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Originally Posted by Akula4745

When I first started my U-boat career in 39' it seemed all my torpedoes ran straight and true. I cannot remember a single dud in the first three patrols... but the high dud count in the 4th and current patrol (March 40') are killing me... relentless duds - as many as 3 out of 4. I have learned (with the help of the forum) what the settings mean and what I think they should be... but still having an unusually high number of duds regardless of selecting contact or magnetic fuses - also it seems to make no difference what speed setting is used... with the 37a models.

Am I missing something here? Is this a historic reality? Is there a secret I am not yet privy to? Help!

as designed

http://www.uboat.net/history/torpedo_crisis.htm