Torp questions

[overlord247]

I FINALLY can hit after numerous redos. I find that I send one more than necessary fish to sink a ship. How to avoid that? When to use the deck gun?

The other question is can you sub aft for fore torps? As a newbie, I prob tend to over-use the fish instead of using the deck gun. Part of the problem is I am engaging ships in rough waters. Bullets can' go underwater!

TIA!

Lee

[overlord247]

I FINALLY can hit after numerous redos. I find that I send one more than necessary fish to sink a ship. How to avoid that? When to use the deck gun?

The other question is can you sub aft for fore torps? As a newbie, I prob tend to over-use the fish instead of using the deck gun. Part of the problem is I am engaging ships in rough waters. Bullets can' go underwater!

TIA!

Lee

[hward1983]

Overlord,
Each skipper has their own way of approaching situations, but I usually try to use a couple fish to slow the vessel down. Then if necessary fire more fish to sink her or surface and blow her out of the water with the deck gun. The only time I usually use the deck gun is if there are no warships around. A 3 inch or 4 inch deck gun is no match for the amount of artillery a destroyer can throw down on you.

Unfortunately torpedoes cannot be moved from aft to fore torpedo room. It was a grueling enough task getting the torpedoes below deck none the less moving them from stern to bow.
Engaging ships in rough waters can be a problem for torpedoes and the deck gun. Of course the game allows for use of the deck gun by ordering your gun crew to their deck gun no matter the conditions, but in reality the loss of a crew member this probably wouldn't have bee the case. Although bullets don't travel well under water, explosive rounds just need to hit to cause damage. Same with armor piercing. Hopefully this helped you out.

Good hunting!
Howard

[snavesuk]

SOP is to fire more fish than you `need`. That way you can fire a fan or staggered salvo, and still have a good chance of bracketing the target, even if it alters course or speed or spots your torpedo tracks.

It was very common for three or even four fish to be fired at medium sized targets. Remember, the aim was to sink ships, and reduce the enemies ability to wage war and resupply, and it really makes no difference how many fish you use so long as you get the job done.

Also early in the war, the rate of failure on the Mk14 was so bad that often the only way to ensure ONE torpedo actually went off was to fire four.

Ironically, one of the major limitations of the Japanese submarine war effort was that they did have complex restrictions in standing orders on precisely how many torpedoes to fire at any given ship type. This resulted in many allied ships being able to scuttle away even after being struck, as the Japanese bushido code forbade coming back to issue the coup de grace, as to do so would break the rules on the number of torpedoes expended on any given target.

Welcome to reality!