	#1
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	Your torpedo loadout What's your typical loadout when you leave port (early war, 1939 - 1941)? Do you use all T1s, or mostly T1s with a few T2s?

03-14-07, 09:12 PM	#3
High Voltage Chief Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: U-33. Depth Charges...sinking.. Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I usually include a couple of electrics in case i stumble on a "special" target and am forced to make a daylight attack...Be sure to load them in the proper tubes so that when you select salvo you are able to launch by type.. Hope this helps. __________________ The new-moon night is black as ink. Off Hatteras the tankers sink. While sadly Roosevelt counts the score-- Some fifty thousand tons--by MOHR

03-14-07, 09:12 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	If using T2's, with their stock range of 3KM, i typically load all T1's. Tell 1941. If 1941, i may load a couple T2's, but but no more then that. That completley changes in 1942.

03-14-07, 09:24 PM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	T-1s in tubes 1 and 4 leaving port - after they are fired i use all T1 T-2s in tubes 2 and 3 and all stern tubes

03-14-07, 09:26 PM	#5
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	The thing I don't like about the T2 is the short range - 3000m. Whilst great for taking down escorts & other ASW ships, you'd have to approach really close to get within range. The T1 alas whilst having a greater range leaves a tell-tale sign which I presume in the game (GWX) makes it prone to miss if the ship starts evasive manoeuvres... Maybe I'll just wait until the T3 comes into service...

03-14-07, 09:43 PM	#6
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Truth be told, T2's really arent all that bad for what their intended for. You really dont NEED T2's unless your doing a submerged attack during daylight. I dunno about everyone else, but i usually close to less then 3000 meters anyway. I typically shoot from around 1200 to 2000 meters on those scenario's. So for me it really doesnt make much difference. Besdies, early war is all about night surface attacks on convoy's and shelling unarmed or poorly armed merchants.

03-14-07, 10:33 PM	#8
Steppenwolf 中国水兵 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 278 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	GWX changed the range on the T2's to 5250 mtrs @ 28 knots. The in-game description was just never updated.

03-14-07, 10:37 PM	#9
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	After 42, my loadout is usually Tubes 1 and 2, extra slot 1 and 2, and all external stores are T1's. Tubes 3, 4, 5, 6, and all normal internal stores are T3's. So, if im not using my stern, i usually have a choice to make. A salvo of T1's? Or a salvo of T3's? Or both shooting the T3's first? I prefer to use the T1's whenever i get a chance too, saving the T3's for daylight submerged attacks in clear to moderate weather. If i use a salvo of T1's, ill pull down two external stores at the first avialable moment and stuff the extra slots full with T1's again. I always reserve tubes 1 and 2 for T1's, and 3 and 4 for T3's its sort of my SOP.