I dont think it is possible to use decks awash in stock. I had tried it in stock and it didnt work..

Watch your fuel consumption though it will increase due to the added drag of the boat.

I surface and let her run a bit, then set a depth of 7 meters :up:

If you want the best chance of shooting planes down, you need a petty officer trained as a flak gunner, and the more experience they get the better they seem to get (understandably). I've got 2, for my twin 20mm flak guns, and they can hit Spitfires. Not always, but often. I set them to fire at medium range once my officer is on deck (trained as a watchman helps, for early warnings), and often just leave them to it, cos i'm normally on the surface trying to take out ships with the deck gun, or the fighters/ bombers have been spotted too late to dive. Then wait till they've passed over and hope you haven't been hit by a bomb, and crash dive.
I'm running standard SH3, with a patch but no mods. Hope this helps, someone will correct me if i'm not doing it right i hope lol.

WELCOME ABOARD, roadhog!:sunny:

You're probably doing it just fine. The problem is that in real life the planes were much deadlier, and of course your life was on the line. Once you graduate to something like GWX2 you'll find that the best way to stay alive is run and dive. You'll also find so much cool stuff that you'll never want to go back, but that's all in good time.

Aye welcome aboard
There is no right or wrong way
The way that works for you is best

I rarely duke it out with aircraft
Only if I really have to - flat batteries usually or caught napping
Deeper is safer

Yeah in 1943 the aircraft become an intolerable nuisance when trying to exit the Bay of Biscay. I should know, I just returned from a patrol that started in January and once I got off the contour (where it goes shallow to deep) I got constantly harassed to the point where I could hardly surface for air let alone recharge the batteries! :damn:

Eventually despite the mandatory check with the sky scope I got surprised at night, and then the dreaded RWR warning and before I could crash dive I was bombed with heavy damage to the boat fortunately mostly repairable. The worst thing about that attack was the hydrophones were destroyed which made me blind while submerged for the rest of the patrol. :down:

Happily I scored 28,000 GRT and made it back to base safely thanks to atrocious weather which hid me from those nasty flyboys. :rotfl:

Widow maker
 

Guys seriously you're missing out on the action by running from the planes.

I got 15 kills in one mission here.. and I'm not finished.
I'm a noob so I play on low realism hence the high cargo kills and it may or may not help with radar but it's fun shooting the planes.


This mission would be impossible on high realism because I traveled to Mexico ~ AE. Real fuel loads won't take you far. Six B24s came from Tampa and missed me.


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The Secret to Surviving is to turning your boat away from bogies when they are coming in(early), the targets get crazy when they have to turn, keep it circling but watch out for crashing planes, that calls for a quick turn the other way at times.. As soon as they start the approach turn the direction that is far from them. ie. If they are coming from 4 o'clock start your circle towards 10 o'clock. The drop point will be too early if you are full speed. Circling works well after they first dive.

Using the IXC sub you got 2 double 20mm and flak.
Make sure you have your guys ready on 20mm guns who have passed flack training. Using the flack you can hit the bogies in the cockpit or the belly as they fly over you, then turn & fire again.. The crew and I have killed entire groups as they passed by.

I've survived many b24 attacks with this method.

Hope this helps..
It's a blast... Stop running

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This is a flak hit


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I ain't afraid of no bogey!
;)

Try GWX2 at 100%. Trust me...you will be.:dead: :rotfl:

lol
Got no clue how to find ships or target those torps yet..
Still a noob.. But I shot down 18 planes in one mission..
It was fun til I ran out of ammo..

I was just ribbin' ya; I can't hit the barnside of a broad either. And those external views are so hard to live without...:sunny:

Kaluen,

I have to say.. "I havent seen an assortment of Ammo like that in.. oh so long."

Star Shells... :lol:

In stock, I got rid of deck gun to get type 4 conning tower sometime in 1943, cuz there were usually whole fleet of planes coming after me in coast of west France, reported too many planes down in my capitan log. I shot down so many planes in few hours, more than total of planes down by battleship Yamato or Bismarck ever made in their life time. I know it couldn't happen in real life, but I think German should have ought creative about using some kind of U-boats, mine layer U-boat perhaps, but only to carry many buoys with radar running on battery, drop one in each grid, for many grids as they can, to annoy planes. The planes would be wasting their fuel by keeping alternate their course, going after many empty threats, after all radar is like beacon for planes.

You're hanging round with the wrong broads then Steve! :lol: