And now we back to the game we see way to many ships around... RL you should be glad to find enuf ships to put torps in.

Hmmmm.........

Well, .....If that argument is valid, and we accept that targets are in such short supply; ........then I guess we have to consider all of the larger, more heavily armed U-Boat Types to be superfluous; .....Don't we???

klcarroll

Actually a large number of u-boats never did sink, or even see, a single enemy ship.

This is statistically correct for the whole war, but mainly applies to the difficult "late war" period; ......where very "green" crews were sent out in new boats, against the best ASW forces ever known.

In the early war "Happy Time", the situation was considerably different.

The accuracy of your statement does, however, make one wonder if Germany wouldn’t have been better served with a fleet of smaller, more efficient boats, rather than building the larger TypeIX boats, in the hope of carrying the war to very distant waters.

It is an acknowledged fact that the cost of a WWII submarine tended to be directly proportional to it’s size, and larger boats have larger crew requirements.

……But regardless: We are talking about a game here; …..And I want a 37mm deck gun.

klcarroll

LOL I agree.

A good scrounger is essential to any operation. That said, we never steal anything.

Liberate, appropriate, filch, produce and "inherit", yes, but never, ever "steal".:up:

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klcarroll

I don't mean to be a pain, ...but I have been wondering if anyone has any new thoughts on the "do-ability" of this mod?

klcarroll

Thinking outloud here.....why don't you edit the sub's .eqp file and give it one? :hmm: Granted I haven't tried it yet but it should work.

Nope
A 37mm wont go on a A0 mount
Even hexing the mount to an S0 doesnt work properly

So many things are inter related esp to do with the upgrade screen
TBH not sure where anyone is on at the mo

I'm still working with it.
There is alot more to do then first meets the eye!!
I could do a cheater work around, but.........
Naaa.
If you can't figure it out, then you don't understand how it works!!!
Figureing out how it all works is the key to SO much more!
:yep:

A IID with a 37mm could take you a long way later in the war.

well kinnda...it's sortta slow and has like 5 torpedos

It's small, you can sneak your way in, and are not so easily detected. I can't recall a time when I was able to sneak in a IXD2. The XXI... that's a different story :ping:

yes, that's what i like about my IID... I got jumped by 2 destroyers and a crusier in the black sea in 1942, went to max depth and dissipeared fropm their scopes, no fancy knuckles or anything...just gone.

but. i don't like my IID because of it's deck gun and speed it's slow and i can't gun anybody

on that matter, could we give the 20mm HE rounds? it might make it more effective aginst ships. Ive seen the 30mm bushmaster with HE rounds go through a concrete wall and blow serving platter sized holes in them. so i bet a 20mm could do simmilar damage (maybe like a dinner plate). so wouldn't this sink a ship with 200 or so of these holes.

Sh3rules is right!

You can do “stealthy” things in a TypeIID that would be very difficult in a larger boat.

Several times, I have avoided detection in as little as 30 meters of water by “bottoming the boat" right next to a recent wreck: …..A thing that would be tough to do in a TypeIX!

The TypeII boats also require different tactics than those normally used with the larger boats.

In a TypeIID, you don’t cruise around looking for targets: …You locate a “chokepoint” and quietly lurk there, ….waiting for the prey to come to you! (Very similar to the way modern Diesel Boats are typically deployed.)

Yes, …five torpedoes is a limitation: …Which is why even a modest deck gun would be welcome. It would give you the option of not wasting one of your precious torpedoes on “small fry”.


klcarroll

Be very careful Kaleun.....this is not 'normally' possible in-game. The escorts will still detect you....similarly so when your submerged directly beneath a merchant you have disabled/brought to a stop. http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

actually, i sat under a disabled merchat for hours waiting out an attack, they counlt hit me so they gave up.

Lucky you
I sat under a crippled tanker once
The escorts ended up DCing the tanker into oblivion then had a go at me
I got away but they got the tanker renown
:rotfl:

Preciely :lol: