Damn the torpedoes!

Laconic · 11-19-09, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by WEBSTER

i find if you pull up close to it like 300-500m you can make sure every round is in a different spot and below the waterline to reduce the number of shots needed

I did that once in 1.4, shooting at point-blank range. Unfortunately, the tanker I was shooting at blew up rather than sink, and my boat was so close that it was almost sunk as well (about 70% damage). Ever since, I've kept a wary distance from targets. Even at that range, though, the gun crew managed to do a decent job, missing only one or two shots.

Edit- And in that screen, even though it looks like the shell is short, you can see the fire blossom where it connected underwater.

Armistead · 11-19-09, 11:10 PM

hate circle runnners. Just started playing again and lost 3 patrols in a row to circle runners. Dang things hitting at periscope depth, even when I set them to 5 feet...

sergei · 11-20-09, 05:53 AM

After a few scares I now switch to the hydrophone after firing and do a quick sweep around the angle I was firing the torps on.
You can clearly hear if the torpedoes are running straight or if one is circling round.
Picked up a few circle runners that way, dived and evaded them.

Armistead · 11-20-09, 11:59 AM

Well, the good thing about them is they will often take out a DD. Not a bad defensive weapon. They go in a circle over you and along comes a DD on a run and gets hit. Always fun to sink them that way. Wish I could just set one to run in a circle and dive deeper, course better if it's a M18 so they don't evade, but they rarely miss if a DD is making a run.

Ducimus · 11-20-09, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sergei

After a few scares I now switch to the hydrophone after firing and do a quick sweep around the angle I was firing the torps on.
You can clearly hear if the torpedoes are running straight or if one is circling round.
Picked up a few circle runners that way, dived and evaded them.

Can you hear it? Arguably the most famous phrase ever uttered by a soundman in WW2. No, it's not "depth charges in the water".....

it's, "Torpedo's running hot, straight, and normal!

11-20-09, 12:10 PM

I'm seeing a lot of those happening lately. Lost my boat last career because of two in a row.

Started new career yesterday, and sure enough, second attack, third torpedo veers off and decides to 'come home'.

Managed to avoid that time, but damn it's crazy having to wonder if 1/3 of all torpedoes that leave the boat are going to come back!

Were circle runners really that prevalent? I thought it was quite rare?

Ducimus · 11-20-09, 04:20 PM

It's random. There's a 1.5 to 2% chance of it occuring if i remember correctly.

G2B · 11-20-09, 10:24 PM

Not another one of these bad JU-JU threads, after the last circle runner thread I had one within a couple days that left me a sitting duck outside enemy harbour with engines destroyed and batteries at 25% and a thousand mile to get home

The bright spot is I'll get to install TMO 1.9

Prophet · 11-20-09, 10:28 PM

What I like to do with the deck gun, and what usually works, is to open up a vertical gash beneath the stack with about 3 AP rounds, then put 5-7 HE rounds directly into the gash. It seems to work pretty consistently.

I'd almost like there to be a torpedo rudder control in order to induce a circle runner for the same reason Armistead said. That would be pretty handy in a tight situation, especially if it's from the aft tubes!

11-20-09, 12:10 PM	#6
Sevrin Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Circular I'm seeing *a lot* of those happening lately. Lost my boat last career because of two in a row. Started new career yesterday, and sure enough, second attack, third torpedo veers off and decides to 'come home'. Managed to avoid that time, but damn it's crazy having to wonder if 1/3 of all torpedoes that leave the boat are going to come back! Were circle runners really that prevalent? I thought it was quite rare?

11-20-09, 10:24 PM	#8
G2B XO Join Date: May 2009 Location: Guam, I think Posts: 420 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Not another one of these bad JU-JU threads, after the last circle runner thread I had one within a couple days that left me a sitting duck outside enemy harbour with engines destroyed and batteries at 25% and a thousand mile to get home The bright spot is I'll get to install TMO 1.9 __________________

11-19-09, 11:10 PM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	hate circle runnners. Just started playing again and lost 3 patrols in a row to circle runners. Dang things hitting at periscope depth, even when I set them to 5 feet...

11-20-09, 05:53 AM	#3
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	After a few scares I now switch to the hydrophone after firing and do a quick sweep around the angle I was firing the torps on. You can clearly hear if the torpedoes are running straight or if one is circling round. Picked up a few circle runners that way, dived and evaded them.

11-20-09, 11:59 AM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Well, the good thing about them is they will often take out a DD. Not a bad defensive weapon. They go in a circle over you and along comes a DD on a run and gets hit. Always fun to sink them that way. Wish I could just set one to run in a circle and dive deeper, course better if it's a M18 so they don't evade, but they rarely miss if a DD is making a run.

11-20-09, 04:20 PM	#7
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	It's random. There's a 1.5 to 2% chance of it occuring if i remember correctly.

11-20-09, 10:28 PM	#9
Prophet Seaman Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 33 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	What I like to do with the deck gun, and what usually works, is to open up a vertical gash beneath the stack with about 3 AP rounds, then put 5-7 HE rounds directly into the gash. It seems to work pretty consistently. I'd almost like there to be a torpedo rudder control in order to induce a circle runner for the same reason Armistead said. That would be pretty handy in a tight situation, especially if it's from the aft tubes!