Someone Please Explain This...

[SilverGhost]

I'm 13 days into Patrol 5 GWX, late Feb, 1941, very light seas and dusk...ideal conditions. Came across a small convoy protected by a Hunter I and armed trawler.

Getting into postion I notice that the Hunter is taking hits from an unseen source. I nail the medium merchant in the convoy...armed trawler now comes over and wants to be my friend...I put up with it for awhile and then put a stern tube shot down his throat.

The Hunter is in a world of hurt, crippled and knows I'm there, but can't do anything about it. I surfaced and took him and the rest out with the deck gun.

I did not see any other vessels in the area and certainly no a/c. I'm not complaining, it was great fun...but what happened?

[AVGWarhawk]

Um, not sure of your question....a/c at dusk..sometimes but not all the time. Perhaps there was luftwaffen aircraft in the area and it just happened to be one of those dusk times a/c show up? Other than that I do not know who was shooting. Sometimes the AI get confused and will hit each other.

[SilverGhost]

Warhawk...you understood the question, I think. I was aking why a Hunter was getting flamed by an unseen attack...best way to describe it.

I suppose it was possible that a careless deck watch chucked a cigarette into a oily rag bucket and things got out of hand...

[U-104]

a mine?:hmm:

[SilverGhost]

This was in Grid square BE 34...don't think it was a mine. It was definately getting thumped from above. Never saw anything like this before...won't bitch if it happens again either!

[AVGWarhawk]

I have seen AI shoot each other for some unknown reason. That was an issue in the vanilla version.

[SilverGhost]

I have seen AI shoot each other for some unknown reason. That was an issue in the vanilla version.

Outstanding! The AI has a bipolar disposition on occasion!

[AVGWarhawk]

I have seen AI shoot each other for some unknown reason. That was an issue in the vanilla version.
Outstanding! The AI has a bipolar disposition on occasion!

Maybe they be pissed at each other....I saw the sub first! No I did...:doh:

[bigboywooly]

May have been an AI sub
Or the Luftwaffe has got off its fat @ss to help out

[AVGWarhawk]

I suggested Luftwaffen but he said no planes. It is the twilight zone:roll:

[Letum]

Its often very hard to spot planes if your crew don't see them first. Almost impossible through the periscope.