Talk:Prototype FaT Type 95 Oxygen Torpedo Kai/@comment-27926642-20160306144135

It is NOT a homing torpedo for those not aware.. (the USN and the Kriegsmarine only had actual homing capable torpedoes late in the war and they were used in very limited role), rather it is a pattern running torpedo.

What the FaT equipped torpedo can do is make the torpedo more likely to hit vessel within a certain area by setting the torpedo to run into a pre determined pattern that cross the target area multiple times.

the torpedo simply runs in this preset pattern and has no homing capability whatsoever, it will just keep running the pattern set onto the mechanism until it runs out of fuel or hit something.

 this is very useful for firing against group of ships like a convoy of ships because by having the torpedo cross the target area multiple times and as long as the target ships enter this area, there's a good chance that eventually one of the ship will be hit..



one of the common pattern used (there are several iirc, but this was the most common one i see used)