Various questions related to target distance

Onkel Neal · 02-19-20, 08:42 AM

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- What is a reasonable range to successfully fire a torpedo and consistently hit? I prefer to close to within 1200m, anything farther and I use a spread.

- What is your strategy for getting close enough to the target under diesel before submerging with full batteries and air tanks? The most effective is the end-around tactic, you drive your sub on the surface at Full Speed, passing around the convoy, staying far enough away that you can barely see them so they cannot see you. Then once you get out ahead of their track, you cross over in front, slow and submerged and let them come to you.

I suspect that I have been trying to get too close to the targets before firing.

02-19-20, 08:42 AM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Welcome to Subsim. - What is a reasonable range to successfully fire a torpedo and consistently hit? I prefer to close to within 1200m, anything farther and I use a spread. - What is your strategy for getting close enough to the target under diesel before submerging with full batteries and air tanks? The most effective is the end-around tactic, you drive your sub on the surface at Full Speed, passing around the convoy, staying far enough away that you can barely see them so they cannot see you. Then once you get out ahead of their track, you cross over in front, slow and submerged and let them come to you. I suspect that I have been trying to get too close to the targets before firing. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web