duds, duds and more duds

[Dogfish40]

[QUOTE=I'm goin' down;1580960]

Originally Posted by commandosolo2009

dude, the duds are normal and skippers had their share of it after so much time spent tracking and tdc'ing gyros.. If you dont want them turn them off. But you look like the realistic kind, so, bear with them till 1943

Whom are you referring to as "dude?" I hope you are not referring to me, as I, and many others, knew about the history of defective American torpedoes long before I started the thread, which was obvious as my post concluded with a "warning" to others lacking such knowledge or experience. Further, I never implied or stated that "I don't want them," as you term it, presumably meaning that I was unhappy with the high percentage of dud torpedoes.

As I predicted when I started the thread, a skipper not familiar with the issue posted a response. There is nothing better than a factual history of an attack scenario to make a point, which is how I intended to proceed.

The high ratio of duds reveals something else. My crew has learned how to hit their targets.

By the way, in TMO I don't think you can turn off Duds anyway. If you're playing TMO you're stuck with'em. That's one of the realism features that Ducimus felt must stay. I remember reading of one Subs patrol where they had something like 90% of there impacts come back as duds. And we also have to remember that the Skippers were blamed by the Bureau of Ordinance for poor marksmanship. There were some skippers that literally wanted to "throttle" anyone from the "Bureau" they came in contact with. Can you imagine the frustration, not only the frustration of not sinking ships that should have been kills but then to be blamed for it by your own navy.
Rock on "I'm goin down", Keep the posts coming.
D40