Was the XXI pointless???

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by MENTAT

And of course an advanced torpedo means an advanced counter-measure.

Measure, counter-measure, counter-counter-measure, ad infinitum.

There really wasn't anything that prevented the Allies from making a bigger and faster acoustic torpedo, it just wouldn't have been very practical to make them air-droppable from conventional long range maritime patrol aircraft. You could drop them from dedicated torpedo bombers, of course, as they were designed to carry larger torpedoes. But, that means that the 'improved' FIDO is really only available to carrier task forces, and close to the land bases.

Plus, any technique likely to work against a FIDO will likely work against it's successor, within reason.

I do wish that FIDO's were modeled in SHIII, as I would love to test out some of my ideas (realizing, of course, that simulation doesn't necessarily equal real life).

For instance, crash diving to maximum depth, then going to silent running, with perhaps a course change. Or just going to silent running once you get underwater.