Sub vs sub

[PureHydro]

How can you fire a torpedo at another sub say at 50 metres depth. Its done in the movies, but is it practical in this game?

[The cursed Jäger]

IRL you don't. And in the game are no hostile submarines.

[Adam]

You could do it with the acoustic homing torpedo, I think.

[Cattan]

The only way to accurately combat another sub in a WW2 context is on the surface or periscope depth. As a submarine yourself, you have no way to accurately determine another boat's depth. If you were to simply guess it, you might be able to engage with a torpedo but your accuracy and firing condition probably wouldn't allow the use of impact triggers and you would have to use a magnetic trigger. However those might struggle to detonate properly on a small submarine as they are meant for larger ships with bigger magnetic fields.

Short answer: No.

[SpaceBikerV]

First off, this sounds like a mod because there are no enemy submarines in the stock game

Second, there has only been ONE case of a submarine sinking another submarine while both are submerged. See HMS Venturer vs U-864. The movies don’t represent reality, normally

Most of the time, submarines sink other submarines while one is surfaced and unaware of the other sub, which is underwater

[kimdownunder]

Originally posted by PureHydro:

How can you fire a torpedo at another sub say at 50 metres depth. Its done in the movies, but is it practical in this game?

You can’t. It simply wasn’t possible in WW2. And in the game there are no enemy subs anyway.
Get COLD WATERS if you want sub v sub action.

[VipreRX]

Originally posted by Adam:

You could do it with the acoustic homing torpedo, I think.

These boats can't fire below 20m if I'm not mistaken. It's just not possible during the time period.

[GrinderX9]

But the thing with acoustic torpedo is still a bit intresting. I guess it could be done if you spot a sub on the surface, fire a hominc torp and if the enemy dives it could hitt it under water even if it have dived a few meters. Or most likely ww2 torpedoes only went at presett depth. But sub to sub was possible only a short time after the war.

[Adam]

Another thread talks about how the acoustic torpedo can dive fairly deep in this game (though it's reportedly not realistic).