Yeah, and even if they survived, I'm sure they'd be more than happy to corroborate my version of the story. Wouldn't you rather say you were shot down than crashed into your friend? :P

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Good point.

Aircraft Vs U-Boats
 

I have one that still rings with disbelief. I was jumped by a Liberator, promptly crash dived and as I went to the periscope station to lower the scope, in comes the Liberator, doing a flaming cartwheel ahead of me and crashes! No, I didn't fire a shot.

I also didn't get credit for the kill ....bummer (i always c/d when approached by an aircraft).

Now, what British commander in his right mind would send out
19 Sunderlands to attack one sub??? A German Battleship
maybe but one stinking little U-Boat, no way....at least not in
reality, only in gaming !!!


JIM

I am very cautious about planes. To dive and hard turn is obvious in plane attacks because I got first ever damage in SH by plane attack (pump out, aft torpedo room flooded). I was somehow too slow in that case

But I had another kind of experience too. Just man the AA gun with a proper skilled man and man the bridge with AA-skilled WO. Let them to take shooting planes, but itself, be a captain, don't try to be a hero in all cases - try to steer the boot. As irreguarily as you can.

Result: 1 Hurricane and 1 Sunderland in one patrol. First attack including 4 Hurricanes (AM31) killed my default, skilled gunner.

I leave the AA work to my crew, only a few times do I man it myself.
I can hit the broadside of a ship, but not a pesky little a/c.
Although with the deck gun and late war automatic 37mms, those I like to man myself.

I forgot to add that the 19 a/c was with a vanilla version of SHIII.

Was thinking of something last night, does the Deckgun elevate enough to shoot HE rounds at the planes?? :hmm:

One hit kill one would think.
None of this rat-a-tat-tat. Boom, goodnight :up: :arrgh!:

my buddy took down a plane coming in low with his deck gun the other day, must have been quite the surprise for the pilot!

Hey - if a Russian tank can shoot down my Bf-109 with it's main gun in IL-2/FB, then I should be able to shoot down a plane in SH3 with my deck gun - seems only fair :)

When I'm being attacked by AC I place my Flack gunners (PO's) up and my Deck gunners (PO's) up and then man the DG myself. This is the only time I man the DG myself BTW. I let the Fack Gunner's take care of the AC from abeam to astern and I shoot down AC from abeam to Ahead. Its all in the timing with the DG as u only get roughly a 45° elevation so U have to wait till the AC is heading away and quite a ways out. Lead just enough and BOOM, 1 dead plane via DG. Best used on the Big ol slow bombers like the B4, Sunderland and Welly.

To many hours spent using DG's on Naval units in games leads to using them for every thing. :D

Sure they did. At least with the air dropped torps. During the Bismarck chase the Swordfish from Ark Royal accidently attacked the Sheffield but as the toprs were set for magnetic thay all went off early saving on RN cruiser. They then swtiched to impact, one fish found Bismarcks' rudder...you know the story.

Check out clip #4 of the Otto Kretschmer interviews on this page:

http://www.uboat.net/men/interviews/kretschmer.htm

At the end of the clip he briefly muses over the German, British and American torpedoes. The other clips are also great :)

Maximum elevation angle is too low. And the ammunition isn't proper.

But has anyone tried star shells against low-level planes at night?

Wel...... ALAAAAAAAAAAARM!!! FLOOTEN!!

One bomb (small one if lucky) on the deck and you might as well go home, diving would become to dangerous. (in real life that is)

I use RuB so trying to fend of aircraft is suicide anyway.

What's going on here? :hmm:

I am having Air attack's approx 4am in morning just before dawn.
two times I have been jumped from above and took damage to deck
flak guns and decking happen at lease two times wind's to strong to
man flak guns just made a emg full flank dive. Explosion's rocked
boat on emg dive. Time is Feb 1942 I am using 1.4c with Rubini's HT1.46
I wonder if it may be the Airpower 1.4c HT special version?
I left St Nazaire Jan 1 1942 V11c have been on patrol since Jan 1942
have refueled 3 times from supply ships twice in El Ferrol and Las Palmas harbor Milk cow mod work's great :D Just wonder if anybody
else is getting Jumped at night on surface? I aml looking for my first
enemy ship can't find any?
Later
Lane U-553 :D