Magnetic torpedo question

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by kapuhy

The idea was for it to arm while being under enemy ship (200 meters range to target's stern and then the entire length of a ship before torpedo leaves magnetic field, so with big ships it should hit 300 meters mark while still inside the field).

That is true of impact shots as well. Two hundred yards is a bit close, but if it's a trailing shot there's a chance that it will work. As long as the torpedo travels the required 300 yards before getting to the target it will arm.

After spending 2 weeks in a raging storm and watching convoys go by I became kind of desperate.

I know the feeling. I just played an August '39 start in SH3, and after two months at sea I returned home with exactly one kill. I'm currently in an early war mission with SH4 and OM, and it's starting to look like the same thing. Patience, my son.