what the heck are these things?!?!

[otacon237]

I see them on nearly every ship in the game! at least the mid to higher tiers. what the heck are they?! they look like torps with little outrigger wings and a tail

 

[Unabletony]

Paravanes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravane_(weapon)

[MrDeaf]

man, you'd think with the amount of times this comes up, we'd get a warship FAQ or something by now.

[otacon237]

Paravanes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravane_(weapon)

 

​ahhh cool! but wouldn't the ship towing them be in danger of hitting a mine? or are they too deep for that?

[Goose21891]

Paravanes

[Unabletony]

 

​ahhh cool! but wouldn't the ship towing them be in danger of hitting a mine? or are they too deep for that?

They were used along with minesweepers.

[Lampshade_M1A2]

I'm more concerned about the completely exposed AA guns on the turret of that thing. That must be one hell of a ride.

[RivertheRoyal]

I'm more concerned about the completely exposed AA guns on the turret of that thing. That must be one hell of a ride.

 

Is Russian. No need for silly American "Safety". Stalin will protect us. 

[_Sp1d3r_]

 

Is Russian. No need for silly American "Safety". Stalin will protect us. 

 

Think they come with swings now

[Slayer_Jesse]

Well, I learned something today.

[RedSeaBear]

Remember folks any ship can be a mine sweeper Once. 

 

[Adm_Nate_Ellis937]

Remember folks any ship can be a mine sweeper Once. 

 

Hey, then my Indianapolis can be a "shark sweeper" .

[RivertheRoyal]

 

Hey, then my Indianapolis can be a "shark sweeper" .

 

Too soon man, too soon. 

[tcbaker777]

 

Hey, then my Indianapolis can be a "shark sweeper" .

 

too soon, your punishment is.......

[Sir_Davos_Seaworth]

551 days Premium?!?!

 

[BlazerSparta]

I'm more concerned about the completely exposed AA guns on the turret of that thing. That must be one hell of a ride.

 

Not in real life, which the appearance of the ship is presumably based on.

 

Ships fighting other ships and CV aircraft at the same time is a myth.

 

The probability of needing the main batteries and the AA batteries simultaneously was effectively zero, so using the real estate on top of the main batteries to place more AA makes perfect sense.

[otacon237]

551 days Premium?!?!

 

​a lot of it is from WOT and then I got a bunch with the holiday crates

[atPrick__]

UFO Torpedoes

[Admiral_Thrawn_1]

 

​a lot of it is from WOT and then I got a bunch with the holiday crates

 

wait you can transfer preoum from one game to the next?

[otacon237]

 

wait you can transfer preoum from one game to the next?

 

​WOT, WOWS and WOWP all share the same premium time. and WOT/WOWP share gold but doubloons are unique to WOWS.

[Sir_Davos_Seaworth]

 

​a lot of it is from WOT and then I got a bunch with the holiday crates

Ah! Didn't know they did that over there...awesome!

 

UFO Torpedoes

 

UFOs OP! please nerf, errrr....phone home!

[twitch133]

They were used along with minesweepers.

 

Paravanes were minesweepers...

 

Forgive the crappy paint drawing, it was the best that I could come up with in short order. Paravanes were actually sacrificial devices. They would capture the anchor chain for the mine. Then drag it downward and away from the ship. Detonating the mine when it contacted the paravane. Edit.... I believe that sometimes it would detonate the mine, but it was designed to cut the anchor chain, so the mine would float to the surface, were it could be destroyed with artillery or small caliber guns. (Such as 12.7mm or 76.2mm AA guns.)

 

Something like this:

 

[Quelia]

Speaking of " What the heck are these?" What are these balls that are on the Tirpitz, Bismarck and similar ships? Did they have something to do with radar?

[twitch133]

Speaking of " What the heck are these?" What are these balls that are on the Tirpitz, Bismarck and similar ships? Did they have something to do with radar?

 

Those are range finders.

 

I know the little wings on them are optical range finders. But i am not sure if they had any kind of radar range finding equipped in them.

[Tigermaus]

 

Paravanes were minesweepers...

 

Forgive the crappy paint drawing, it was the best that I could come up with in short order. Paravanes were actually sacrificial devices. They would capture the anchor chain for the mine. Then drag it downward and away from the ship. Detonating the mine when it contacted the paravane. Edit.... I believe that sometimes it would detonate the mine, but it was designed to cut the anchor chain, so the mine would float to the surface, were it could be destroyed with artillery or small caliber guns. (Such as 12.7mm or 76.2mm AA guns.)

 

Something like this:

 

 

 

Why is the space triangle attacking the spaghetti monster?

 

hahaha