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Post by tortugapower on Dec 30, 2015 15:00:02 GMT -6
Just a quick question, I can't remember the exact number: what is the maximum speed for launching submerged torpedoes?
Also, is it a simple true/false, or does slower speed encourage launching? Also, does firing ship's speed play a factor in torpedo accuracy?
Thanks in advance!
Tort
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Post by kyle on Dec 30, 2015 19:23:30 GMT -6
From the Steam and Iron manual: Torpedo firing is normally automated in the game, and torpedoes will be fired by your virtual torpedo officers when a suitable target is in range. Note that underwater torpedo tubes cannot be fired at a speed higher than 25 knots.
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Post by director on Dec 30, 2015 19:30:12 GMT -6
I don't think a slower speed encourages launching so much as it enables the computer to get a higher possible chance of a hit, at which point it launches. A slower target speed works just the same. Early on, torpedoes rarely strike home but later in the game they can become quite deadly. Submerged tubes are not as good for firing as a swivelable tube would be - it won't fire unless the target angle lines up exactly. And submerged tubes are a positive menace if you take a shell hit to one. Their sole advantage is that they have a reload.
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Post by tbr on Dec 30, 2015 19:37:08 GMT -6
Submerged torpedo launch should only happen at 25kn, but there are exceptions. I am not sure whether those count as bugs since those shots I can take in Captains mode at over 25kn are usually either fore/aft (aft submerged tubes should not have a speed limit for launch and any for forward tubes is debatable) or when the ship is turning and might be below 25kn within the minute turn of the shot.
In any case we should get a technology like "Gradlaufapparat" which would remove this limit. With the ability to set the course of the torpedo regardless of the direction the tube is facing the submerged tubes can be fixed in directions where speed is not an issue. That technology should also widen the launch angle...
The last submerged surface-to-surface 21inch straightrunner torpedo tubes mounted in a DD were mounted as forward and aft tubes (Hamburg class DD).
Today modern 21inch torpedo tubes on surface warships (yes new ships are being built even now with them) are fixed installations firing aft (albeit above the waterline) so that there is no speed or sea state limitation for launch and the wire hose is running directly aft.
Edit: have to correct myself, the Hamburg class tubes were fixed installations in the hull, but above the waterline, not below.
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