Maybe I should thank Mr Churchill

[headcase]

And here I was thinking I was going to freeze my unmentionables off around Greenland for a couple of months. Back home early and not frostbitten. Very nice.

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[SleightOfHand]

Lots of tonnage there.

I must be one of those few people who fires two to four torpedoes or twenty or so deck gun rounds at every target to get such small tonnages per patrol. >.>

[papa_smurf]

Exellent patrol :up:

[Brag]

Well done, the drinks are on you :D

[siber]

Wow! In two weeks you managed to get to your patrol grid, go on to the North, sink 32 merchants and 6 Frigates? What realism level is that?

Like SleightOfHand, I generally fire 2 torps at each target, of which I can (reasonably) expect 1 to hit. On my current patrol (Type VIIb, 1940) I've got 4 torps left - 2 at the front, 2 at the back - and have sunk 15k tonnes, or two large merchants. Your mission puts me to shame!

However, I assume (hope and prey - for the sake of my pride) that the IX has more than 14 eels.

Perhaps I should start trying to sink the escorts first so that I can get my deck gun into action?

[headcase]

Wow! In two weeks you managed to get to your patrol grid, go on to the North, sink 32 merchants and 6 Frigates? What realism level is that?

Like SleightOfHand, I generally fire 2 torps at each target, of which I can (reasonably) expect 1 to hit. On my current patrol (Type VIIb, 1940) I've got 4 torps left - 2 at the front, 2 at the back - and have sunk 15k tonnes, or two large merchants. Your mission puts me to shame!

However, I assume (hope and prey - for the sake of my pride) that the IX has more than 14 eels.

Perhaps I should start trying to sink the escorts first so that I can get my deck gun into action?

Never got anywhere near my patrol grid. Caught a convoy before I got west of Ireland. Eradicated it. Escorts included. All I had left was eight torps and my flak. Day and a half or so later picked up another. Two days later all I have left is flak, fuel, and a burning desire to become inebriated. Didn't see much sense burning desiel, so I called BdU and got the all clear to head home. Guess it makes up for all those long patrols and praying for a stray seagull to shoot at.

The only thing I don't have turned on on the "real-o-meter" is no map contacts. Gotta have some sort of a crutch. So yup the screen says I'm at 100%.

I love my IX. 21 for the tubes, and 110 rounds for Enid. Plenty of fuel, and crew. try slammin' en home a skoosh fore of the bridige, and be patient on the girl. may take a fair bit to go down. But I have and will sink a third in if that is what it takes. Sp there ain't no shame. Do what you can to put the stiff in their lower lip. I spent a lot of time graphpaper and beverage learning.

And as others have said "If the Wolves wish to feast upon raw lamb, they must first kill the dogs". I reccomend opening up a flank and the rear first. It makes evasion and shadowing much easier.


@Brag I have no problems buying the libations. But they best be in me, not on me!:rock:

[bigboywooly]

So you sank 38 ships using 21 torpedos and 110 DG shells

All one torp hits ?
No misses ?
And only an average of only 6.5 DG shells for the 17 other ships ?

Average merc size 4200+ tonnes

:hmm:

[Lafferty]

good patrol, excellent tonnage.

[papa_smurf]

Im very surprised that all of you eels successfully hit. On most patrols I usually have 1-3 prematurely detonating, or hitting the ship and not detonating at all.

[headcase]

One torp flat missed, because I'm an Idiot. One Mod med Tanker needed a second. And a lot of the smaller merchs went with only 2-3 rounds of 105, and maybe some 37mm after they went dead in the water. And a large cargo only needs 3-5 anyway. Got crazy lucky mostly.

[headcase]

So you sank 38 ships using 21 torpedos and 110 DG shells

All one torp hits ?
No misses ?
And only an average of only 6.5 DG shells for the 17 other ships ?

Average merc size 4200+ tonnes

:hmm:

You're going to make sure I never hit anythig in 1.04 aren't you.