What's your torpedo efficiency?

Trav_R · 11-18-05, 04:44 AM

I don't know if anyone calculates their torpedo efficiency or not, but I think it's a pretty useful statistic to keep track of. Basically, you look at your total tonnage sunk, and divide by the number of torpedoes launched This gives you the average amount of tonnage sunk per torpedo. I wonder how much attention the Germans paid to this particular statistic in WWII, since torpedoes were expensive. You would think that they would want to know about how much tonnage they are getting per torpedo. Either way, it's useful to you as the captain to guage how well your patrols are going, torpedo-wise. You may sink twice as much tonnage in your new Type IX, but are you really doing any better than you were in your Type II?

So far, after 12 patrols, my average tonnage sunk per torpedo is 1540. Heavy fog really screws up my average, as I either miss or I don't hit critical areas, which means I need more torpedoes to sink the target. In nice weather, of course, I do a bit better.

So, what's your average?

11-18-05, 04:44 AM	#1
Trav_R Ensign Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What's your torpedo efficiency? I don't know if anyone calculates their torpedo efficiency or not, but I think it's a pretty useful statistic to keep track of. Basically, you look at your total tonnage sunk, and divide by the number of torpedoes launched This gives you the average amount of tonnage sunk per torpedo. I wonder how much attention the Germans paid to this particular statistic in WWII, since torpedoes were expensive. You would think that they would want to know about how much tonnage they are getting per torpedo. Either way, it's useful to you as the captain to guage how well your patrols are going, torpedo-wise. You may sink twice as much tonnage in your new Type IX, but are you really doing any better than you were in your Type II? So far, after 12 patrols, my average tonnage sunk per torpedo is 1540. Heavy fog really screws up my average, as I either miss or I don't hit critical areas, which means I need more torpedoes to sink the target. In nice weather, of course, I do a bit better. So, what's your average?