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Offline redcatcherb412

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Re: Can you kill a PT with a torp?
« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2014, 01:41:42 PM »
I have launched all 4 torps then criscrossed in front of and over the torps visible in the water with nothing happening.  I know I know, but I was bored at the time and you can't land a PT anyway.
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Re: Can you kill a PT with a torp?
« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2014, 01:51:08 PM »
you can't land a PT anyway.
Yes you can, and it's easier now with the new GV control system. 

You have to be either in a port, or next to the CV group, meaning REAL CLOSE...  All you have to do is hit shift-S and the PT will slow down, and stop completely.  You can tell when you are stopped because speed is zero, and engine goes to idle.  Then end sortie... 

(Notice I said possible, not "easy"..)
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Re: Can you kill a PT with a torp?
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2014, 07:01:30 AM »
I know you can hit pt from pt because I was trying to torp a cv group and every time I dropped them another friendly would up and my torps would hit them blowing the torps up.

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Re: Can you kill a PT with a torp?
« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2014, 01:05:37 AM »
Putting torps into a CV if there is a 5" is very hard.  You either need to live to get in close enough to hit (which is far from guaranteed and usually you don't survive that far in), or you need to drop from way out and have very lucky aim (or be dead head on with the TG not maneuvering).

Without a 5" gunner (such as in Scenarios and "This Day in WWII" special events), it is quite possible.




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Re: Can you kill a PT with a torp?
« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2014, 07:17:45 AM »
Yes, or at least we used to be able to kill PT's with torps.

I've done it many times but only under two condition.
1.  With a large mission of Ju88 formations
2.  Deack the carrier first.
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Re: Can you kill a PT with a torp?
« Reply #20 on: October 04, 2014, 10:13:10 AM »
I have killed pt boats with torpedos, but rockets are much faster. Torpedos are really slow and if the pt boater driver happens to see it he can easioy avoid it.

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Re: Can you kill a PT with a torp?
« Reply #21 on: October 04, 2014, 10:31:52 AM »
If I had a gun with 3 bullets and I was locked in a room with Bin Laden, Hitler, Saddam and Zipp...  I would shoot Zipp 3 times.

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Re: Can you kill a PT with a torp?
« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2014, 01:09:50 AM »
Cool animated gif, Rob!  :aok

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Re: Can you kill a PT with a torp?
« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2014, 01:39:34 AM »
Thanks, that was myself, redbull, dzz400, reaper, gazoo I think.

We deacked the boat with 190 F's after taking out the support ships.  Couldn't get any uppers so we came back with TBM's.  Still no uppers so Gazoo and DZZ400 landed on the boad, still no uppers so we sunk it.
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