Is FIDO (air-dropped homing torpedo) modelled in game or any mod ?

[Sardaukar67]

Is FIDO (air-dropped homing torpedo) modelled in game or any mod ?

http://www.uboat.net/allies/technical/fido.htm

Quite nasty:

Number of MK24s launched against submarines 204
Total number of submarines sunk by FIDO (German & Japanese) 37
Total number of submarines damaged 18
(Note: Includes five Japanese submarines sunk)

That's 25% success rate..not too shabby.

[bigboywooly]

No
lol

Air dropped torpedos arent in any mod
Yet

Who knows what the future will bring
I know Anvart and Serg were both working on an air drop fish

[Warmonger]

Luckily not. Fidos sank me soundly in Aces of the Deep.

[Mooncatt]

hehehe yeah they were very effective, we will be doomed if the model it in another patch

[peterloo]

No, my bugger

Had it been modeled, then me & you will be dead once a Allied patrol bomber / bomber pops up in the sky in 1943 ~ 1945. They own centimetric rader that locks on you, got your appoximate position and release their deadly payload, and wait to see oil sticks on the surface of the sea (to confirm a kill). Old tactices such as CRASH DIVE or AHEAD FULL+RUDDER 40 degree BOW/STARBOARD never helps you as the fish is a homing monster

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by peterloo

No, my bugger

Had it been modeled, then me & you will be dead once a Allied patrol bomber / bomber pops up in the sky in 1943 ~ 1945. They own centimetric rader that locks on you, got your appoximate position and release their deadly payload, and wait to see oil sticks on the surface of the sea (to confirm a kill). Old tactices such as CRASH DIVE or AHEAD FULL+RUDDER 40 degree BOW/STARBOARD never helps you as the fish is a homing monster

Hi!

Actually, the only thing that will help you is "All stop" since the FIDO has a passive homing seeker.

The only problem is that it puts the player in a very difficult position since you have to "all ahead full" to avoid depth charges but "all stop" to hide from a torpedo. IRL the U-boat commanders didn't have this dilemma because they didn't know about the Allied homing torpedoes....

It could be worse, though - the Allies could have the air-dropped sonobuoys (actually, air-dropped hydrophones) that they had in real life during the war....

Pablo