I hate external reserves!!!

[Ian_L]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

How i manage my torpedos, from a type IX fanboy:

If its a single ship, i use my stern tubes and save my bow for multiple targets. Then bring in the aft external ASAP. I'll do this until i expended all of my aft external stores.

If i run into another single ship, ill use my stern tubes again. Saving the bow for multiple contacts. I'll do this until i have expended all of my aft internal stores, leaving the last aft fish in the tubes for emergencies.

Then, regardless of contact, ill use my bow tubes, and bring in external stores ASAP.

Then after more contacts, ill use my forward internal stores. At some point i will have 6 loaded tubes and no more reserves.

Aft tubes again get priority if a single contact. Oncee all aft tubes are empty, ill use the bow tubes again.

At some point im out of torpedo's, and at no point do i have fish in the aft torpedo room, and none in the bow.

That's a good strategy (although I don't know in real life if they would bring in the external reserves several times like that. The boat is in such a vulnerable position IRL - can't dive - that probably they would just do it once).

It's funny that this topic comes up, because just last night I came across a fast moving surface group (21kts!) in BE61 in october 39, with one carrier and at least one king george, and I only had torpedoes left in the rear tube in my type VII! ... man was I cursing myself for not using a strategy like yours!

For those interested, I managed a shot at the carrier at about 3500 m, missed, and had to dive deep to evade the destroyers (hence why I am unsure about the number of battleships, but I think I saw two).

Happy hunting!

Ian