Torpedo failures - weather related. - Page 3

GJO · 04-16-14, 03:53 AM

I recently started a new career in SH3 with GWX and Hsie's V16b patch. On my first war patrol all but one of my 14 torpedoes failed to detonate -the 13 duds just sailed right under their targets despite my careful attention to depth setting. These were all G7a types fired from a range of between 450 and 500 metres.

Being somewhat disappointed, I decided to research the available facts and found that during the early war years, a 30% failure rate was experience but, nevertheless, the G7a was regarded as the more reliable torpedo choice. Having said that, I have been unable to find any evidence to suggest that the depth keeping ability of these torpedoes was affected adversely by the sea state since failure seemed to occur equally in relatively calm water - the early failure appears to have been blamed on excess pressure in the (depth keeping) balance chambers which caused the torpedoes to run too deep and defective firing pistols which resulted in either premature detonation or failure to detonate on impact. Both faults could have been partially compensated for by using impact pistols and setting the torpedo to run shallow as was ordered.

None of the above would have caused the 93% failure rate that I had in the game so I have concluded that my preference for attacking in adverse weather conditions conflicts with the torpedo failure model imposed by Hsie's V16b patch. I have therefore deselected the "Torpedo failure fix" and have re-run my first war patrol in which I suffered just three torpedo failures and one that missed its target completely and I think this is possibly a more realistic result? All comments and suggestions welcome . . .

04-16-14, 03:53 AM	#1
GJO Engineer Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: On the Oxford Canal in England Posts: 202 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Torpedo failures - weather related. I recently started a new career in SH3 with GWX and Hsie's V16b patch. On my first war patrol all but one of my 14 torpedoes failed to detonate -the 13 duds just sailed right under their targets despite my careful attention to depth setting. These were all G7a types fired from a range of between 450 and 500 metres. Being somewhat disappointed, I decided to research the available facts and found that during the early war years, a 30% failure rate was experience but, nevertheless, the G7a was regarded as the more reliable torpedo choice. Having said that, I have been unable to find any evidence to suggest that the depth keeping ability of these torpedoes was affected adversely by the sea state since failure seemed to occur equally in relatively calm water - the early failure appears to have been blamed on excess pressure in the (depth keeping) balance chambers which caused the torpedoes to run too deep and defective firing pistols which resulted in either premature detonation or failure to detonate on impact. Both faults could have been partially compensated for by using impact pistols and setting the torpedo to run shallow as was ordered. None of the above would have caused the 93% failure rate that I had in the game so I have concluded that my preference for attacking in adverse weather conditions conflicts with the torpedo failure model imposed by Hsie's V16b patch. I have therefore deselected the "Torpedo failure fix" and have re-run my first war patrol in which I suffered just three torpedo failures and one that missed its target completely and I think this is possibly a more realistic result? All comments and suggestions welcome . . .