Question about torpedo mines

CCIP · 01-27-12, 08:04 PM

VIID is what it's called. It has vertical tubes for it, and you should put load the mines ONLY in those, otherwise they will indeed blow you up. For other boats, you should ignore them and never try to load them.

These are the biggest VIIs you can get, cause they have a separate 10m compartment added specially for the mine tubes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...rine#Type_VIID

I can't remember exactly when that sub is available, but look around it on the flottilla lists. I believe you can only start a new career with it - you don't get offered one as a transfer in the regular careers. It's a special career for it that Lurker designed - haven't tried it yet, but seems like a pretty cool idea!

Soviet Creeper · 01-27-12, 09:14 PM

I tried it. Pretty fun, if you ask me

gi_dan2987 · 01-27-12, 11:13 PM

plop goes a mine....plop goes another mine.....plop goes another mine....
Oh yeah, now that's what I call hunting like a boss.

TorpX · 01-27-12, 11:38 PM

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plop goes a mine....plop goes another mine.....plop goes another mine....
Oh yeah, now that's what I call hunting like a boss.

While they lack the instant gratification of the usual torpedo, anti-shipping missions, they have a certain educational value. A lot of submarine war patrols were rather boring and unproductive affairs.

gi_dan2987 · 01-27-12, 11:47 PM

That's what I read in Herbert Werner's book Iron Coffins. Weeks at sea and zero contacts, then a day of sheer terror followed by more weeks at sea with nothing. I can totally see how that might be taxing on the crew. I still wonder how they slept cramped in those tight quarters for weeks on end.

TorpX · 01-28-12, 12:17 AM

What impressed me even more, is the fact that some members of the crew, never left the interior of the boat during the entire patrol. This was true for the US boats too.

01-27-12, 08:04 PM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	VIID is what it's called. It has vertical tubes for it, and you should put load the mines ONLY in those, otherwise they will indeed blow you up. For other boats, you should ignore them and never try to load them. These are the biggest VIIs you can get, cause they have a separate 10m compartment added specially for the mine tubes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...rine#Type_VIID I can't remember exactly when that sub is available, but look around it on the flottilla lists. I believe you can only start a new career with it - you don't get offered one as a transfer in the regular careers. It's a special career for it that Lurker designed - haven't tried it yet, but seems like a pretty cool idea! __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

01-27-12, 09:14 PM	#2
Soviet Creeper Planesman Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the corner of shame Posts: 187 Downloads: 143 Uploads: 0	I tried it. Pretty fun, if you ask me __________________ I used to be a huge submarine guy but now I'm a huge submarine girl ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

01-27-12, 11:13 PM	#3
gi_dan2987 Weps Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 359 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	plop goes a mine....plop goes another mine.....plop goes another mine.... Oh yeah, now that's what I call hunting like a boss.

01-27-12, 11:47 PM	#5
gi_dan2987 Weps Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 359 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	That's what I read in Herbert Werner's book Iron Coffins. Weeks at sea and zero contacts, then a day of sheer terror followed by more weeks at sea with nothing. I can totally see how that might be taxing on the crew. I still wonder how they slept cramped in those tight quarters for weeks on end.

01-28-12, 12:17 AM	#6
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	What impressed me even more, is the fact that some members of the crew, never left the interior of the boat during the entire patrol. This was true for the US boats too.