Gonna try the IX boats

[gord96]

I am a big fan of the type VII and type II boats, but want to try a type IX now. I am excited to see how many ships I can sink with so many torpedoes. What is a good time to start a career with an IXB or IXC? I am interested in some arctic patrols. Is there many Brit or American convoys up by Iceland? What about the SOviets? THanks for any info. :up:

PS. If anyone could also reccomend a nice skin for an IXB that would be great too :)

[STEED]

PS. If anyone could also reccomend a nice skin for an IXB that would be great too :)

Check out my IX Skins just click the link under my flags and good luck. :up:

Your see pictures on this thread
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=106475 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=106475)

[gord96]

very nice skins STEED. I think it will be a toss-up between your black IXB skin and Fubars rusty IXB skin. :rock:

[STEED]

Go for both I say, that way you got a choice. :)

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

all hail the black IXB skin m(. .)m

still loving it steed :rock:


Mohr

[gord96]

things are going not bad so far. First patrol with the U-64 type IXB in Febuary 41. Grid AK88 is the patrol grid. On route came across two lone tankers. Sunk one with a eel on a magnetic fuse and blew it in two. The second with the deck gun. Only about 10 shots and the tanker went up. Found a massive convoy just north of my patrol zone. Made an attempt during the day to make a run. Spotted by starboard escort. Spent 2 hours at 160m getting depth charged by 3 DD's. No damage though. Once the convoy passed surfaced to find night and made another run at the convoy. Came across them at the most perfect angle for an attack run. Just as I was going to periscope depth a flower corvette spotted me. How maddening. Spent another 2 hours getting DC'ed. Convoy had passed me by when I was making my way to the surface but picked up a faint contact far to the west. Flank speed and I came across a wounder medium tanker. It was on fire and doing 1kt. A torp into the starboard and the vessel went down. Now heading flank speed to catch up with that convoy!

So far I like the range and the fact that i still have 20 eels left. Yeah she is a pig to drive but i like it so far :up:

[Penelope_Grey]

If I were you I'd attack it on the surface and then run out of there on the surface at flank to reload then come back later.

[gord96]

surface attack! Interesting strat. The big IX boats seem fast on the surface so perhaps that will work. :rock:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

ofcourse it works :arrgh!:
i removed the name U-boat and called U-124 a warship.
i dont do anything else than surface attacks :arrgh!:


Mohr

[gord96]

do you just steam in full bore and fire of your eels and boogey out? do you worry much about the escorts or just go balls to the wall? sounds fun! :rock:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

pff... who uses torpedo's :roll:
whiping out convoys with only the deck gun :arrgh!:
even escorts dont have a chance


Mohr

[gord96]

lol. yeah right. hehe

honestly. do you find you do alot of surface attacks in the IXB?? Are you a bit more daring in that big tub??:doh:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

i only sailed in the type II and VII before i had SH3commander...
but as soon i could i took the IXB and hoped it was U-124...
i have read a book about it once... and ever since that day im addicted to U-124. :roll:
this book gave me also good information and tactics to use :rock:

then the time arrived that i had SH3commander and the type II and VII were forgotten :nope:

but if it makes feel you more gutsy or powerfull ? :hmm: to be honnest... i have no idea.

Mohr

[Canovaro]

gord69, BdU is really interested in arctic encounters. See my signature to where you can report contacts ;)

Anyway have fun, don't catch a cold over there :ping:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

lol. yeah right. hehe

honestly. do you find you do alot of surface attacks in the IXB?? Are you a bit more daring in that big tub??:doh:

you can also take a look here (one of my creations)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kXDqPxDP5TA

Mohr

[gord96]

good videos! how do you adjust your DG ammo and reload time?

thanks!:up:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

with SH3commander :up:

set the reload time to 0 seconds


Mohr

[johnno74]

with SH3commander :up:

set the reload time to 0 seconds


Mohr

Oh... the good old gattling-gun 88mm deck gun... that explains the nutty daylight harbour raids etc then.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

with SH3commander :up:

set the reload time to 0 seconds


Mohr

Oh... the good old gattling-gun 88mm deck gun... that explains the nutty daylight harbour raids etc then.

did the nutty raidings already before the gatling-(deck)gun :arrgh!:


Mohr

[danurve]

PS. If anyone could also reccomend a nice skin for an IXB that would be great too :)

Check out my IX Skins just click the link under my flags and good luck. :up:

Your see pictures on this thread
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=106475 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=106475)

This one - new mk2 look's awsome http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=582033&postcount=107

This puppie available for a type VII by any chance?

[Jimbuna]

I am a big fan of the type VII and type II boats, but want to try a type IX now. I am excited to see how many ships I can sink with so many torpedoes. What is a good time to start a career with an IXB or IXC? I am interested in some arctic patrols. Is there many Brit or American convoys up by Iceland? What about the SOviets? THanks for any info. :up:

PS. If anyone could also reccomend a nice skin for an IXB that would be great too :)

I always start from 2nd flotilla (that way you get a IXB at the beginning) :arrgh!: