Moving Torpedos

[snwcrsh]

I noticed that whenever I move torpedos the time is either exactly one hour or there is not enough crew in the torpedo quarters to move from external to reserve at all. It does not seem to matter whether an officer is with them or how full the bar for the corresponding torpedo room is. Is this a normal/wanted behavior?

[Jimbuna]

The higher your green bar, the lower the loading time. In GWX anyway

[snwcrsh]

The loading time, yes. But not the moving time (moving from external reserve to front/aft reserve). This is always one hour, no matter how high the green bar is. This is with GWX2.0 and OLC.

[wojasos]

I think your conning tower must be manned.

[GoldenRivet]

In reality it is a time consuming process which takes a lot of work. Basically for safety it was pretty much only done in good weather during the day while the sub was stopped on the surface. IIRC In order to submerge during the loading operation required the operation to be completely abandoned and the torpedo would be lost overboard if it was not yet below decks.

The amount of time required to move external reserves in SH3 i think depends on how many people you have in the torpedo rooms... load the torpedo rooms packed with movers and the job will probably go smoother and faster. but im not sure... it might default to a one hour operation just to simulate the difficulty of hoisting a toprpedo and positioning it into the angled hatch.

For ultimate realism: here is what i do... surface the sub and come to a complete stop at about sunrise. if the weather is such that the deck gun and flack guns cannot be used you must skip loading external reserves... however, if the weather is such that you CAN use the deck gun or AA guns then proceed with the loading of the torpedoes. Do not move the sub or submerge until the loading operation is complete.

[snwcrsh]

Thanks for the insight, Rivet. Your approach sounds good, and I always fancy such realism gigs, so I think I will adopt that. Next time tho, external reserves are all loaded already. The Sheffield Island passage in 1939 sure is a jewelbox.

[U49]

http://www.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~jung...t/technik.html

scroll down until the headline "Torpedos"

Sorry, I could only find a german article so quick, but the picture should give you an answer

Shown is the loading procedure in a harbor, but at sea it was done almost excatly the same (only without that external crane)

[snwcrsh]

Thanks a lot and don't worry, my German is still pretty good

[Jimbuna]

Here's a few photos of replenishment at sea, as well as the transference of torpedoes. I apologise, as I have posted these before, but am currently unable to find the post

[siber]

That last picture...

On the right hand side... is that a sailor in his skiddy underpants? What sort of nutter takes WHITE pants to war with him?

heeheehee :rotfl:

[snwcrsh]

I instantly thought about a song from the Village People...

[GoldenRivet]

Sure is in his undies!

it would be beautiful if SH3 would show resupply and external loading with a similar level of complication and detail (minus the underwear of course)

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by siber

That last picture...

On the right hand side... is that a sailor in his skiddy underpants? What sort of nutter takes WHITE pants to war with him?

heeheehee :rotfl:

LOL

That's what's commonly known as 'decks awash'

Originally Posted by snwcrsh

I noticed that whenever I move torpedos the time is either exactly one hour or there is not enough crew in the torpedo quarters to move from external to reserve at all. It does not seem to matter whether an officer is with them or how full the bar for the corresponding torpedo room is. Is this a normal/wanted behavior?

Huh; that's interesting. Usually, for me, it's one of three times:

1) infinite; that is, not enough crew to move it,
2) one hour, or,
3) 30 or 40 minutes.

If I have an officer with a torpedo qualification in the appropriate torpedo room, plus two warrants with a torpedo qualification the time is cut almost in half.

Also (and this is just my personal quirk) I don't bring in externals unless I'm at full stop and my deck gun is manable. If the weather is too rough to man the deck gun I don't bring in externals. But, as I said, that's just my personal quirk.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Very interesting pictures, thanks for that a lot.

Especially the "doctor being transfered" picture shocked me a bit and gave much to imaginate about their everyday life on this boats (never let yourself be transfered like that by British a few minutes before Five o'Clock).