Warming Up Torpedoes

[Trixie Hobbit]

So, it feels weird to need to point this out but warming up a torpedo like the G7e was literally a matter of powering heaters in the battery racks and warming them up to 30 Celsius. It took hours and was done in the tube.

Warming up a torpedo does not mean pulling it out of the tube and giving it a massage to get it loosened up before firing.

[Veluna]

I don't know about the warming up, but I think I remember a movie scene, where they lube the torpedo nice and slippery, before firing it.

[erichutchinson]

Hold TAB to bring up officer screen. Then under “Felix” or whoever your mechanic is direct him to begin warming up the torpedo. You can see his progress in a small bar on the bottom right part of the screen. I do this as the ships/ convoy approaches me.

[Unleashed3k]

Originally posted by m1a1cavalryman:

So, it feels weird to need to point this out but warming up a torpedo like the G7e was literally a matter of powering heaters in the battery racks and warming them up to 30 Celsius. It took hours and was done in the tube.

Warming up a torpedo does not mean pulling it out of the tube and giving it a massage to get it loosened up before firing.

He is a TORPEDO WHISPERER!!!!

How can you even question that?

And it works, they explode safer, so why question this special talent? Thank him!

^^

[Trixie Hobbit]

Originally posted by Eselain:

I don't know about the warming up, but I think I remember a movie scene, where they lube the torpedo nice and slippery, before firing it.

Sure, and that makes sense - when you put it in the tube the first time. Pulling it out again to relube it doesn't make sense, and it certainly isn't warming it up.

[Trixie Hobbit]

Originally posted by erichutchinson:

Hold TAB to bring up officer screen. Then under “Felix” or whoever your mechanic is direct him to begin warming up the torpedo. You can see his progress in a small bar on the bottom right part of the screen. I do this as the ships/ convoy approaches me.

That makes the torpedo massage start - the officer pulls the torpedo out of the tube and gives it a rub down. He does not connect the wire to warm the torpedo's batteries or flip the switch on the bulkhead to warm them up.