Torpedo choice, against ships, and submarines, passive or active sonar?

[Maddog1944]

Hi there,

i have sometime trouble to choose the perfect Torpedo against Uboat or Ships, is there a list from Torpedoes of the game where it says

class XX Torpedo against Ships
class XY against Uboat
Class XZ against Tanker, slow targets etc

the Akula K284 has these Torpedoes:

with a wire:

TEST 71M (use well against ships or Uboats?)

USET-80
active or passive Seeker
have a search (zick zack pattern)
can be adjusted to go "deep", "straight level" or "up" afther shoot


65-76
they go against ships
no search pattern, means - they go "Straight" and search for the target?
(passive Seeker?
(use them Against ships)


SSN16 for what is this type?
used it 2 times, but did not hit anything

MG-74
This is the "Corrund" DECOY, means it makes Noises as a "Decoy" Torpedo

to attract target-seeking torpedoes, very good with massive torpedo danger, if there are no other evasive options.

SSN-21, a Uboat based cruise Missile against Ground Targets

[(KRA)Gray Wolf 3rdX0]

I dont have any mods but normal torpedos all the way. I dont even use the 48s in 68. I like the seacker torpedos. I think the 48s are good if a DD is coming right at you like in Silent hunter 2 and up.

[DeciNinja]

I don't know the characteristics of torpedoes in the mod you're using, so I can't say anything about the torpedoes, except that the 65-76 is a big 65 cm torpedo (most are 53 cm) designed for sinking big ships with its increased explosives.

SS-N-16 and SS-N-15 are anti-submarine missiles. They go out of the water, fly to the point you aimed them at, and drop a small torpedo. To use them, you need to know the target's range while it is outside the missile's minimum range, which is not always possible. However, they arrive much faster than torpedoes, so the target can't counterattack or evade.

MG-74 (and the similar US MOSS) are good for fooling torpedoes, but also good for making anti-submarine aircraft attack the wrong place.

[KirbyMirror2]

TEST-71s are very valuable at killing submarines. They are the best weapon for them.

You can use SS-N-16s to force American submarines on the defensive. They’re only for submerged targets. And they have to be close to the target submarine to lock on.

USET-80 is pretty effective against subs at closer ranges with a proper spread. Using passive should make it more difficult for noisemakers to fool them as well. It’s really good for self-defense against surface vessels and attacking supply vessels at closer ranges thanks to wake-homing sensor.

The 65-76 is best used on capital ships like the Iowa and Nimitz because their wakes are very wide. 65-76 is not as good at wake homing against smaller wakes compared to other wake-homing torpedoes.