Oil tankers doubt!

[sabretwo]

Originally Posted by BasilY

Hitting fuel in cargo area doesn't necessarily lead to explosion. See Mythbuster regarding the myth about shooting at a gas tanks. For there to be an explosion, the fuel/air mixture must be in the right range. Different type of fuel is also important, Crude is not too combustible, even fuel oil such as diesel need the right condition to explode, where as kerozene will really get the fire work started quite quickly.

True. But mythbusters is a poor source on this one. There's a big difference between damage incurred on a vessel as a result of underwater explosion than shooting a firearm projectile at a gas tank. If you look at many previous incidents involving external underwater explosions against oil tanker hulls (LTTE attack on the MV Silk Pride, AQ attack on the MV Limburg, etc.), the explosion usually rips open the hull and ignites the combustible cargo...very nice fire, but rarely an explosion.

[BasilY]

Originally Posted by sabretwo

True. But mythbusters is a poor source on this one. There's a big difference between damage incurred on a vessel as a result of underwater explosion than shooting a firearm projectile at a gas tank. If you look at many previous incidents involving external underwater explosions against oil tanker hulls (LTTE attack on the MV Silk Pride, AQ attack on the MV Limburg, etc.), the explosion usually rips open the hull and ignites the combustible cargo...very nice fire, but rarely an explosion.

Like I said, It is quite unlikely the cargo itself will explode. Fire on the other hand is the most likely result. But in SH3/GWX high temperature fuel fire doesn't sink ships.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

it really comes down to how the modders set up the tankers cargo.

Precisely