Aiming the T2 tanker

Jimbuna · 10-03-09, 12:32 PM

As per KC......most importantly, learn from the experience.

melnibonian · 10-03-09, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

As per KC......most importantly, learn from the experience.

Good Advice

Usually I sink Tankers with one torpedo of running depth 1m and shooting at the area close to the first set of masts. Nevertheless each of us has found his own little tricks, so good luck and good shooting

Shearwater · 10-03-09, 07:07 PM

Newbie question: How do you place your shots that accurately? I'm glad if my torpedoes actually go the way they're intended, usually it's a few degrees to the side (and I don't know why).
Luckily, I've just downed a juicy T-3 with one eel (broke its back). I'm currently off the Northern Irish coast. It's such a peasouper up there that I can't make out any targets until they're 500m in front of me

It all goes so quickly that I'm lucky if I can get a shot at them at all, let alone aim for a specific part of the ship.

Fluffysheap · 10-03-09, 08:52 PM

It's easier when the ship is stopped and the weather is calm or moderate. Then the torpedo will hit just about exactly where you aim it. It's also quite doable when you have a perfect shot lined up, say 1000m at a 90 degree AOB with speed accurately known. In bad weather, with hurried firing solution, and an imperfect angle, things are much harder and it's good just to score a hit. But, sometimes this is the only choice the enemy gives you.

10-03-09, 12:32 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,543 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	As per KC......most importantly, learn from the experience. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-03-09, 07:07 PM	#3
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Newbie question: How do you place your shots that accurately? I'm glad if my torpedoes actually go the way they're intended, usually it's a few degrees to the side (and I don't know why). Luckily, I've just downed a juicy T-3 with one eel (broke its back). I'm currently off the Northern Irish coast. It's such a peasouper up there that I can't make out any targets until they're 500m in front of me It all goes so quickly that I'm lucky if I can get a shot at them at all, let alone aim for a specific part of the ship.

10-03-09, 08:52 PM	#4
Fluffysheap Bosun Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 63 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	It's easier when the ship is stopped and the weather is calm or moderate. Then the torpedo will hit just about exactly where you aim it. It's also quite doable when you have a perfect shot lined up, say 1000m at a 90 degree AOB with speed accurately known. In bad weather, with hurried firing solution, and an imperfect angle, things are much harder and it's good just to score a hit. But, sometimes this is the only choice the enemy gives you.