Deck gunning troop transport

[ichso]

:dead:
I just sunk a 8k BRT troop transport with my deckgun only as being out of torps and already on my way back to port.

It was the very early morning, calm see and clear weather.
But that ship looked really like a small merchant.
But then it started firing back with 3 deck guns at us. Just one hit.

But anyhow I decided not to dive but stay surface and bring some kilometers between us and the transport quickly.
Showing it our rear side it hadn't much stuff to aim for too.

Then we turned and started to head directly for it again at a distance of ~3000km.
So we gave it a really hard to hit target but the transport acted as a giant flare. So good for us.

After throwing half of our deck gun ammo at it it finally sank.

Quite risky that choice, I know. But in that case it seems as it was the right one.
Perhaps I should be a little more cautious in the future though :roll:.

[CapZap1970]

It's for those occasions that I always keep 1 or 2 torps, I call them the "just in case..." torps :up:
CapZap

[ichso]

Actually I had 2 ones left but both missed. I still don't know why :oops:.

[papa_smurf]

You were VERY lucky not to get sunk, as even a merchant with 1 gun can cause serious damage to your sub - I know from experience. I tend not to use my deck gun in those situations - its just too risky.
Good job no aircraft were called in, then you would be in BIG trouble.

[Brag]

I ended up with a hull integrity of 20%, batteries destroyed, unable to dive after a little encounter with one of those troopies. We barelly managed to crawl back to Lorient.

You were very lucky.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

i take out those basterds with the DG. :arrgh!:
just flank right towards them .
the smaller your size the less they can hit you. :yep:

its like this :
when you attack a DD it comes straigt towards you making a small part.
but when he turns you can have every hit couse he's bigger then.

the front (_""_) (this has to look like one :-?) the side (___________/

so the key of not or less getting hit is... make yourselve as small as possible ;)

[ichso]

i take out those basterds with the DG. :arrgh!:
just flank right towards them .
the smaller your size the less they can hit you. :yep:

its like this :
when you attack a DD it comes straigt towards you making a small part.
but when he turns you can have every hit couse he's bigger then.

the front (_""_) (this has to look like one :-?) the side (___________/

so the key of not or less getting hit is... make yourselve as small as possible ;)

I did that ;).

I have to agree with the others though that this was quite a risky idea and don't think that I will do this again too soon :)

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

i take out those basterds with the DG. :arrgh!:
just flank right towards them .
the smaller your size the less they can hit you. :yep:

its like this :
when you attack a DD it comes straigt towards you making a small part.
but when he turns you can have every hit couse he's bigger then.

the front (_""_) (this has to look like one :-?) the side (___________/

so the key of not or less getting hit is... make yourselve as small as possible ;)
I did that ;).

I have to agree with the others though that this was quite a risky idea and don't think that I will do this again too soon :)

you want it risky... then DG a TF :arrgh!:
you shal would wish it was a Troop Transport

[ichso]

Hey, I'm not suicidal ;)

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

i am :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
but you should try it ;) (when dieing it doesnt count couse i made you do it)

[ichso]

I just got out of port again with a fresh new paint on my boat. And a nicer emblem. Don't want to waste it on a kamikaze mission right now :)

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

i see... :nope:
you shal never know the true feeling of danger and fear :arrgh!:

[Zero Niner]

There was once I took on the HMS Rodney in a Type VIIB with the deck gun... :huh:

It was part of a TF, and I spent my last eels on it. It was enough to stop her dead in the water, but not sink her. :damn:

So I dived, evaded the escorts and waited a full 24 (!) hours waiting for the rest of the TF to get far, far away, and hoping that the Rodney would sink. It didn't :(

So I surfaced about 6 km away, behind her stern so that her main guns couldn't be brought to bear. I started shelling her, managed quite a few hits once I got the range, and ran out of ammo! :damn:

[S Rafty]

I would of rammed her...:damn: or in fact just fired the AA guns at her while screaming Obsceneities.

[RM2(SS)]

thats pretty funny!:)

i actually dont mind too much when a DD heads straight towards me, i just fire off a torpedo and hit her straight in the "mouth" ! it works 80% of the time, every time!:up:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

you should try to kill it with the DG ;)

[Canovaro]

You all should be more careful :yep:
I hardly ever attack a warship.
I have long careers ;)

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

You all should be more careful :yep:
I hardly ever attack a warship.
I have long careers ;)

im not carefull and still survived from 1940 to biggin 1943 :arrgh!:
the brits are to be carefull

[ichso]

You all should be more careful :yep:
I hardly ever attack a warship.
I have long careers ;)
im not carefull and still survived from 1940 to biggin 1943 :arrgh!:
the brits are to be carefull
:nope:
You must play at best 5% realism then. I can't explain otherwise how you made it through so far :sunny:

[Canovaro]

You all should be more careful :yep:
I hardly ever attack a warship.
I have long careers ;)
im not carefull and still survived from 1940 to biggin 1943 :arrgh!:

I survive longer. At 100% realism :p

A matter of taste I suppose.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

You all should be more careful :yep:
I hardly ever attack a warship.
I have long careers ;)
im not carefull and still survived from 1940 to biggin 1943 :arrgh!:
the brits are to be carefull :nope:
You must play at best 5% realism then. I can't explain otherwise how you made it through so far :sunny:

hey :stare:
im playing at 74% ok

[ahaseurus2000]

I used to play at 80+% realism, but got tired of trying to find the convoys... anyways I've had DG shootouts with armed trawlers and the odd flower corvette. I go ahead flank and attack head-on, only turning full rudder when I need to. If you aim well you can take out the ships gun with a few shots, even with HE ammo. :yep:

I once took on a black swan frigate, it had two guns working and I took out both with AP ammo using my first two shots! I also once tried attacking a V&W DD by DG, after an acoustic homing torpedo took out the rear ammo bunker. But it sunk me. :dead:

I've tried sneaking into ports, backing up right beside a large merchant ship (too close for their guns) surfacing and then DG-ing them. It's tricky, as soon as you get the "ship destroyed" message you have to flank out of there, otherwise the collapsing ship may crush you... I've learned that the hard way.

I wouldn't try that with a warship though... :hmm:

[johnno74]

hey :stare:
im playing at 74% ok

Yeah but weren't you saying on another thread you modded your sub so you have tons of DG ammo, and 0 seconds reload time....?

Would make taking on a DD with a deck gun just a LITTLE BIT more doable.... ;)

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

hey :stare:
im playing at 74% ok
Yeah but weren't you saying on another thread you modded your sub so you have tons of DG ammo, and 0 seconds reload time....?

Would make taking on a DD with a deck gun just a LITTLE BIT more doable.... ;)

:shifty: 2 seconds thank you :shifty:

[Mush Martin]

:rotfl:

[ichso]

hey :stare:
im playing at 74% ok
Yeah but weren't you saying on another thread you modded your sub so you have tons of DG ammo, and 0 seconds reload time....?

Would make taking on a DD with a deck gun just a LITTLE BIT more doable.... ;)

That was quite some investigational work :rotfl:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

hey :stare:
im playing at 74% ok
Yeah but weren't you saying on another thread you modded your sub so you have tons of DG ammo, and 0 seconds reload time....?

Would make taking on a DD with a deck gun just a LITTLE BIT more doable.... ;)
That was quite some investigational work :rotfl: hey! in real life you could stuff your sub with DG ammo to... when removing the torpedo's wich i did :yep:
and 2 seconds is also realistic for a reloading time...