I Don't Believe This!

Seminole · 08-10-08, 09:08 PM

I set-up this ambush, point blank range shot. I fired when this small old split freighter reached about 700 yards bearing 350 degrees:

He was doing 9 knots when he spotted the first torpedo. He did an immediate hard port turn and actually combed the four torpedo wakes fired at about 3-5 second intervals!

..like you might expect a destroyer to maybe do. But a freighter?...c"m on...not at point blank range.

Luckily, I was able to do a quick 180 and fire the 2 stern tubes which caught him a fatal blow in his bow. I don't understand why he couldn't perform his almost magical manouver again. This time the torpedoes came from a much longer distance and he was already alerted to the danger...unlike before. (the bearing reads 000 because I had turned again towards him preparing a surface battle if he didn't go down when I snapped the screenie...in fact, I don't know why I took the original set up screenshot to begin with..but now I'm glad I did..I was too flabergasted ,I guess, to take one of him actually combing the wakes)

Danged but this sim sure does make it hard sometimes...but I suppose that is what keeps us interested.

Total elapsed time: 6 minutes.

Captain Courageous · 08-10-08, 10:09 PM

Warp Speed Mr. Sulu. Ah Captain.

Seminole · 08-11-08, 07:58 AM

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...more like warped speed ...I would venture...

SteamWake · 08-11-08, 09:02 AM

I always try to carry a couple of electrics for day time attacks.

Wow thats what 4 or 5 torpedos for a small split? Id be pissed too.

Seminole · 08-11-08, 09:31 AM

Nah...that don't bother me a bit. I have tonnage out the yazoo. My goal is that elusive perfect solution.. What got my goat was the "mystical" suspension of physical laws used to get the target out of harms way.

Rockin Robbins · 08-11-08, 09:38 AM

Actually Superman was aboard the freighter and ordered the course change a full 5 seconds BEFORE your first torpedo left the tube. That x-ray vision'll kill you.:rotfl:

08-10-08, 09:08 PM	#1
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	I Don't Believe This! I set-up this ambush, point blank range shot. I fired when this small old split freighter reached about 700 yards bearing 350 degrees: He was doing 9 knots when he spotted the first torpedo. He did an immediate hard port turn and actually combed the four torpedo wakes fired at about 3-5 second intervals! ..like you might expect a destroyer to maybe do. But a freighter?...c"m on...not at point blank range. Luckily, I was able to do a quick 180 and fire the 2 stern tubes which caught him a fatal blow in his bow. I don't understand why he couldn't perform his almost magical manouver again. This time the torpedoes came from a much longer distance and he was already alerted to the danger...unlike before. (the bearing reads 000 because I had turned again towards him preparing a surface battle if he didn't go down when I snapped the screenie...in fact, I don't know why I took the original set up screenshot to begin with..but now I'm glad I did..I was too flabergasted ,I guess, to take one of him actually combing the wakes) Danged but this sim sure does make it hard sometimes...but I suppose that is what keeps us interested. Total elapsed time: 6 minutes. __________________

08-11-08, 07:58 AM	#3
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	... ...more like warped speed ...I would venture... __________________

08-11-08, 09:31 AM	#5
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Nah...that don't bother me a bit. I have tonnage out the yazoo. My goal is that elusive perfect solution.. What got my goat was the "mystical" suspension of physical laws used to get the target out of harms way. __________________

08-11-08, 09:38 AM	#6
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Actually Superman was aboard the freighter and ordered the course change a full 5 seconds BEFORE your first torpedo left the tube. That x-ray vision'll kill you.:rotfl: __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

08-10-08, 10:09 PM	#2
Captain Courageous Watch Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Warp Speed Mr. Sulu. Ah Captain.

08-11-08, 09:02 AM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I always try to carry a couple of electrics for day time attacks. Wow thats what 4 or 5 torpedos for a small split? Id be pissed too.