A few ships ( Mahan, Udaloi) have a mix of side- and centerline-mounted torpedoes, allowing them to fire a large salvo on one side followed by a smaller one on the other. This gives them more flexibility than side-mounted launchers, though it may take a few precious seconds to traverse from one side to the other. Centerline: Found on most destroyers, these launchers can fire to either side of the ship, generally with good arcs.Ships with this configuration tend to carry more total torpedoes, though they can only fire at most half in a single direction at a time. Side: The most common configuration, these launchers can fire only to one side of the ship, with a varying arc size-some can fire close to directly forwards to close to directly backwards ( Admiral Graf Spee), some can fire in a moderate side arc (most cruisers), some only side-backwards (Japanese cruisers of Tier 6 and above), and some only in a narrow side arc ( Mutsu).There are roughly four types of mounting configurations: Royal Navy cruisers and destroyers (except Campbeltown) and Commonwealth destroyers instead have a choice between a narrow spread and firing torpedoes one at a time. Generally the narrow spread is more useful when attacking specific ships. Pressing the torpedo select key when they are already selected toggles between a wide spread and a narrow spread. If an enemy ship is targeted, a white cone shows the angle at which the torpedo spread will hit the center of the enemy ship, provided it maintains its current speed and heading.
The traverse rate of torpedo launchers is generally quite fast, but finite. The desired aim direction is shown with a red line. If no arc is showing on selecting torpedoes, the torpedo armament has been incapacitated.Ī highlight shows the current direction and spread of the launcher. The inner edge of the arc indicates the minimum arming distance of the torpedoes. Overlapping arcs are shown with a dashed line. The arc will be green if the corresponding launcher is loaded, or yellow if it is still reloading. When torpedoes are selected (default key 3), the firing arcs of the torpedo launchers will be shown.
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