Realism question, safe distance to target and torpedo detonation

ATR-42 · 01-24-08, 11:50 AM

Okay heres one for ya, it was a first for me...
Raining like cats and dogs, dense fog, heavy seas. get a convoy on radar. but the vis is so bad i had to get within, 260 yards to ID my target! a large freighter.

I send a shallow fish out and it detonates broadside (within seconds) the ship goes up in flames with several secondary explosions simultaneously. Range still closing, i forgot to stop the motors.

at almost the exact same time my ship, at periscope depth, starts taking sever damage, all kinds of stuff, and its snowballing, now sinking...

i take a look around outside for mines, nothing. I didnt get run over.

The only thing i could think of is we were too close to the ship when the torpedo impacted. but ive never seen that happen before...and i didnt think it was modeled into the game.

Ive also read about DD's literally throwing ash cans, but ive never seen that either and theres no way they could have seen me, they were 1000+ yards away.

regardless it scared the daylights out of me and it was really cool

01-24-08, 11:50 AM	#1
ATR-42 Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 606 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 6	Realism question, safe distance to target and torpedo detonation Okay heres one for ya, it was a first for me... Raining like cats and dogs, dense fog, heavy seas. get a convoy on radar. but the vis is so bad i had to get within, 260 yards to ID my target! a large freighter. I send a shallow fish out and it detonates broadside (within seconds) the ship goes up in flames with several secondary explosions simultaneously. Range still closing, i forgot to stop the motors. at almost the exact same time my ship, at periscope depth, starts taking sever damage, all kinds of stuff, and its snowballing, now sinking... i take a look around outside for mines, nothing. I didnt get run over. The only thing i could think of is we were too close to the ship when the torpedo impacted. but ive never seen that happen before...and i didnt think it was modeled into the game. Ive also read about DD's literally throwing ash cans, but ive never seen that either and theres no way they could have seen me, they were 1000+ yards away. regardless it scared the daylights out of me and it was really cool __________________