Do ships break in half and can propellers be blown off? I havent seen it yet.

swash · 04-16-07, 04:59 PM

I've only had 2 blow in half so far. One was a medium merchant that was struck just forward of the bridge. Cargo or fuel bunker must have been set off.

The other was a gunboat at anchor in a harbor. Even at shallow setting, the torpedo will go under the hull. I set the magnetic detonator and when the torp went under the hull... BOOM

Blew it in half and almost totally out of the water. The stern sank, but the bow section floated for a while before sinking.

Quillan · 04-16-07, 05:25 PM

Something like this?

Click the picture for the link to the page, it's from the Wiki article on the Mk 48 torpedo.

d@rk51d3 · 04-16-07, 05:40 PM

A nice effect I don't recall from SH3, is the ability to disable different engines. Encountered a task force of about 12 Destroyers and 4 Cruisers (1 heavy, 3 light) and took out more than a few engines. It was funny to see them limping around on 1 prop, flahing their lights while 12+ destroyers scream around like hornets hunting for you......

....none of the cruisers ever made it home either.

Skweetis · 04-16-07, 08:06 PM

I've also shot masts off, they fall real well, and make a hell of a racket.

Donavan · 04-16-07, 08:40 PM

Yes, I crippled a Jap destroyer. Took off one of his props and waited for the convoy to abandon him. He was taking on water astern. Eventually I surfaced and deck gunned his azz. Patient rewarding revenge, he was a big meanie.

FAdmiral · 04-16-07, 09:27 PM

I've tested sinkings on one type of cargo vessel with different loadouts
on it. The cargo it is carrying DOES make a difference on how it sinks.
Ammo will break a ship in half if hit amidships every time....

JIM

richoahu · 04-17-07, 03:29 PM

heh

with the super gun mod you blow them in half almost every time ;-P

04-16-07, 05:25 PM	#2
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Something like this? Click the picture for the link to the page, it's from the Wiki article on the Mk 48 torpedo. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-16-07, 08:06 PM	#4
Skweetis Watch Officer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Cambridge, Canada Posts: 335 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	I've also shot masts off, they fall real well, and make a hell of a racket. __________________ "Is the glass half-empty? Or half-full? Either way, when you're thirsty, there's water to be had in that glass." - Neal Stevens

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FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I've tested sinkings on one type of cargo vessel with different loadouts on it. The cargo it is carrying DOES make a difference on how it sinks. Ammo will break a ship in half if hit amidships every time.... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

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04-16-07, 04:59 PM	#1
swash Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 46 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've only had 2 blow in half so far. One was a medium merchant that was struck just forward of the bridge. Cargo or fuel bunker must have been set off. The other was a gunboat at anchor in a harbor. Even at shallow setting, the torpedo will go under the hull. I set the magnetic detonator and when the torp went under the hull... BOOM Blew it in half and almost totally out of the water. The stern sank, but the bow section floated for a while before sinking.

04-16-07, 05:40 PM	#3
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,952 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	A nice effect I don't recall from SH3, is the ability to disable different engines. Encountered a task force of about 12 Destroyers and 4 Cruisers (1 heavy, 3 light) and took out more than a few engines. It was funny to see them limping around on 1 prop, flahing their lights while 12+ destroyers scream around like hornets hunting for you...... ....none of the cruisers ever made it home either.

04-16-07, 08:40 PM	#5
Donavan Seaman Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 31 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes, I crippled a Jap destroyer. Took off one of his props and waited for the convoy to abandon him. He was taking on water astern. Eventually I surfaced and deck gunned his azz. Patient rewarding revenge, he was a big meanie.

04-17-07, 03:29 PM	#7
richoahu Sailor man Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 44 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	heh with the super gun mod you blow them in half almost every time ;-P