Another noob question

peabody · 03-02-08, 02:23 AM

Thank you, appreciate the answer.

Peabody

NavalSquirrel · 04-07-11, 08:54 PM

Ok, I know this question is old as heck but does anyone have any new info on it? When the crew says "Torpedo in the water" that it cleared the tube. I launched three at a tin can and I eyeballed all three in and nothing. Next two I sent after the blasted thing did a good job and sunk it.

kylesplanet · 04-07-11, 09:50 PM

They won't explode if you are too close. I'm trying to remember but it's 300-400 yards in the stock game.

Hylander_1314 · 04-07-11, 10:43 PM

400 yrds is the run they need to arm the warhead. After that, they are hot fish in the water.

TorpX · 04-08-11, 01:05 AM

IDK about the game, but in RL the arming distances were different for the mk 10 and the mk 14. About 300 or 400 yds IIRC. Torpedos armed in the tubes would have invited catastrophe.

The "reach" was actually the distance the torpedo went before it started turning, and is not the same as the arming distance.

IDK about how the "torpedo in the water" crew message works, but presumably indicates that it is running and can be tracked by sound (as opposed to just sinking). It would be nice if the sound operator track it and report "torpedo running hot, straight and normal", so you would know.

03-02-08, 02:23 AM	#1
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04-07-11, 09:50 PM	#3
kylesplanet Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 629 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	They won't explode if you are too close. I'm trying to remember but it's 300-400 yards in the stock game. __________________

04-07-11, 10:43 PM	#4
Hylander_1314 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2006 Location: 5 Miles Inland West Of Lake Huron Posts: 1,936 Downloads: 139 Uploads: 0	400 yrds is the run they need to arm the warhead. After that, they are hot fish in the water. __________________ A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. -John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ---------------------

04-08-11, 01:05 AM	#5
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	torpedo arming IDK about the game, but in RL the arming distances were different for the mk 10 and the mk 14. About 300 or 400 yds IIRC. Torpedos armed in the tubes would have invited catastrophe. The "reach" was actually the distance the torpedo went before it started turning, and is not the same as the arming distance. IDK about how the "torpedo in the water" crew message works, but presumably indicates that it is running and can be tracked by sound (as opposed to just sinking). It would be nice if the sound operator track it and report "torpedo running hot, straight and normal", so you would know.

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04-07-11, 08:54 PM	#2
NavalSquirrel Watch Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 19 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Ok, I know this question is old as heck but does anyone have any new info on it? When the crew says "Torpedo in the water" that it cleared the tube. I launched three at a tin can and I eyeballed all three in and nothing. Next two I sent after the blasted thing did a good job and sunk it.