YES!!! I torpedoed my first Elco

U-104 · 09-12-05, 11:56 AM

I was in the Med and I got surrounded by a group of destroyers and Elcos. I had one acoustic torpedo left in the stern tube. I decided to fire it blind, then I followed it with the external camera. It sailed around for a couple minutes trying to make up its mind what it wanted to hit. Then it locked onto an Elco and sailed underneath it and the magnetic detonator went off.

The explosion pulled the Elco underwater. It spun around about six or seven times and then popped back up to the surface and sat there for five minutes and then sunk!

Type941 · 09-12-05, 12:34 PM

You should see what torpedoes do to a U-boat. It also gues under water (sucked in) and than it comes back... However, I had to put 3 (!!!) torpedoes into Type21 Boat before it sunk.

I tested a lot. :hmm:

Marhkimov · 09-12-05, 12:56 PM

Wow! 3 torpedoes to sink a Type21?! That doesn't sound very realistic... HaHaHa, someone notify Beery...

Kalach · 09-12-05, 04:03 PM

:rotfl:
And I thought I was a bit overkil when I torpedo'd fishing boats.

Type941 · 09-12-05, 06:17 PM

What I was doing is simply reenacting what Allies did after WW2 when they sunk a bunch of these babies lined up together. One torpedo had to be enough, althoughI'm tempted to torpedo them using magnetic detonator - perhaps that might do the trick. The way the power of the explosion knocks it out is amazing though.

09-12-05, 11:56 AM	#1
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	YES!!! I torpedoed my first Elco I was in the Med and I got surrounded by a group of destroyers and Elcos. I had one acoustic torpedo left in the stern tube. I decided to fire it blind, then I followed it with the external camera. It sailed around for a couple minutes trying to make up its mind what it wanted to hit. Then it locked onto an Elco and sailed underneath it and the magnetic detonator went off. The explosion pulled the Elco underwater. It spun around about six or seven times and then popped back up to the surface and sat there for five minutes and then sunk! __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

09-12-05, 12:34 PM	#2
Type941 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: U-52 Posts: 1,270 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	You should see what torpedoes do to a U-boat. It also gues under water (sucked in) and than it comes back... However, I had to put 3 (!!!) torpedoes into Type21 Boat before it sunk. I tested a lot. :hmm: __________________ Sink the Bismarck SH3 Movie

09-12-05, 04:03 PM	#4
Kalach Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 366 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: And I thought I was a bit overkil when I torpedo'd fishing boats. __________________

09-12-05, 06:17 PM	#5
Type941 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: U-52 Posts: 1,270 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	What I was doing is simply reenacting what Allies did after WW2 when they sunk a bunch of these babies lined up together. One torpedo had to be enough, althoughI'm tempted to torpedo them using magnetic detonator - perhaps that might do the trick. The way the power of the explosion knocks it out is amazing though. __________________ Sink the Bismarck SH3 Movie

09-12-05, 12:56 PM	#3
Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow! 3 torpedoes to sink a Type21?! That doesn't sound very realistic... HaHaHa, someone notify Beery...