What am I doing wrong with my eels?

Drakken · 05-08-20, 02:14 PM

Welcome to the U-boat captains's experience with torpedoes in 1940. Pre-WW2 T1 torpedoes are generally more reliable, but T2s are crapshoots until the Norwegian campaign. You can have the perfect solution for a perfect shot and still, in the end, it detonates early, bounces, or passes under without exploding. Such is life. Even passed 1940, you will have duds. Torpedoes are much more performant but still, mishaps and faulty pieces happen.

Also, always be mindful of the wind speed. Rule of thumb : Wind speed x 0.4 = minimum depth to set your torpedoes.

In rough seas (13-15 m/s) if the target doesn't have a shallow draft (6 meters and under), I set it exactly at her draft in the manual, at Slow/Magnetic, and cross my fingers... if she has a shallow draft (less than 6 meters), I do not attack at all.

05-08-20, 02:14 PM	#10
Drakken Planesman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 194 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Welcome to the U-boat captains's experience with torpedoes in 1940. Pre-WW2 T1 torpedoes are generally more reliable, but T2s are crapshoots until the Norwegian campaign. You can have the perfect solution for a perfect shot and still, in the end, it detonates early, bounces, or passes under without exploding. Such is life. Even passed 1940, you will have duds. Torpedoes are much more performant but still, mishaps and faulty pieces happen. Also, always be mindful of the wind speed. Rule of thumb : Wind speed x 0.4 = minimum depth to set your torpedoes. In rough seas (13-15 m/s) if the target doesn't have a shallow draft (6 meters and under), I set it exactly at her draft in the manual, at Slow/Magnetic, and cross my fingers... if she has a shallow draft (less than 6 meters), I do not attack at all. Last edited by Drakken; 05-08-20 at 02:30 PM.