Falke torps

[Dietrich]

Originally Posted by AirborneCZ

so whats the best range to fire them??? max/min?

and whats their turning capability and max speed??

T-IV Falke = 20 kts, T-V and T-XI Zuankönig = 24 kts

Turning capability is about 100m turning radius. But that's just a rough guess. I've not measured it.

If the destroyer is approaching and you fire them at 400m, they will arm and eventually hit, but that may be too late for you. If the destroyer is receeding, then it may be that it's moving faster than 20 (or 24) kts.

For an approaching DD, I would fire between 1000 and 1200m. For a receeding one, then 400m is okay, but I'll try and estimate the speed first.

Sometimes I'll deliberately make some noise, having fired one, just to get the DD to slow down to listen for me again, just so the T-IV will catch up with it. Sometimes, if I can get it to go from 31 kts down to 11 kts, it will get me a kill. Depends on the DD, of course. Some of them are more prone to being killed by acoustic torpedoes than others.