Do these fish track

rfxcasey · 06-25-09, 04:09 PM

Playing 1943 German campain with flotilla 2 and was in shallow water near liverpool when I was spotted by a patrol vessel at night. I dove to evade and launched 2 torps both missed. Well the vessel was circling trying to get a bead on me and all of a sudden he exploded and split in half. How is this as the torps clearly missed? It's like they came back boomerang style.

Sailor Steve · 06-25-09, 04:11 PM

What type of eels were they? By 1943 you should have some acoustic homing torpedoes.

rfxcasey · 06-25-09, 04:15 PM

Hum, don't have any eels, they would be too small for the tubes. Electric eels might be cool though. So if homers miss they will aquire a target? They seem awefully efficiant, almost like underwater sidewinders.

BulSoldier · 06-25-09, 04:55 PM

If you had the earliest type of homing torpedoes the ship should have been traveling atleast 7knts in order to be target (lower speed, less sound , no target) . THe homing torps travel 300-400meters before arming and then do a slight zigzaging until they found a target.

mookiemookie · 06-25-09, 06:15 PM

Maybe the ship hit a friendly mine?

Stormende · 06-25-09, 06:20 PM

Maybe you fired circling torps and not acoustics. The kind that after their initial run will go in circles.

06-25-09, 04:09 PM	#1
rfxcasey Bosun Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 68 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Do these fish track Playing 1943 German campain with flotilla 2 and was in shallow water near liverpool when I was spotted by a patrol vessel at night. I dove to evade and launched 2 torps both missed. Well the vessel was circling trying to get a bead on me and all of a sudden he exploded and split in half. How is this as the torps clearly missed? It's like they came back boomerang style.

06-25-09, 04:11 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	What type of eels were they? By 1943 you should have some acoustic homing torpedoes. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-25-09, 04:55 PM	#4
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	If you had the earliest type of homing torpedoes the ship should have been traveling atleast 7knts in order to be target (lower speed, less sound , no target) . THe homing torps travel 300-400meters before arming and then do a slight zigzaging until they found a target. __________________ By the hour !

06-25-09, 06:15 PM	#5
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Maybe the ship hit a friendly mine? __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

06-25-09, 06:20 PM	#6
Stormende Soundman Join Date: May 2009 Location: México, DF. Posts: 146 Downloads: 774 Uploads: 1	Maybe Maybe you fired circling torps and not acoustics. The kind that after their initial run will go in circles.

06-25-09, 04:15 PM	#3
rfxcasey Bosun Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 68 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Hum, don't have any eels, they would be too small for the tubes. Electric eels might be cool though. So if homers miss they will aquire a target? They seem awefully efficiant, almost like underwater sidewinders.