Good torp tactics, or am I just lucky?

vek73 · 01-09-08, 10:57 AM

Quick background: I am new to SH4, and am on the 3rd patrol of my first career. I was wondering if my success was b/c of legit tactics which I thought I would share, or just luck, or both? (running 1.4 w/ no mods on 'Hard', if it makes a difference).

I've read that I will find a lot of dud torps pre-43, but to my success I haven't been experiencing much of an issue with it yet. I read that crushed firing pins or bad angles would cause duds frequently, so I figured, shouldn't keel shots using 'contact influence' negate this issue?? I've read about 'cont. inf.' torps having some early detonation issues or something, and that if you go too deep you can obviously go right under the ships, but haven't witnessed this yet?

I've been successfully sinking most large passenger/cargo ships with 2 torps each, with about a 1 degree spread?? (1 notch), on contact influence and 15ft depth. No deck gun assistance, and more importantly no duds or running too deep. I must have found their sweet spots because most times the ships at first show no visible fires or extensive damage, the suspense hits in and you consider another torp, but then you gradually notice that the whole ship is slowly up ending and i just grin as it takes a dive.

01-09-08, 10:57 AM	#1
vek73 Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good torp tactics, or am I just lucky? Quick background: I am new to SH4, and am on the 3rd patrol of my first career. I was wondering if my success was b/c of legit tactics which I thought I would share, or just luck, or both? (running 1.4 w/ no mods on 'Hard', if it makes a difference). I've read that I will find a lot of dud torps pre-43, but to my success I haven't been experiencing much of an issue with it yet. I read that crushed firing pins or bad angles would cause duds frequently, so I figured, shouldn't keel shots using 'contact influence' negate this issue?? I've read about 'cont. inf.' torps having some early detonation issues or something, and that if you go too deep you can obviously go right under the ships, but haven't witnessed this yet? I've been successfully sinking most large passenger/cargo ships with 2 torps each, with about a 1 degree spread?? (1 notch), on contact influence and 15ft depth. No deck gun assistance, and more importantly no duds or running too deep. I must have found their sweet spots because most times the ships at first show no visible fires or extensive damage, the suspense hits in and you consider another torp, but then you gradually notice that the whole ship is slowly up ending and i just grin as it takes a dive.