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03-01-19, 06:22 AM | #1 |
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Did I just witness...
...a Polish sub torpedoing German task force?
Baltic Operations, 1.09.2019, I spot Schleswig-Holstein training battleship with 2 destroyers. While looking at them through binoculars (still only stacks and superstructure visible over horizon), suddenly there's an explosion on one of the destroyers. I assumed they were duking it out with Polish destroyers that were supposed to be in area, but after approaching I haven't found any Polish DD. What I did find was a hydro contact, fast sounding screw but apparently very slowly following German task force. Nothing was visible on surface in this direction though. |
03-09-19, 11:20 PM | #2 |
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Yes, most likely they did get attacked by a Polish sub. I remember once during a new playthrough I ended up spotting a sub. in the area and even ended up sink it it after many tries. It turned out to be a Polish sub.
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04-02-19, 04:33 AM | #3 |
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you mean this one?
i found it the other day in the same AO and similar circumstances. It didn't engage the german surface group (which i also had lurking about), but i stumbled on it while patrolling, and managed to take a pic. It definitely looks like a british U-class, one of which was passed on to poland (although much later, around the end of 1940). I had assumed it was a british sub keeping an eye on things but it might represent some other earlier polish model in game. Or maybe it is indeed a british sub but was engaged by mistake by german ships in your game? |
04-02-19, 05:41 AM | #4 |
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The results when you watch AI units are unpredictable, it's totally possible that the german units get attacked by planes or subs. Yes, there are polish subs in the aerea, I have spotted isolated ones more times, they are very hard to shoot and sink, so I will refrain next time, it's a vaste of torpedos...
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04-02-19, 01:16 PM | #5 |
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04-03-19, 02:39 AM | #6 |
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Nice picture n3uro! Reminds me of stories of nuclear submarines stalking each other during Cold War...
And yes, the U-Class subs in Baltic Operations represent 5 Polish submarines that historically were there as part of Plan Worek. These were not really U-Class subs of course but Silent Hunter 5 lacks models for any other Allied submarine. |
04-03-19, 10:05 AM | #7 |
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