*So* satisfying each time it happens...

[grislyatoms]

A couple hundred miles off Formosa, heavy overcast, heavy rain, heavy fog. Sea relatively calm. Radar contact.

Plotted his positions and course, set my trap, watched him come into firing position via sound and radar.

Three fish away. Boom...boom...boom...

Never had a visual at all...:arrgh!:

[razark]

Never had a visual at all...

I've never done a non-visual sinking. With my luck, I'd be on the receiving end of a radio message asking the location of CV-6.

[grislyatoms]

:haha: Yeah, I can imagine trying to explain that...:o

Give it a whirl, it's a blast.

[merc4ulfate]

I did that once northwest of Truk. I used radar only with a range of about 2000 yards ... I sank the Yamato in a typhoon. I didn't know what it was until I got the report. The first salvo slowed it down but I noticed it just kind of sitting there and stayed to fire more at it. I think it took 8 that time but I have sank it with only 6 as she came out of the Bungo at the narrow part of the straits.

[c13Garrison]

This is the kind of story that makes me realize I need to brush up on my manual plotting. Right now my solution in such a situation would be to hope I can get in position for a 700 yard visual shot, which has a host of troubles carted along with it.

[Azgrim]

I've never tried non-visual attack. Mostly, when I have no visual - my sensors are empty too. And when they say, that "there's something to sink", I can get a visual. :D

But I want to try this out, to check my aiming skills (mediocre, though)


With my luck, I'd be on the receiving end of a radio message asking the location of CV-6.
Sorry, English isn't my native... What does that mean? :oops:

[in_vino_vomitus]

nice shooting Captain.... :salute:

[Cybermat47]

Sorry, English isn't my native... What does that mean? :oops:

I think he's saying that he accident,y sank a very big friendly ship :haha:

[Azgrim]

I think he's saying that he accident,y sank a very big friendly ship :haha:

Googled up this: USS Enterprise (CV-6).
Now i see... :)

[grislyatoms]

I fire 3 fish under these circumstances. One tends to miss, two usually hit. Sometimes, I'll miss with all three, and rarely, I'll hit with all three as happened yesterday.

I wait until the target is a couple degrees ahead of firing bearing, fire one, fire one on the firing bearing, and one a couple degrees after.

Radar only or sound only is not as easy. Radar and sound together gives alternating reports one after the other, making it much easier, i.e.

"Radar contact bearing 340...Sound contact bearing 342...radar contact bearing 344...sound contact bearing 346"

as opposed to, say, just sound

"Sound contact bearing 340....................sound contact bearing 344..............sound contact bearing 348........................."

[merc4ulfate]

I have gotten into the habit of pretty much not calculating a damn thing. Visually I set up my position so that I am ahead of a convoy. Sit all stop, all quiet let the escort and lead ship pass then pop the scope lead the target by ten degrees for a 1000 yard shot and fire. I set the scope on zero and line to boat up so at bearing 350 I fire. Once I fire I turn 180 degrees , if I have time, to the convoy and wait for the next ship to pass and fire when the ship is at bearing 170 with my scope set 180.

If I come in at night I line myself up the same way on the surface.

If by radar then I plot a course of the ship I will target. Once I have travel heading and course lined up and drawn out I try to position myself accordingly so my blind shots will be as above. It is trickier with radar. You have to watch as the radar beam passes and then there is a lag till the next so you have to anticipate and judge movement of the target between radar contact and judge your firing time that way.

I can do it with sonar alone but I find it even harder this way since I do not always get a highly accurate course line without a visual but I have done it at 1000 yards.

Audaces Fortuna Juvat

[Azgrim]

I have gotten into the habit of pretty much not calculating a damn thing.

Result - is all that matters.
And joy of playing the game, of course. :D