Battle Tactics For Type XXI Uboat

[Easty]

Evening fellow SH3 fans.

Been playing the game ever since it came out, platying it with GWX3.

My question is I seem to be good at evading escorts in older uboats even in say 1944 well by that I mean I don't get sunk all the timeand I have only got to a stage in my careers to getting a type XXI probably 10 times but I never seem to do well in them I always get caught and destroyed say for example just my latest career did 5 patrols in a type IXC/40 between 11/42 and 9/44 and sank over 200,000 tons, then I upgrade to a type XXI and get sunk first patrol out, I ran into a escort carrier task force , 1 CVE and about 6 escorts, got in the screen but got detected running at silent speed got off 3 torpedo's and hit and sank the carrier with 2 hits, crash dived to 150 metres then tried numerous times to escape at 15 knots or even at silent speed of 5 knots, went to 220 metres still got detected, ended up just getting pounded.

I thought at 15 knots I would be able to get away from the escorts without an attack, I guess I was wrong.

So what is the best tactics with dealing with escorts in a type XXI ?

Cheers
Easty

[Jimbuna]

Late in the war when a XXI becomes available the allied sensors are well advanced.

I adhere to the 2 knot/silent running routine (as with earlier U-boat types) and only use the faster underwater speed for sprinting beyond depth charges and or hedgehogs.

[ryanglavin]

Agreed..

Never go 15 knots when there are escorts above you, and drop the silent speed to 1 or 2 kts.
The 5 kts it horrible to try to evade.

[Stoli151]

It wasn't an escort carrier task group it was a ASW hunter killer group. You probably should have avoided it entirely.