Syxx not to hijack the thread but I had to ask.

How in the world did you get that picture in your sig ?

hehe Very carefully. :D :rotfl:

As I was leaving Lorient one fine sunny day, I came across that schnellboot that beached itself. I saw the smoke on the horizon and used the external cam to get a closer shot of it. I saw it was upside down. I didn't think much more of it. As I got farther out of the Lorient channel, two B-24s showed up. I was using the < and > buttons to get different target views. When I came across that poor schnellboot using those buttons, the camera was turned at that weird angle. I just had to grab a few screenshots. :lol: What puzzles me more, is how in the world did the schnellboot end up like that? :huh:

Here's that view with the camera right-side-up.

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1...cide0da.th.jpg

am currently reading 'Das Boot' and theres a chapter appropriately titled 'Storm'. It describes how they go through the storm ON THE SURFACE! :o lol...they only did practice dives.

hmmm....

You're right, stormy weather and high seas can work for you when attacking or running away, because you can hide in them. Fog banks are risky, but often a godsend for slipping away in a tight squeeze. On longer cruises, it's worth ducking under for all those good reasons. There was a boat in the war that sailed for nearly a whole watch without anyone on the bridge. They'd all been swept overboard even with their harnesses and nobody realised. Both sides should have called it the Battle With the Atlantic

I usually raid ports in heavy fog. Since visibility is less than the torpedo arming range, you can't do much else (against moving targets anyway). You can get in really close to spot the docked freighters and mark their positions. Then cruise a bit further away and fire before you leave.

Disclaimer: I'm still in 1940, so this may be suicide once the enemy is competent.

I've been successful with my recent patrols attacking in heavy fog. I position my sub abeam of the target at about 350m, and when it shows up, just let loose. Sometimes, though, I've had to get a little bit closer because I can't get a visual. As soon as I do, I hit reverse flank and wait until the distance that the torpedo can detonate.

Hopefully, it keeps working for me. :ping:

I also find using the observation scope rather than the attack scope in bad weather increases the distance at which I can lock onto a target. since the weather is bad the chances of them spotting the bigger scope aren't good anyway so it is a good tradeoff. I find you can close to within medium range on the hydrophones in bad weather, pop the obs scope up till you can visually acquire the target to refine your bearing to shoot.

Usually I just do basic trim dive early in the morning. In bad wather it's the same but having just a longer period submerged (usually about 2 hours) and I also dive deeper (60 meters vs 40 m).