Switching Exploder Types

sharkbit · 06-03-10, 05:50 PM

In-game, switching from "contact" to "magnetic/contact" exploder is just a simple click of a switch.

From what I've read, in real life, it wasn't quite as easy. It sounds like the switch has to be done with the torpedo out of the tube and some disassembly required. Not something that is done in the heat of battle just prior to shooting torpedoes.

Does anybody have any knowledge of exactly how the switch was made?

With my current career in SH4(and I'll do the same in SH3 as well), I've made the decision to follow orders and use the magnetic exploder activated until ordered otherwise. Of course I also bend the orders a little by setting the depth to where the contact part of the pistol will explode. (Sounds like many skippers in real life did this as well and falsified patrol reports to cover it up when they began to not trust the magnetic exploders. "The Bravest Man: Richard O'Kane and the Amazing submarine Adventures of the USS Tang" William Tuhoy is where I've read this.)
Now if this means prematures in rough seas, so be it(been lucky so far

)

I'm just curious on how the switch was made and how historically accurate switching back and forth depending on sea state and target really is.
Thanks.

06-03-10, 05:50 PM	#1
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Switching Exploder Types In-game, switching from "contact" to "magnetic/contact" exploder is just a simple click of a switch. From what I've read, in real life, it wasn't quite as easy. It sounds like the switch has to be done with the torpedo out of the tube and some disassembly required. Not something that is done in the heat of battle just prior to shooting torpedoes. Does anybody have any knowledge of exactly how the switch was made? With my current career in SH4(and I'll do the same in SH3 as well), I've made the decision to follow orders and use the magnetic exploder activated until ordered otherwise. Of course I also bend the orders a little by setting the depth to where the contact part of the pistol will explode. (Sounds like many skippers in real life did this as well and falsified patrol reports to cover it up when they began to not trust the magnetic exploders. "The Bravest Man: Richard O'Kane and the Amazing submarine Adventures of the USS Tang" William Tuhoy is where I've read this.) Now if this means prematures in rough seas, so be it(been lucky so far ) I'm just curious on how the switch was made and how historically accurate switching back and forth depending on sea state and target really is. Thanks. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”