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sea conditions vs torpedo attack
Posted by:
ACR
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Date: April 07, 2015 11:41PM
hello gents !
do you have some informations up to which weather / waveheight a torpedo attack could be performed , further what maximum swells could be accepted to try using the deck gun ?
i understand high sea raised the risk of surface runners on the torpedos , and rolling waves over the foredeck surely excluded the use of the deck gun , but with the low freeboard of a submarine as well the limited depthsetting of the torpedos with contact detonators i would guess any attack was limited to only fair weather , making the uboats many times useless espacially in the north atlantic.
am i correct ? do you have reports about succesful attacks in heavy seas ?
best regards
do you have some informations up to which weather / waveheight a torpedo attack could be performed , further what maximum swells could be accepted to try using the deck gun ?
i understand high sea raised the risk of surface runners on the torpedos , and rolling waves over the foredeck surely excluded the use of the deck gun , but with the low freeboard of a submarine as well the limited depthsetting of the torpedos with contact detonators i would guess any attack was limited to only fair weather , making the uboats many times useless espacially in the north atlantic.
am i correct ? do you have reports about succesful attacks in heavy seas ?
best regards
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sea conditions vs torpedo attack | ACR | 04/07/2015 11:41PM |