Author Topic: PT boat info (Read 171 times)

VWE001 · « **on:** April 03, 2002, 09:56:55 AM »

Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

PT-328

PT-103 class Motor Torpedo Boat:
Displacement: 38 tons
Length: 80'
Beam: 23'
Draft: 5'
Speed: 41 knots
Armament: 4 21" XIII torpedoes in 2 tubes; 1 20mm, 2x2 .50 cal mg
Complement: 17
3 4M2500 12-cylinder Packard gasoline engines; 1,200 hp
Built at ___ and commissioned 1942-45

Just incase anyone ever saw the number on the PT boat and wondered what it represented.

Dingy · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2002, 10:08:59 AM »

Hey this brings about a question I got....

If it has 4 torps in only 2 tubes, wouldnt that mean that you could only fire two at a time before the tubes were reloaded and made ready to fire again?

Is that modeled in the sim?

-Ding

VWE001 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2002, 10:28:16 AM »

Well I see 2 diagrams but that may be a typo, should be 4 tubes.
And now for something really different... http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mandm/PT103mod.htm

Ripsnort · « **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2002, 10:31:43 AM »

Related threads going back a couple years...
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=27201&referrerid=3203

WBHoncho · « **Reply #4 on:** April 03, 2002, 10:31:54 PM »

Couldnt PT's put up a smoke screen too?

LtHans · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2002, 02:17:22 AM »

Yes, they do. Our PT boat has that smoke generator on the back (that metal tube with the nozzle), and HiTech and Pyro did try to make it work....

....and couldn't. They've never gotten back to it as far as I know. Not a big loss in my book at any rate. I would rather they work on other things like 2D treelines for the ground instead.

Hans.

unix · « **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2002, 10:26:58 AM »