Some manly boasting -it's good for you!

ryanwigginton · 11-22-07, 01:08 PM

Well, talk about finishing on a high. I'm in my porpoise on the way home (negative crazy sub destroying tc this time!) with one torp left when I come across 2 troop transpots and 2 destroyers. Going at one of those funny angles where you just can't catch them.

I thought what the hell, lets have a go anyway. Last boat in the convoy was a destroyer, very close behind one of the troop transports. Closest I could get was about 3500yrds. I'd usually never bother at this range but I was feeling lucky. Manual targeting of course. Now or never.

Torpedo in the water. It was in the water for what seemed like a life time. Then... torpedo impact!! I pop up the scope to get a visual, send a ping to check range. Anyway, with the angles, and the boats doing 15 kts turns out my torp travelled a whole 3.4nm before striking! Ok... so it wasn't the destroyer but the troop carrier a hundred yrds in front of it. Still, I was impressed.

Special thanks to WernerSobe for this one, his excellent sonar targeting tuturial has transformed my game. Here's a couple of shots to show my plot and the damage!

Mark 5 is where the torpedo impacted and the ruler shows the distance it travelled before wreaking havoc.

11-22-07, 01:08 PM	#1
ryanwigginton Weps Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 368 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Some manly boasting -it's good for you! Well, talk about finishing on a high. I'm in my porpoise on the way home (negative crazy sub destroying tc this time!) with one torp left when I come across 2 troop transpots and 2 destroyers. Going at one of those funny angles where you just can't catch them. I thought what the hell, lets have a go anyway. Last boat in the convoy was a destroyer, very close behind one of the troop transports. Closest I could get was about 3500yrds. I'd usually never bother at this range but I was feeling lucky. Manual targeting of course. Now or never. Torpedo in the water. It was in the water for what seemed like a life time. Then... torpedo impact!! I pop up the scope to get a visual, send a ping to check range. Anyway, with the angles, and the boats doing 15 kts turns out my torp travelled a whole 3.4nm before striking! Ok... so it wasn't the destroyer but the troop carrier a hundred yrds in front of it. Still, I was impressed. Special thanks to WernerSobe for this one, his excellent sonar targeting tuturial has transformed my game. Here's a couple of shots to show my plot and the damage! Mark 5 is where the torpedo impacted and the ruler shows the distance it travelled before wreaking havoc.