Falke torps

[_Seth_]

Originally Posted by AirborneCZ

yeah but if they are homing that should mean you dont need to put the data like speed of target and its distance into TDC???

You can use the TDC, but its not necesarry. The torpedo has to approach the target within a fair distance to pick up the propeller/engine noise. If the ship is too far away, the torpedo wont find it.

[bigboywooly]

IIRC they dont arm for 400m
Then they go for the loudest sound

Dont let it be you :rotfl:

[peterloo]

You are lucky to be the beta- testers. This shows that you service is excellent and appriciated by Bdu

However, this may also mark your approach of the end of your career if you use SH3 Commander and turn on "realistic career length". Bdu won't risk your life by asking you to patrol again , but be a teacher and teach in Naval school, or even promote you to Admiral

Their best use is against DDs which had discovered you and running straight towards you. With ordinary T1/T2/T3, they either bounce off the ship / evaded by the DDs

It rocks!!! I've tried it many times in 1943~1944 (still cannot go to 1945)

[AirborneCZ]

You can use the TDC, but its not necesarry. The torpedo has to approach the target within a fair distance to pick up the propeller/engine noise. If the ship is too far away, the torpedo w

so whats the best range to fire them??? max/min?

and whats their turning capability and max speed??

Dont let it be you

well never happened as I was never really able to hit anything with them--->not even myself especially

but be a teacher and teach in Naval school, or even promote you to Admiral

being bdu i wouldnt risk sending myself to threaten cadets future with me by teaching them lol

[Dietrich]

Originally Posted by AirborneCZ

so whats the best range to fire them??? max/min?

and whats their turning capability and max speed??

T-IV Falke = 20 kts, T-V and T-XI Zuankönig = 24 kts

Turning capability is about 100m turning radius. But that's just a rough guess. I've not measured it.

If the destroyer is approaching and you fire them at 400m, they will arm and eventually hit, but that may be too late for you. If the destroyer is receeding, then it may be that it's moving faster than 20 (or 24) kts.

For an approaching DD, I would fire between 1000 and 1200m. For a receeding one, then 400m is okay, but I'll try and estimate the speed first.

Sometimes I'll deliberately make some noise, having fired one, just to get the DD to slow down to listen for me again, just so the T-IV will catch up with it. Sometimes, if I can get it to go from 31 kts down to 11 kts, it will get me a kill. Depends on the DD, of course. Some of them are more prone to being killed by acoustic torpedoes than others.