Your best TDC shots?

CCIP · 04-18-07, 10:55 AM

Just wondering how well some of the other captains who use manual TDC have done? :p

I've had two really good ones to brag about so far.

- I was running in the Sulu sea in windy weather, submerged at 150ft for the day - sonarman picks up a warship contact and I come up to take a look. Eventually I spot a minelayer in the distance; I'd surface, but I already know he's going to spot me, and if I spend too long chasing him, I'll get attacked by aircraft. I do what I can to catch up on his position without surfacing, and manage to get to about 2800 yards (or is that meters?) off him.
So, I guess his speed to be 10kt, set up two solutions, and fire off tubes 1 and 2. Really thankful for the stadimeter there - it'd be impossible to calculate a solution without it in that weather

I watch him steaming by for two and a half minutes, the timer on my stopwatch seems to run out... so I give up, order down scope and jack up the time compression. As soon as I do, the game jumps out of time compression with "torpedo impact" and "enemy unit destroyed"

I raise the scope in time to watch the second torpedo slam into the sinking hulk. A good 4000t kill

-Second one was last night - at night time, I came across a pair, a Shiratsuyu destroyer followed by a subchaser. I could only get so close to them before submerging; but they never noticed me.
Again, guessing their speed to be about 10kt, I see that they're not going to get very close and it wouldn't be worth wasting many torpedoes - but I can't let the chance go! So, I set up a solution at 2200 yards, and fire a single torpedo at the destroyer.
About two minutes later, with nothing happening, I'm about to order "down periscope", when all of a sudden there's a brilliant flash and the enemy destroyer breaks in two. Subchaser leaves, tail between legs

Your sinkings, please

AVGWarhawk · 04-18-07, 11:02 AM

Best solution I have had was a large composite freighter. I was 1500 yards off for the solution. The TDC was set up DEAD PERFECT. I had my scope down and just watched my TDC until I reached party time....this means 1500 yards or closer. I let my 3 fish go. Sat and watched the timer. Two direct hits and one dud. The best part...TDC dead on and no scope to watch, just fired when the best possible situation showed itself on the TDC while submerged and scope down. The TDC is awesome if you have solution as perfect as you can get it.

I just wish my men would cheer

NefariousKoel · 04-18-07, 11:14 AM

Last night I started a new career on USS Sturgeon out of Cavite.

My first target.. didn't go so well. I fired 2 fish at the Maru from about 1800yds. The first blew up at about halfway to the target. The second (contact det) passed barely aft. I had forgot to update the range/bearing before firing the last of the two.

Fired 1 more fish and it too exploded prematurely. In frustration I surfaced and shot him all to hell with the deck gun. Good thing he was unarmed.

My second Maru, same type as the first, was .. interesting. Fired 2 fish.. one blew up prematurely and the other was "a dud sir". Boy, this early war Mark 14 sucks.:p The third fish struck right under the bridge. After getting a good look, he didn't seem to be armed, so I surfaced and finished him off.

My best of the night:
Third encounter was a Shiratsuyu destroyer and a trailing Minesweeper/Subchaser(?).
I targeted the Destroyer and fired 1 fish from a long shot of about 3000 yds - my longest shot so far. Struck under the funnel and exploded in a nice big fireball. Sank in no time. I boogied out of my firing spot since the angry little Minesweeper seemed to have Depth Charges but never got close enough to me. After it gave up looking for me, I surfaced and put some deck gun shells into him at 4400 yds while he was trying to close with me. Poor minesweeper never made it.

Overall my best was hitting a Kongo from ~1200 yds with all 4 forward fish and seeing absolutely massive secondary explosions from a certain one. It went down fast.

Bilge_Rat · 04-18-07, 11:37 AM

my best so far was in the "Phillipines Sea" mission, 100% realism.

After spending a long time avoiding the escorts. I finally wound up behind the TF with a stern view of the three carriers moving away.

The last Shokaku class carrier was 2,000 yards away at a bearing of 330 moving away to the left. I had been tracking the TF by periscope and sonar, so I already had a pretty good idea of the speed and the course which allowed me to input the correct AOB.

I fired all six bow tubes, two on the solution, two 1 degrees to the right and two 1 degrees to the left. 5 out of 6 torpedoes hit and the carrier went down.

partly luck though, my average is usually about 1 in 3 with manual TDC.

Cakewalk · 04-18-07, 12:23 PM

About 1200 yards, 100% realism. Most of my TDC inputs are usually guesses, though, so I usually miss unless I'm at that range or under.

AVGWarhawk · 04-18-07, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cakewalk

About 1200 yards, 100% realism. Most of my TDC inputs are usually guesses, though, so I usually miss unless I'm at that range or under.

Close the gap brother!!!! Get your kill!!!!

The closer the better for me also!

