The TDC is overrated/sheer luck shot?

Howard313 · 06-05-11, 05:00 PM

Every once in a while between all the light-boat incidents and accidental beaching I actually manage to do something right.

The Image above was taken seconds after a miracle happened. Patrol 6, I was traveling through scapa flow on my way to my favorite hunting grounds when my sonar-man picks up a merchant heading toward me.

Now usually:
Heavy Rains + Heavy Fog + Heavy Winds = No attempting to shoot at the floaty things that BDU doesn't like.

Also I'm not the best manual TDC man. My average shots go like this.

Get the data to the best of my abilities, I usually double check myself twice.
Fire a torpedo that religiously always goes a few meters behind my intended target.
Re-position my gyroscope to be aiming in front of the merchant to compensate for my poor aiming abilities.
Fire a torpedo that hits the ship.

Only one time have I managed to hit my intended target the first time with the tdc, and it was a dud.

And that's peak weather conditions.

Now don't ask me why I decided to go after this one. It could've been the fact that I wasn't thinking straight, or the fact that I hadn't got a single kill yet that patrol. But I did.

I was about 500-450m away (I didn't even bother collecting his data so this is just a rough estimate.) and he was about to pass right in front of me. I didn't bother fooling with my TDC because there was no way I was going to get an accurate reading in this weather. Despite this I did actually bother with setting my torpedo.

Fast Speed setting
Impact only
Gyro angle 0

Open Torpedo Tube
Torpedo Los!

The torpedo launched out the front and I already knew....there's no way this is going to work, I can't even hit them in nice weather WITH the tdc how is this one going to..."Torpedo Impact!"

The ship slowly grinded to a halt and I hit it with my stern torpedo to finish it off a few minutes later. Sometimes you get lucky I guess.

06-05-11, 05:00 PM	#1
Howard313 Engineer Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: America Posts: 211 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	The TDC is overrated/sheer luck shot? Every once in a while between all the light-boat incidents and accidental beaching I actually manage to do something right. The Image above was taken seconds after a miracle happened. Patrol 6, I was traveling through scapa flow on my way to my favorite hunting grounds when my sonar-man picks up a merchant heading toward me. Now usually: Heavy Rains + Heavy Fog + Heavy Winds = No attempting to shoot at the floaty things that BDU doesn't like. Also I'm not the best manual TDC man. My average shots go like this. Get the data to the best of my abilities, I usually double check myself twice. Fire a torpedo that religiously always goes a few meters behind my intended target. Re-position my gyroscope to be aiming in front of the merchant to compensate for my poor aiming abilities. Fire a torpedo that hits the ship. Only one time have I managed to hit my intended target the first time with the tdc, and it was a dud. And that's peak weather conditions. Now don't ask me why I decided to go after this one. It could've been the fact that I wasn't thinking straight, or the fact that I hadn't got a single kill yet that patrol. But I did. I was about 500-450m away (I didn't even bother collecting his data so this is just a rough estimate.) and he was about to pass right in front of me. I didn't bother fooling with my TDC because there was no way I was going to get an accurate reading in this weather. Despite this I did actually bother with setting my torpedo. Fast Speed setting Impact only Gyro angle 0 Open Torpedo Tube Torpedo Los! The torpedo launched out the front and I already knew....there's no way this is going to work, I can't even hit them in nice weather WITH the tdc how is this one going to..."Torpedo Impact!" The ship slowly grinded to a halt and I hit it with my stern torpedo to finish it off a few minutes later. Sometimes you get lucky I guess. __________________