torpedoing a target that's moving away from you

[ddiplock]

I've tried unsuccessfully to torpedo an empire freighter that's moving away from me, at a range of 1900mtrs or so. I'd calculated their speed correctly, range, bearing and AOB and input it all manually, and let loose two torpedos. They're electrics so they don't leave a wake but they go friggin slow!!!


the torpedos initially looked as if they were in a good solution, but i quickly realised via external view that they weren't going to hit!!!! damn it!!! why are long range shots so friggin tricky!!!!

I'm not letting this bad boy slip away. It will be dark soon, so I plan to shadow him, then come up on the surface, get ahead of him and get myself into a proper firing position.....within the 1000mtr mark as anything more and the chances of me missing seem to rocket

[Brag]

Moving away target farther than 500 meters are very difficult to hit. I usually use a magnetic torp as the AOB is going to be bad.

[ddiplock]

i was cruising along at flank speed at periscope depth. wonder if me moving at 8 knots had some effect on the solution as its recommended that you have you're boat going as slow as possible for best solution results.

[TomcatMVD]

Originally Posted by ddiplock

i was cruising along at flank speed at periscope depth. wonder if me moving at 8 knots had some effect on the solution as its recommended that you have you're boat going as slow as possible for best solution results.

You get weird speed calculations if you're moving Sometimes way off the chart!

[ddiplock]

yeah but i wasn't using the notepad for any calulations at all. I was using the stop march, making marks on the map using the 3 minute 15 second rule and inputting all the data into the TDC manually.

[TomcatMVD]

Originally Posted by ddiplock

yeah but i wasn't using the notepad for any calulations at all. I was using the stop march, making marks on the map using the 3 minute 15 second rule and inputting all the data into the TDC manually.

Gotcha!
That makes sense

Originally Posted by ddiplock

the torpedos initially looked as if they were in a good solution, but i quickly realised via external view that they weren't going to hit!!!! damn it!!! why are long range shots so friggin tricky!!!!

The G7e torpedo had a maximum distance of 5,000 meters if batteries were preheated and only 3,000 meters if batteries were not preheated. GWX 2.0 uses 5,000 meters while stock SH3 (IIRC) used 3,000 meters for the G7e torp. You may have litterally run out of juice before hitting a target of increasing distance as you described.

You are generally better off using a G7a torp at slow speed which has considerable longer distance than its G7e counterpart. I don't recall the exact distance (which you can look up) as I am writing this but it is approximately 3 times the distance.