How big a threat are Torpedo Boats?

[Elmer Kosterman]

Merci beaucoup!

[harzfeld]

you can go flank underwater, those boats can't hear you. When I am submerged after being spotted, they got to my area where I went under, they circled slow or medium speed then flank straight overhead several times behaving like destroyers but without depth charges.

[Jimbuna]

If your surfaced they can make mince meat of sny of your watch or gun crews quite easily

[Boris]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

If your surfaced they can make mince meat of sny of your watch or gun crews quite easily

Yeah, in GWX it's just not worth the risk. The machine guns on the PT boat are enough to cause you critical damage.
In real life I would never have tangled with one at all... I'm sure the rounds from the guns would have gone straight throug the hull, and one would have had to think twice about submerging after that.

[NoMan]

But they blow up so cool.

[sergbuto]

Originally Posted by Antiacus

I was stalking a merchant last night that was being escorted by a single torpedo boat. I was stationary at peri depth & he passed within 200 meters without detecting me at night in heavy seas... I was kinda curious as to what he might try if he did spot me. I ended up banging a torpedo off the side of the merchant because i was too worried to back up & was just a hair under 300m when he passed by.

They're limited to visual detection right?

Will they attack you if they spot your periscope?

PT boats can sometimes depth-charge the player sub if the NYGM mod is used or they can attack the player sub with 'virtual' torpedoes and maybe hedgehogs if my PT-boats mod is used. Otherwise it is only gun firing.