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hehehehe yeah i know what you mean. i probably could do it if i set my mind to it. but by the time i got it right the ship would be miles away

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Originally Posted by mooncatt

hehehehe yeah i know what you mean. i probably could do it if i set my mind to it. but by the time i got it right the ship would be miles away

Actually the solution calculation is quite easy, it's just me who is too bored to do it. I feel a bit ashamed to accept it but what can we do? :oops: :oops: :oops:

Another thing where sinkings are concerned is that the uboats didnt get the chance to sink a ship as often as we do in SH3
Therefore they fire a salvo - 1\2 or 2\3 just to be sure

In RL most uboats returned home with no fuel
But plenty of torpedos as no chance of firing them

Of course there are exceptions to that
Some patrols yielded plenty of ships

Sinking them was another thing though

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During day of the 9th U-174, U-254, U-256 and U-704 and in the morning of the 10th U-597 manage to fire at the convoy but no hits are secured

SC-945 Aug, 1942 17 U-boats11 ships sunk for a total of 53.421 tons

At least you dont have to worry about other uboats stealing your kill

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U-260 makes contact with the convoy in the morning of the 28th and brings up 12 boats : U-123, U-203, U-225, U-406, U-440, U-662 and U-664 from the Sptitz group and U-336, U-435, U-591, U-615 and U-628 from the Ungestum group.
As soon as darkness falls, the boats attack, sometimes more than once. In 3 hrs time they sink 9 ships: First U-435 and U-203 miss, then U-591 torpedoes one ship that is finished of later in the day by U-435. U-225 sinks one and damages one, which U-662 finishes off. U-260 sinks one and U-203 misses again. U-406 torpedoes 3 ships of which none sinks immediately, but they are sunk by by U-123, U-628 and U-591.
At midnight U-225 torpedoes two ships, one is later again torpedoed by U-336 but needs a third torpedo from U-225 again. U-225 takes the captain prisoner. The other ship (the ship of the convoy commodore) is also torpedoed twice, by U-123 first and then U-435, before finally sinking. Further attacks by U-203, U-435, U-628, U-664 and again U-628 against the escort and convoy fail.

ONS-15426 Dec, 1942 19 U-boats14 ships sunk for a total of 69.893 tons

well last time i tried to do it someone on this forum posted a really good thread on how to do it. i tried it and it didnt work i followed the instructions to the letter but obviously not:oops:

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Originally Posted by mooncatt

well last time i tried to do it someone on this forum posted a really good thread on how to do it. i tried it and it didnt work i followed the instructions to the letter but obviously not:oops:

I know the feeling mate. Don't worry about it. Play the game however you like and as long as you enjoy it and have fun you're Ok;) :up:

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Originally Posted by Warmonger

My workaround for the buyoancy (who creates words like this one, duh :doh:) is like this:

The French. :rotfl:

Mooncatt: Try CG95 grid to learn manual plotting. Extremely many contacts and unless you try to intercept convoys, they all go W-E or E-W route, so your first steps will be simplified (thus quite easy). Believe me - there is not a bigger pleasure and joy in the game than to be successful in sinking manually targeted enemy. :)