Reducing the number of torpedoes carried

[Marcello]

Originally Posted by rudewarrior

Hi W-B,

Hmmm...

Looks like the info that Marcello put up didn't make it into my JFO! Mod.

I have added it in for v 2.1, which I will release after I've racked up a few corrections. I have already been correcting some small mistakes here and there. La vache helped with the German version, and the post he put up made it into the mod. Fortunately so far, it's only been small errors, and this one works out to be another small error.

The only reason I am mentioning this is that you might want to take this mod just a step or two further.

Specifically, on 30 Apr 1943, u-boats stopped carrying torpedoes in the external slots. Then on 7 May 1943, they started allowing the IXD2 to carry a full complement of external torpedoes and IXC's that were "operating in the south" to carry six externals. All other boats (including all other IXC's) were no longer carrying any external torpedoes. This was because depth charge attacks were causing depth stability issues in the boats.

Just some more info to work in as well.

Also, I might add that the info I am getting suggests that there was an incompatibility between the setting mechanisms of LUT and FAT torpedoes. Therefore it might be advisable to replace the current loadout of the XXI with LUT torpedoes.
Personally I would go for something like this:
1) 2 TV
2) 4 TI LUT
3) 14 T III LUT
Somebody else mileage might vary though.