Torpedo improvements?

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Originally Posted by Ula Jolly

While torpedoes in DW are extremely easy to hear, this does of course not apply to torpedoes in the real world, at least not in general from what I know.
The Seawolf is quite the silent bastard, I reckon (how many times has my Kilo met the bottom? Lost count.), so I was thinking, "Why don't they make the torpedoes equally silent?".

Could anyone answer that? And what is it that makes the Seawolf so quiet? Links to information would be rather splendid, too.

First, torpedoes are not made to be silent because it simply isn't tactically significant for them to be quiet. A 65 knot torpedo coming behind you from 3kyd to 6kyd yards doesn't give you much time to detect and react to the incoming threat. Your next question should be how the threat go within that range to begin with.

Second, the Seawolf is so quiet due to advancements in sound silencing technology. Submarines have inherent sources of noise and it is these sources (also known as noise offenders) that have been the focus of improved engineering since before WWII. A more specific answer will be too technical for me to provide.

A visit to your local library should reveal some decent books about the topic. I have also run across a book, see link.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...348970-5471260

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