Keelbuster · 04-18-07, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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Originally Posted by Cakewalk

About 1200 yards, 100% realism. Most of my TDC inputs are usually guesses, though, so I usually miss unless I'm at that range or under.

Close the gap brother!!!! Get your kill!!!!

The closer the better for me also!

Aye - I always try to get under 1000m, and ideally fire from 500m. This way if you don't know the speed, even a wild guess will do.

04-18-07, 10:55 AM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Your best TDC shots? Just wondering how well some of the other captains who use manual TDC have done? :p I've had two really good ones to brag about so far. - I was running in the Sulu sea in windy weather, submerged at 150ft for the day - sonarman picks up a warship contact and I come up to take a look. Eventually I spot a minelayer in the distance; I'd surface, but I already know he's going to spot me, and if I spend too long chasing him, I'll get attacked by aircraft. I do what I can to catch up on his position without surfacing, and manage to get to about 2800 yards (or is that meters?) off him. So, I guess his speed to be 10kt, set up two solutions, and fire off tubes 1 and 2. Really thankful for the stadimeter there - it'd be impossible to calculate a solution without it in that weather I watch him steaming by for two and a half minutes, the timer on my stopwatch seems to run out... so I give up, order down scope and jack up the time compression. As soon as I do, the game jumps out of time compression with "torpedo impact" and "enemy unit destroyed" I raise the scope in time to watch the second torpedo slam into the sinking hulk. A good 4000t kill -Second one was last night - at night time, I came across a pair, a Shiratsuyu destroyer followed by a subchaser. I could only get so close to them before submerging; but they never noticed me. Again, guessing their speed to be about 10kt, I see that they're not going to get very close and it wouldn't be worth wasting many torpedoes - but I can't let the chance go! So, I set up a solution at 2200 yards, and fire a single torpedo at the destroyer. About two minutes later, with nothing happening, I'm about to order "down periscope", when all of a sudden there's a brilliant flash and the enemy destroyer breaks in two. Subchaser leaves, tail between legs Your sinkings, please __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

04-18-07, 11:02 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Best solution I have had was a large composite freighter. I was 1500 yards off for the solution. The TDC was set up DEAD PERFECT. I had my scope down and just watched my TDC until I reached party time....this means 1500 yards or closer. I let my 3 fish go. Sat and watched the timer. Two direct hits and one dud. The best part...TDC dead on and no scope to watch, just fired when the best possible situation showed itself on the TDC while submerged and scope down. The TDC is awesome if you have solution as perfect as you can get it. I just wish my men would cheer __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-18-07, 11:14 AM	#3
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Last night I started a new career on USS Sturgeon out of Cavite. My first target.. didn't go so well. I fired 2 fish at the Maru from about 1800yds. The first blew up at about halfway to the target. The second (contact det) passed barely aft. I had forgot to update the range/bearing before firing the last of the two. Fired 1 more fish and it too exploded prematurely. In frustration I surfaced and shot him all to hell with the deck gun. Good thing he was unarmed. My second Maru, same type as the first, was .. interesting. Fired 2 fish.. one blew up prematurely and the other was "a dud sir". Boy, this early war Mark 14 sucks.:p The third fish struck right under the bridge. After getting a good look, he didn't seem to be armed, so I surfaced and finished him off. My best of the night: Third encounter was a Shiratsuyu destroyer and a trailing Minesweeper/Subchaser(?). I targeted the Destroyer and fired 1 fish from a long shot of about 3000 yds - my longest shot so far. Struck under the funnel and exploded in a nice big fireball. Sank in no time. I boogied out of my firing spot since the angry little Minesweeper seemed to have Depth Charges but never got close enough to me. After it gave up looking for me, I surfaced and put some deck gun shells into him at 4400 yds while he was trying to close with me. Poor minesweeper never made it. Overall my best was hitting a Kongo from ~1200 yds with all 4 forward fish and seeing absolutely massive secondary explosions from a certain one. It went down fast. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

04-18-07, 12:23 PM	#5
Cakewalk Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 212 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	About 1200 yards, 100% realism. Most of my TDC inputs are usually guesses, though, so I usually miss unless I'm at that range or under. __________________ Its not a bug... its a feature!

04-18-07, 11:37 AM	#4
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	my best so far was in the "Phillipines Sea" mission, 100% realism. After spending a long time avoiding the escorts. I finally wound up behind the TF with a stern view of the three carriers moving away. The last Shokaku class carrier was 2,000 yards away at a bearing of 330 moving away to the left. I had been tracking the TF by periscope and sonar, so I already had a pretty good idea of the speed and the course which allowed me to input the correct AOB. I fired all six bow tubes, two on the solution, two 1 degrees to the right and two 1 degrees to the left. 5 out of 6 torpedoes hit and the carrier went down. partly luck though, my average is usually about 1 in 3 with manual TDC.