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Does anyone press the attack if detected?

Despite my best efforts an escort crept up on me, but I was also in an excellent position to shoot. So, I waited until he began his DC charge, then went to flank only getting slightly ruffled by the attack, up scope, shoot, and crash dive.

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Originally Posted by MarkShot

Does anyone press the attack if detected?

Early in the war I do. After 1943 though if detected I go deep and try to survive.

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Originally Posted by MarkShot

Yesterday, I just realized that it is actually possible to closely follow three escorts at once without using the map display. (I programmed the SO commands onto my keyboard.)

Tracking three escorts from the hydrophone station simultaneously:

(1) Set SO to track the closest. SO will continue to track the same escort even when it ceases to be closest.

(2) Repeatedly hit the SO report key to track the true closest escort.

Can you explain to me which is the command you use to have a report of closest warship?

I am only able to get tracking of closest warship.

Thanks
Maraz

PS yesterday I had my first convoy attack in heavy fog and rain, I stayed submerged (too afraid of meeting an escort a short range) on the convoy's path, bearing perpendicularly to the reported track. Attack periscope at 1x trying to spot something, obs periscope 1x at 90° to check if some ship was going to ram me.

I checked incoming ships manually with the hydrophone.

I shoot from very close distance at two ghosts I saw in the fog, that turned out being a small merchant and a C3. Both sunk. Saw also a C2 on my stern but too late to fire. Then I submerged silently, the escorts had no clue about where I was.

Wow that was scaring!!! :D

Actually, I have am finding Normal Scan with repeatedly hitting the report nearest warship key (user defined) being hit to the optimum way to play for maintaining the best SA.

Use the Setkeys, to define keys for Normal Sweep, Report Nearest Warship, etc... There is even an estimate range key which you can use on sonar contact.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/marksh...ges/setkey.jpg