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Hi all,
I'm wondering if someone can tell me a little bit about the warheads used in German and American torpedoes during WWII. Specifically, I'm wondering what the explosive power of Hexanite (the Kriegsmarine explosive of choice) and Torpex (USN) is in joules per kilogram. I'm trying to determine a standard frame of reference for comparing USN and Kreigsmarine torpedoes from this era. Thanks Last edited by Lokisaga; 05-11-13 at 12:13 AM. |
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![]() I can't tell you as much as I would like, but I can give you a few hints. |
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![]() Yes, they certainly thought Torpex was more powerful. I don't know the details of how it was tested, but I believe the UK conducted tests with charges detonated near scaled down "hull" sections underwater to ascertain it's effectiveness. |
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As an earlier post pointed out DD's=death to a U boot/Fleet Boat. Some would say "Oh but attacking lone merchants is no challenge", and in the game this may be true but you must consider in real life they didnt care if it was challenging or not, all they wanted was to go out, sink some ships, and make it back to their families alive, if this meant sinking unescorted lone merchants or raiding harbors and hitting them at anchor if escorts were absent there, so be it. They were more concerned about surviving to fight the war and get back home than showing how daring they were by hitting heavily escorted convoys.
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We had a discussion about this on this thread. There might be some information useful to you there.
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![]() I often play the S-class boats, and I was wondering about their engine speed options. |
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I'm surprised nobody has made mention of this. After pearl harbor the navy wanted an inland naval facility. This resulted in a naval base at Lake Pend Orielle in Idaho.
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I have a question about what the crew could and could not do during their off duty time. Did they have the run of the boat, on deck, talk to their buddies, etc or were they restricted to the crew areas?
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![]() The number of men on deck was always restricted. Otherwise, it would be too difficult to make an emergency dive, and the whole boat put in jeopardy. Beyond that, I don't know. Some of the crew, would not see the sun for the whole patrol. |
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I can't recall where it came from or where it might be here (search?), but I read somewhere recollections from crew about how things were when in a patrol area. They would run submerged all day, surfacing after sundown, diving just before dawn. The air in the boat would get very foul, it was always very hot and uncomfortable as the "air conditioning" really helped only to keep the humidity down so conditions weren't so hard on the equipment in the boat. Because of this, most of their off-hours while submerged were spent sleeping to help conserve oxygen. Also, being ex-Navy (never was a submariner though) I can tell you that between normal working hours and a rotating watch schedule, 4 hours on, eight hours off is how it works, and then there are the dog-watches, 2 hours for those, there were alot of times when my sleep schedule was so messed up it was difficult to stay awake during normal working hours. So far as the ship I was on, we could go more or less anyplace on board, though hanging out on the bridge was not really an option, but I would often take a walking tour about the ship, even passing through the engineering spaces, though staying out of the way of course. There were cat-walks running through the area with a ladder access leading up into the stack, and I would climb up there and exit via the access hatch onto the upper deck, as there was almost always a nice view to be had there, and the breeze would be cool after feeling the heat in the boiler room.
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I suppose when the alarm sounded or battlestations, everyone would be back on duty?
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