Dude it'a a dud

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

The ship was about 45 degrees to my bow at a distance of 2500m. He was doing 35knts. He slowed down a bit when he must've spotted the torp wakes. I watched through the scope as he turned quickly and the wakes drifted the entire length of the ship and pass harmlessly aft of him. Maybe it's my untrained sea eyes but I found he turned very fast. The torps were set to go at medium speed.

[FIREWALL]

I don't have the dud option clicked.

Useing Manual Targeting, My crew already knows where the "DUD" is.

[Powerthighs]

Originally Posted by DavyJonesFootlocker

The ship was about 45 degrees to my bow at a distance of 2500m. He was doing 35knts. He slowed down a bit when he must've spotted the torp wakes. I watched through the scope as he turned quickly and the wakes drifted the entire length of the ship and pass harmlessly aft of him. Maybe it's my untrained sea eyes but I found he turned very fast. The torps were set to go at medium speed.

The destroyers can definitely move unrealistically. Last night I fired a torpedo at the forward 1/4 of a sleeping destroyer at night from a range of 1700 yards. When the torpedo was within 500 yards (based on timing the torp run), the destroyer spotted it and accelerated to full speed in about 5 seconds. It was able to move almost its entire length forward from a dead stop and make the torp miss aft.

Of course, then it rammed me and split in half so I guess its six of one a half dozen of the other.

[Ducimus]

Submarine doctrine and training before the war emphasised drills and attack methods that were designed so as to minimise exposure to danger.
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I read somewhere that pre-war attacking from periscope depth was a big no-no in the USN's books, or something like that. Pre-war doctrine even taught subs to fire based on sonar bearings only

Pre war training was indeed timid. Prewar, it was etched into the minds of the skippers that a submarine could be spotted from the air when above 100 feet. Some were even taken up in a plane to demonstrate this. In essence, they were indeed trained to fire based on sonar bearings. Many of these skippers were old, and with age comes caution. So its not that they were deliberatly avoiding contact, they were mearly following what they had always been taught, with their natural inclination to err on the side of caution. As we all know, these prewar skippers were eventually replaced with younger, more aggressive captains.

America had U-Boats? Never heard that term used for US navy subs. Guess that makes Patton a panzer general too

Winston churchill said it best: "" Enemy submarines are to be called U-boats. The term "submarine" is to be reserved for Allied underwater vessels. U-boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." :rotfl:

[sqk7744]

Great post Duci!

[Digital_Trucker]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Winston churchill said it best: "" Enemy submarines are to be called U-boats. The term "submarine" is to be reserved for Allied underwater vessels. U-boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." :rotfl:

I sure do like his attitude!

[swdw]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Hehe CaptJordan....one of the parts of RFB that I love. I'm just wondering if they get better in 43' :hmm: I will have to ask SWDW if they are set up like that in the mod. I'm betting they are.

This is modeled in the torpedo sim file CCIP created for RFB. Haven't looked at the stock file. The RFB torpedo file changes the guidance systems, pistols, and some other details at specific dates changing the chances for depth problems, circle runners, duds, etc.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by swdw

This is modeled in the torpedo sim file CCIP created for RFB. Haven't looked at the stock file. The RFB torpedo file changes the guidance systems, pistols, and some other details at specific dates changing the chances for depth problems, circle runners, duds, etc.

And it works great