Grayson02sept1980
05-15-08, 02:27 PM
Had to take some time off...
Now I am back...
Guess noone has missed me :p
Well..... nevertheless I am back! :smug:
so... I am sick and tired of the darn weather and the big fat but also big and fat protected convoys... so I asked for a transfer to the 10th to Penang to hunt there.
first encounter was a "big" convoy ... or so it said on the map :D
it was eight ships with 6 guards :o talking about getting out of the rain into the pain!
but it was too early to yell "WOLF" ... well ok... I was around.... :D
the BIG thing about the convoy was the types:
4 big ships - Tankers... Big tanker... large freighter... and so on 10k+
2 mediums around 7k
2 small fish
so I sneaked in during the night... was bit nervous as the guards were though large in numbers... but small in power :arrgh!:
They simply did not recognize me and until the first torp found the large tanker... they had no plan about me being around :arrgh!:
so....
my first patrol in the Indian ocean and east of Africa ended with a total tonnage of 65k+ and that is very satisfying compared to the hard times I had in the Atlantic.
now my last question.... is the IXD2 worth getting compared to the IXC.. (this was edited! to clear up things)
I have the C and this thing is a brick in the water... but the D2 (I had this alread for one patrol) is bigger.... from the numbers... the speed is lower... the range dived is BS... the range surfaced is A+
But there are enough resupply possibilities.
the two Torps more are also a nice add... though I don't like the shft of two from the forward external reserves to the aft ones... but two more inside are very nice...
so... your oppinion on the D2 vs the C...
Now I am back...
Guess noone has missed me :p
Well..... nevertheless I am back! :smug:
so... I am sick and tired of the darn weather and the big fat but also big and fat protected convoys... so I asked for a transfer to the 10th to Penang to hunt there.
first encounter was a "big" convoy ... or so it said on the map :D
it was eight ships with 6 guards :o talking about getting out of the rain into the pain!
but it was too early to yell "WOLF" ... well ok... I was around.... :D
the BIG thing about the convoy was the types:
4 big ships - Tankers... Big tanker... large freighter... and so on 10k+
2 mediums around 7k
2 small fish
so I sneaked in during the night... was bit nervous as the guards were though large in numbers... but small in power :arrgh!:
They simply did not recognize me and until the first torp found the large tanker... they had no plan about me being around :arrgh!:
so....
my first patrol in the Indian ocean and east of Africa ended with a total tonnage of 65k+ and that is very satisfying compared to the hard times I had in the Atlantic.
now my last question.... is the IXD2 worth getting compared to the IXC.. (this was edited! to clear up things)
I have the C and this thing is a brick in the water... but the D2 (I had this alread for one patrol) is bigger.... from the numbers... the speed is lower... the range dived is BS... the range surfaced is A+
But there are enough resupply possibilities.
the two Torps more are also a nice add... though I don't like the shft of two from the forward external reserves to the aft ones... but two more inside are very nice...
so... your oppinion on the D2 vs the C...