It's a dud - again!

[dean_acheson]

That was a great post Capn Sinky.....

I seem to remember somewhere that the depth problem was caused by the BuOrd testing the depths somewhere, Panama? New England? and the conditions in the Pacific being different, causing the torps to run deep.

Atmospherics or something like that....wish I could remember where I read that.

Originally Posted by Capn_Sinky

I have basically found that in the default SH4 and playing on Normal skill level that I have a 50%-70% failure rate for the Mark 14s. In WWII from 41 early 43 it was about this high. Most commanders have more duds than think but dont realize it. The Navy Ordinance Dept in 1942 basically told the Sub Commanders that either they were dumb or didn't take care of their torps. In some cases sub commanders had their torp crews field strip each torp before firing so they could verify that the torps inner mechanics were functioning. Course when they reported this to the Ord Dept they basically said "well that eliminates the torp, so you must be an idiot." Navy Ord Dept officials were not the most liked individuals at parties. There were several recorded instances of Jap freighters making it to their destinations with unexploded torps sticking out of the hull. Nothing ticks a sub commander off more than to risk life and limb to sneak in undetected, fire a full spread of fish, escape back to port and be called an idiot by a know nothing desk jocky.