man I wish ubi would patch the game to allow Ai torpedo usage...dualing subs would be awsome.

maybe someone can figure it out ?

I know f.I. that a british sub sank a U-boot with torpedoes using asdic only while both were submerged during WWII.

would be nice ingame....

keltos

Wouldn't sub on sub action only work if the target is at PD? I mean, a WWII sub has no means to determine depth on a submerged contact. Heck, AFAIK even a modern sub doesn't.

And suddenly getting blasted without warning could be a frustating experience. :hmmm:

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea, I just don't know if it's feasible.

Keltos might be talking about a program on The History Channel yesterday ... "Hitler's Last Secret Weapon" (or something like that). The U-Boat was carrying a German jet engine ... trying to get to Japan. Didn't get very far (actually, the sunken U-Boat is doing more damage now, via escaping mercury from corroded bottles, than it would've probably done during the war).

The skipper of the British sub spent a very long time trailing the U-Boat before making the attack. Initially, the sub was directed to a point off the coast of Norway ... thanks to information gleaned from an Enigma intercept. Once in position, it easily picked up a sonar signature (a bad engine aboard the U-Boat made a lot of noise). The British sub then tracked via sonar and periscope (both skippers sailed at periscope depth ... the U-Boat kept raising its scope, looking for a promised rendezvous ship).

The British sub fired four torpedoes at about sixteen second (or so) intervals. The first three missed ... and the U-Boat was diving for deep water when the fourth torpedo hit, splitting the U-Boat in half.

you think they'd salvage the mercury...that much has got to be valuable.

:hmmm: Evidently, most of it is already "in solution" ... or in the nearby fish (North Atlantic whitefish sandwich, anyone?).

Maybe I missed something here, but I believe your referring to U-234, which was safely taken to Portsmouth Naval yard. U-234 was sunk, in 1947 off Cape Cod as a torpedo target for USS Greenfish, and one would certainly assume she was stripped of everything aboard, including said Mercury. If it was another U-boat you were referring to, my apologies for the confussion. The U-234 carried 1200 lbs of Uranimu Oxide and 2 Me-262 fighters.

The Documentary for purchase...excellent if you haven't seen it.
http://www.ihffilm.com/840.html

Could anyone MOD the Yamato as a Sub...:88)

I'd love to surpise the enemy:O: