M14 Arming Distance?

Dignan · 10-17-10, 07:44 AM

Had a frustrating encounter last night. Lined up a Dick Okane attack on a merchant convoy of 3 vessels in heavy seas, heavy fog and cloud cover. Daylight. Set up about 500 yards off of the target course line. I fired three torpedoes at the first ship and three at the second. Never got a "dude report" from the SO but when I went to the attack map. All six torpedoes were shown on the map as not moving at about the target course line. My guess is that they never armed but did make contact with the targets.

I was under the impression that arming distance was around 400 yards? Is it actually 500 or longer?

10-17-10, 07:44 AM	#1
Dignan Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 698 Downloads: 262 Uploads: 0	M14 Arming Distance? Had a frustrating encounter last night. Lined up a Dick Okane attack on a merchant convoy of 3 vessels in heavy seas, heavy fog and cloud cover. Daylight. Set up about 500 yards off of the target course line. I fired three torpedoes at the first ship and three at the second. Never got a "dude report" from the SO but when I went to the attack map. All six torpedoes were shown on the map as not moving at about the target course line. My guess is that they never armed but did make contact with the targets. I was under the impression that arming distance was around 400 yards? Is it actually 500 or longer?