Torpedo Spam

[GoldenRivet]

Surely - with the odds favoring at least one torpedo causing substantial collateral loss - it is not a real world tactic to put 18 torpedoes in the water?

[Delfi]

There is always the possibility of one coming back to bite the Russians.

[Steiger]

Originally Posted by Delfi

There is always the possibility of one coming back to bite the Russians.

Which is a fun way to get kills without expending any torps. Get between 2 russians, make a ton of noise, then go deep while they shoot each other.

[Red Devil]

When I saw the thread title, I had mental visions of an SSN fired tins of meat at the enemy!!!

[Julhelm]

Was this rocket torps?

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Julhelm

Was this rocket torps?

pretty fair mix of the flying torps launched from surface ships, helo dropped, and standard torpedoes from a sub.

by the time the sub launches four to six at you, the chopper drops one or two,
and the escorts each fire their own, you're looking at potentially a dozen fish in the water in the opening minutes of the engagement.

of course you go to flank, and begin maneuvering wildly, which just results in everyone above sending a second salvo of torpedoes at you once they have reloaded...

I've had about 18 running me down at any given time.

EDIT: i guess my question is - is that a realistic tactic? i mean i know they want me dead... but it seems that the risk of being sunk by your own torpedo is too great to be putting that many fish in the water. i cannot count the number of times i have won the stalking the red bear mission without ever firing a shot of my own.

[Delfi]

Originally Posted by Steiger

Which is a fun way to get kills without expending any torps. Get between 2 russians, make a ton of noise, then go deep while they shoot each other.

Or just shoot a MOSS back toward the Russians so some of their torpedoes follow it back to them.