Torpedo Tips...

[maillemaker]

A noob question, what is the difference between impact and magnetic torpedoes? I know how it works, I mean what are the advantages and disadvantages of each of em?

Magnetic torpedoes should cause more damage, and the game documentation says that they do (there is a passage somewhere that says even a battleship can be sunk with a single magnetic torpedo shot under the keel.

The reason why they are so destructive is because

1) the force of the explosion is vented up into the belly of the ship, rather than away from the hull due to hydrostatic compression for a side impact shot.

2) by replacing the water under a ship, which supports it, with a huge bubble of gas, which does not, the hull can structurally fail.

The problem with magnetic torps in-game is that they have a tendency to pre-detonate on long-range shots. I do not believe I have ever seen one pre-detonate under 1000m, and surely not under 500m.

You can also have outright duds, if you have dud torpedoes turned on, just like with impact torpedoes.

Steve

[maillemaker]

I'll point out that the recent torpedo attack by the North Koreans seems to have been a magnetic shot.

Steve

[Sgt_Raa]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

I'll point out that the recent torpedo attack by the North Koreans seems to have been a magnetic shot.

Steve

When did this happen????