Which type of detonator do you prefer? - Page 3

Alyebard · 03-09-06, 05:49 AM

Magnets under keel with calm weather or rough angle of impact, impact with bad weather or AOB=90Âº.

Kpt. Lehmann · 03-09-06, 12:19 PM

The exploding kind!

(sorry I couldn't resist)

Impact 2-3 meters deep... requires less thought/planning and minimizes exposure time.

Keelbuster · 03-10-06, 12:40 PM

I use impact for the first shots of a convoy attack - all aimed at weakpoints, electric torps, maximum surprise. When teh ships start to swerve and evade, I use keel shot (magnetic pistol) fast steam torps to make sure i score a crippling blow on swerving targets.

sunvalleyslim · 10-02-07, 12:20 AM

I perfer the impact, but sometimes it just blows the condum all to hell..........

joea · 10-02-07, 06:41 AM

sunvalley just stop it!

*Cocks shotgun*

SmokinTep · 10-02-07, 06:51 AM

Rough weather.........impact, good weather.....magnetic.

Sailor Steve · 10-02-07, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Voted "I always miss"; actually I used only magnetics until 1940, when the Powers That Be removed them all from service. I will start using them again when BdU allows them back into service-1942, I think, but I'll check again before I start using them.

Was that all magnetic torpedoes or just the electrics? I'd thought the only problem was with the depth keeping thingie (scientific term) on the electric eels (biology term) ??

So i've been keeping with all steam & letting the others figure out what the problem is with the new ones.

Or was it a problem with mags in rough waters prematurely....well you know...
? :hmm:

It was all torpedoes. The magnetic pistols had problems the further north you were, and gave them just as many headaches as the Americans got from theirs. Also best evidence indicates that there was no 'switch' which could instantly turn it on or off - the magnetic head seems to have been removeable, but that was the only way to change it.

I also use whatever the correct time period dictates.

View Poll Results: Which type of torpedo detonator do you prefer?
Magnetic	33	30.00%
Impact	31	28.18%
Depends on the weather	37	33.64%
I don't know - I always miss	9	8.18%
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03-09-06, 05:49 AM	#31
Alyebard Medic Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Girona - Catalunya Posts: 164 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Magnets under keel with calm weather or rough angle of impact, impact with bad weather or AOB=90Âº. __________________ Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse Navegar 'es necessari. Viure no

03-09-06, 12:19 PM	#32
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,993 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	The exploding kind! (sorry I couldn't resist) Impact 2-3 meters deep... requires less thought/planning and minimizes exposure time. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

03-10-06, 12:40 PM	#33
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I use impact for the first shots of a convoy attack - all aimed at weakpoints, electric torps, maximum surprise. When teh ships start to swerve and evade, I use keel shot (magnetic pistol) fast steam torps to make sure i score a crippling blow on swerving targets. __________________

10-02-07, 12:20 AM	#34
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	I perfer the impact, but sometimes it just blows the condum all to hell.......... __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

10-02-07, 06:41 AM	#35
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	sunvalley just stop it! Cocks shotgun

10-02-07, 06:51 AM	#36
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Rough weather.........impact, good weather.....magnetic.