Torpedo salvos

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by fisherstoys1

Hi there
Question today is getting your torpedoes to not hit the same spot.
I have tried the salvo but I really dont get much in response.
Is this because you cannot select the tubes to salvo or do you set the spread and then fire you fish.
I am running Opmonsun on its own right now,
it has been great to have one Atlantic fight and a secound Pacific side. The prime double agent.

There is something else I noticed that the US torps are much less effective than when I was runnnig just 1.4.

Grant

The US did not have a salvo option, they fired torpedos as individual shots.However, there are two methods.

One is what was the traditional.Say you want to fire three torpedos at a mid sized freighter.For max coverage you fire one at middle of target(MOT), one forward, say a forward mast, and one to the aft area.Find range and get a bearing on middle of target(MOT), send to TDC and FIRE1 Then using the spread knob on the TDC, adjust it the appropriate degrees forward(which would be starboard in this example situation if attacking from starboard side at a 90 degree angle, if attacking from port then would adjust the knob to port to send the fish forward of MOT, obviously) The number of degrees forward of course depends on length of the target.After adjusting the knob, fire two.Then adjust the knob a few degrees in opposition direction and FIRE 3 to send torpedo to target.May take some practice but this works and from my understanding was the more traditional method use by US subs, esp in earlier years of war.Of course make sure the PK(Position Keeper) is on as it keeps the bearing, range , and AOB updated.This was the major advantage US TDC's had over other nations.

The method I use is different and I find it more accurate.I got the idea to use this after reading Admiral Richard O Kane's books about his time on Wahoo and the Tang.Under Morton on Wahoo(and later on Tang under O Kane) shots were fired using new bearings.So find range and send bearing for middle of target, FIRE 1.Then move the scope crosshairs over the forward mast, send new bearing, FIRE 2.Then move crosshairs over desired point aft, FIRE 3.The torpedos really are aimed as individual warshots here.

Hope this helped.