Am a proud member of the type II club. Learning the whole U-boat business in one of those is like learning to drive in a 500cc Fiat - there's no room for mistakes when you're trying to overtake in one of those. ;)

With so few eels, no deck gun and such low speeds you need to get everything just right to get any results. If and when I ever get enough renown to trade up to the Ferrari-like heights of a VII it will really feel like I've earnt it. :arrgh!:

That's what I am wishing for as well! Don't know if a skin would work. After all the tower is just too different. Would be way cooler to change the hull itself. Does anyone know if that is possible? With this type VIIc|42 it seems to have worked, didn't it?

Cheers

Kai

great thanks

Thats the thing about these boats.... I get a almost realistic tonnage per patrol... in my VII patrol I was averaging stupid tonnage due to the deck gun and oodles of reloads for the eels.
Still trotting in the type IIA... she's a tiddly ship!

Not keen on the IIA, not enough fuel. IID is the best.

Three ships? I've never got more than 2 with my Type II. Last patrol I sunk a Medium Merchant north-east of Shetland (3 torpedoes - 2 hits and a miss) and then when returning ran into a Large Merchant. Fired two of my remaining fish, one impact, one magnetic pistol. The mag detonated after about 300m and the impact hit midships. Took my final shot hoping to finish her off, but missed the stern by a knat's whisker because of the damn zig zag.

Then I grounded in the Kiel canal on the way home. Destroyed the batteries and killed 2 crew. Hull integrity was 39% when I got back. :oops: Embarrasing considering I never even saw an escort, let alone took a depth-charge!

I like the IID myself. The kleines Boot cramped and sock drawer feeling. Unfortunate that nothing more then a single flak wasn't available earlier for it, or other early war boats for that matter.
I'm not convinced the claim to 6 eels for this class boat is accurate.

"Ducks"
 

I like 'em, too! :up:

The most ideal crusing speed for the IIA is 6 knots! Tested it tonight its the most fuel efficient speed for the boat.

I think I read somewhere that in real life, type II boats carried 5 torpedoes, 3 in the tubes and 2 reloads. I suppose there simply wasn't space to store them!

I am quite an avid fan of the Type-II myself :up: The best times in my career are trawling the North Sea in my little IID. Although I do, I'm always very reluctant to upgrade when I transfer to the atlantic though. I've always felt the need due to the speed, range and torpedo loadout limitations. But after reading this thread I'm thinking, what the heck :yep: It is far more challenging when one is so limited, so I think I'm going to stick with the little fella throughout the entire war.

One point I would like to highlight is the very few number of skins out there for the Type IIA/D, unless I'm missing something? Any avid fans here got the software and time to come out with some neat designs? :hmm:

I'd just like to point out that in all my careers solely using a Type II, I obviously used the IID as soon as I could (with such a short dive time, how could you pass it up?), but the trick with GWX is to use milk cows and everything else to meet your goal.

Trust me, I made the mistake of transferring to the Black Sea....and there's not much there to sustain a year's worth of patrols, let alone a few patrols. I tried the Med, which was difficult because Malta is the only really viable destination to attack, even with the IID's extended range, but you might find yourself abusing the "End Patrol" button.

I've found my most success is in sticking with Flotillas close to the Channel.

where many type II boats used during the mid to late years of the war? :hmm:

i may start a new campaign with one on the side. say the captain was washed out for insubordanation, but luckily had an uncle high up in the party that saved his career. BdU stuck him in a little type II for the rest of his career. :doh:

another thought. would be quite a fun little career in a type II. bouncing around on a bunch a short little patrols! hehe. sounds like a good time. sometimes those long patrols drag on.....:yep:

I think the southern end around Britain is probably the best place to patrol in a type II