Tactical tip

Deep-Six · 10-31-06, 01:39 AM

I do not know if anyone has posted this, but it is worth mentioning.

On my current patrol, I had the perfect angle and I stopped the engines and waited to the small tanker to approach. While that was happening, I opened the outer doors to tubes 1 and 2. When the tanker was at the perfect angle I fired both eels w/o worrying about having to wait for the outer doors to open.

What do you fellow captains do?

Kaleun_Saxi · 10-31-06, 02:10 AM

That saves maybe three to five seconds. If you only have a slow running cargo ship I don't mind, but these seconds can be valuable while attacking convois. But generally, I don't open doors myself. I have four experienced torpedo shooters to do that.

P_Funk · 10-31-06, 02:42 AM

I think I've been opening the doors before firing since the beginning, even before I heard about it from the experts. I mean in any sub movie they say "open outer doors" before they fire. That just seemed to rub off on me.

As for tips I can say always set the speed of the torpedo manually because theres a bug that sometimes makes the speed wrong. That can mess up a shot much worse than closed doors.

WhiteW0lf · 10-31-06, 02:46 AM

If you dont open the outer doors your trajectory of torpedoes will be off from your original computations, there is a discussion and tests about it in one of the threads about a year ago in here.

Deep-Six · 10-31-06, 03:39 AM

This is w/ both doors open at the same time.

I will post a pic which will say alot.

Mind you this was not a salvo shot. this was single shots.

As promised I will post a pic. (need to make one).

Warmonger · 10-31-06, 04:32 AM

I always open the tubes before I fire to have the instant and rightly calculated shot. You just have to be careful because opening an aft tube closes all forw. tubes and vice versa methinks. :hmm:

10-31-06, 01:39 AM	#1
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Tactical tip I do not know if anyone has posted this, but it is worth mentioning. On my current patrol, I had the perfect angle and I stopped the engines and waited to the small tanker to approach. While that was happening, I opened the outer doors to tubes 1 and 2. When the tanker was at the perfect angle I fired both eels w/o worrying about having to wait for the outer doors to open. What do you fellow captains do?

10-31-06, 02:10 AM	#2
Kaleun_Saxi Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 112 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	That saves maybe three to five seconds. If you only have a slow running cargo ship I don't mind, but these seconds can be valuable while attacking convois. But generally, I don't open doors myself. I have four experienced torpedo shooters to do that. __________________ Kaleun Saxi USS Drum

10-31-06, 02:42 AM	#3
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	I think I've been opening the doors before firing since the beginning, even before I heard about it from the experts. I mean in any sub movie they say "open outer doors" before they fire. That just seemed to rub off on me. As for tips I can say always set the speed of the torpedo manually because theres a bug that sometimes makes the speed wrong. That can mess up a shot much worse than closed doors. __________________ Last edited by P_Funk; 10-31-06 at 02:45 AM.

10-31-06, 02:46 AM	#4
WhiteW0lf Loader Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cyprus Posts: 82 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	If you dont open the outer doors your trajectory of torpedoes will be off from your original computations, there is a discussion and tests about it in one of the threads about a year ago in here.

10-31-06, 03:39 AM	#5
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	This is w/ both doors open at the same time. I will post a pic which will say alot. Mind you this was not a salvo shot. this was single shots. As promised I will post a pic. (need to make one).

10-31-06, 04:32 AM	#6
Warmonger Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 266 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I always open the tubes before I fire to have the instant and rightly calculated shot. You just have to be careful because opening an aft tube closes all forw. tubes and vice versa methinks. :hmm: