nappy
06-09-10, 12:24 PM
using uboat mission addon and:
RFB_2.0
RFB_2.0_patch_23April2010
RSRDC_RFB_V575
RSRDC_V5xx_Patch1
Spaxs SH4 Uboat SPEECH FIX_V8
so.. there i was minding my own business when suddenly an enemy
task force is sighted, not too far from me. I do some minor changes
in my heading and to my utter amazement i manage to intercept the task
force. I am still a long way of, and even though i move with flank speed
im forced to submerge when im still about 9K away from the enemy ships (enemy DD's flanking the TF was getting close).
I idenitfy the task force as consisting of a colorado BB, an iowa(?) BB, several heavy cruisers and some destroyers. Giving the matter some thuoght
i decide to spend all 4 forward torpedoes on an effort to try and hit the iowa(?) BB which is clearly the largest ship in the TF ( i believe it was registered in my recognition book to about 38K tonnage) . i do the range, AoB and speed calculations,
but realise that i can only manage to reach the ship if i set my torpedoes to slow speed. Well, anyways. since ill probably never get into such a position again, i launch the torpedoes at about 9K range and cross my fingers.
since i am cheating with the external camera i was able to see what happened when the BB was sunk. To my amazement i hit with 3 of the 4 torpedoes, yes i was quite surprised myself given the range :arrgh!:
And even more amazing the BB exploded on the first hit.. The BB was hit just behind the bridge, but when it hit, it seemed as if the whole boat exploded from bow to stern.. and the other 2 torpedoes which hit a few seconds later was more or less a sideshow.
My question: what on earth happened? im now thinking i should have spent 2 torpedoes on both BB since they seem quite easy to sink compared to merchants and tankers that sometimes need 3 or 4 torpedoes to sink :doh:
nappy-curious
RFB_2.0
RFB_2.0_patch_23April2010
RSRDC_RFB_V575
RSRDC_V5xx_Patch1
Spaxs SH4 Uboat SPEECH FIX_V8
so.. there i was minding my own business when suddenly an enemy
task force is sighted, not too far from me. I do some minor changes
in my heading and to my utter amazement i manage to intercept the task
force. I am still a long way of, and even though i move with flank speed
im forced to submerge when im still about 9K away from the enemy ships (enemy DD's flanking the TF was getting close).
I idenitfy the task force as consisting of a colorado BB, an iowa(?) BB, several heavy cruisers and some destroyers. Giving the matter some thuoght
i decide to spend all 4 forward torpedoes on an effort to try and hit the iowa(?) BB which is clearly the largest ship in the TF ( i believe it was registered in my recognition book to about 38K tonnage) . i do the range, AoB and speed calculations,
but realise that i can only manage to reach the ship if i set my torpedoes to slow speed. Well, anyways. since ill probably never get into such a position again, i launch the torpedoes at about 9K range and cross my fingers.
since i am cheating with the external camera i was able to see what happened when the BB was sunk. To my amazement i hit with 3 of the 4 torpedoes, yes i was quite surprised myself given the range :arrgh!:
And even more amazing the BB exploded on the first hit.. The BB was hit just behind the bridge, but when it hit, it seemed as if the whole boat exploded from bow to stern.. and the other 2 torpedoes which hit a few seconds later was more or less a sideshow.
My question: what on earth happened? im now thinking i should have spent 2 torpedoes on both BB since they seem quite easy to sink compared to merchants and tankers that sometimes need 3 or 4 torpedoes to sink :doh:
nappy-curious