The Mad Kpt Is Dead.!! Poll Where Should I Go Next?
 

Hi guys. My last GWX patrol ended in death for the Mad Kapt.:damn::arrgh!:
I was trying to go through the war from 39 to 45 but ended up 5 years short:rotfl:
The are so many theaters of operations with GWX so im going to run a poll on where i should go next as i cant deside myself where and when to start my new career. All ideas are welcome:up:

unlucky you should join the "2 patrols and dead" club ask AVWarhawk to join lol
i dont have gwx so cant advise you what to do. just though id give my condolences though:down:

Thanks Mooncatt:up:
I managed to steer clear of the 2 patrol club though i managed 5 till i was sent to the bottom.;)

1941 France :up: Work your way up to the IXD2 then goto Penang or Jakarta.

If you survive that long, madman.:up:

fight from the beginning again chris! you can do it! :arrgh!:

I voted for the Med.
I´m on my 5´th patrol there, never far from the enemy:up:
I have spent more time diving deep and silent then ever before, but I have also taken down more warships then ever before:rock:

Black Sea for you my boy
Closest you can get to the Russian front and still be in a sub

Uncle Karl isnt too pleased with yourself at mo
Do you think Uboats and crews grow on trees man ?
Pack your bags and get going
A type IID is all the Kreigsmarine will spare a Kpt of your - how shall I put this - skill and dedication
:rotfl:
Destroyer magnet :nope:

The far east mate. Pick a fight with the Americans and the British in the Indian Ocean and try to reach Australia;) :D :up:

Not the way he plays! :rotfl: :rotfl: :arrgh!:

Great stuff guys keep them coming the more the better.
@BBW
Now i know why i was in the black sea during beta testing :rotfl:
Is that Passenger Liner still in Polti Harbour?:arrgh!::arrgh!:

@Danlisa.
I ve just got to try and not play with DD's but it's like giving up beer and Vodka;):lol:

Warm weather, blue water, Valletta.... Go for the Med, mate! :up:

and probably die in the Med;) :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Yeah and yahoo!!!!!!!! Another member!!!!!!! We are 3 strong now!!!!!!!!!:up::up::up:Look out there is a new sheriff in town and he is loaded with torpedos.

Patrol #2 :dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead::dead:. Submerge in the bay of Lorient and pretend you are out on patrol. It is the only way to survive the war:o. Surface after 2 weeks and dock! Start in any year you want because you will survive it with this tactic!!!! See you in the clam beds of Lorient!!!

Thanks for the invite mate but i managed to steer clear of the 2 patrol club by making it to 5 before biting the dust.:cry:

I would love to stay submerged the whole patrol but my crew just love an adventure So that is me well and truely buggered:arrgh!::arrgh!::rotfl:

The med is where it's at!
Sink lots of tonnage and make sure you and your men have some of Mussolini's beauties look after you at the end of each patrol. I guarantee it's worth it.

Thanks for you input mate.
Oh and welcome to Subsim.:up:

Come on guys the more imput the better lets hear all your thoughts on this subject. I will run this poll for a few more days and the winning Theater i will start in.:up:

I voted for Norway, late war!:D
I started my own career in June '42 (on 3rd patrol now, Sept. '42...we have proven to be a succesfull crew, for the U-586).

I can say that even in the 1st half of the war, it's quite a pain to get to the N-Atlantic at all.
On this patrol so far, we had to cope with 2 TFs (both with a carier), had to dive over 10 times to avoid being attacked by aircrafts, and survived no less than 5 close encounters with Destroyers...but no one's hurt yet, and the boat hasn't got a single scratch. And still a full load of torps.
And we're not even halfway to the patrol-grid. :damn::lol:

But I love it! Each patrol is becoming a real adventure, from 1st minute on.
Bergen is under constant threat of air-attacks, despite the Luftwaffe who's always over our heads.
The Norwegian coast suffers from regular TaskForce-visits...their range is huge, because of the carier-based aircrafts.

The U-586 (a typeVIIC) is now equipped with several upgrades:

- Radar Warning Receiver...saved our ass countless times.
- anti-sonar coating
- turbo-charged diesels (made by MAN - the exhaust-driven type)
- the best batteries around
- sonar
- FuMO-29 radar (I find it only usefull to lure an enemy into a trap)
- decoys
- acoustically-guided torpedoes (3 in the stern)

This should be enough for us, to outsmart the enemy, and we're anxiously awaiting the new torpedo-types that are promised to get to us soon.
Winter is approaching, which should finally bring us long dark nights, instead of the few hours we get in summer, so close to the pole-circle.
MrChris, I want you to transfer to Bergen, and see what it's like in '44-'45!! :|\\
And NO Sir....you won't get a XXI on 1st patrol.

I did

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=103815

Not for the faint hearted

2nd patrol wasnt much better but at least I lived
Just

Great post Paajtor:up:
You have done a good job of selling the latter war years in Norway to me mate:up:
Sounds like a right adventure:arrgh!:

Yep, I read your post, BBW...great story.

Ok MrChris, you're on the job.:rock:
:()1:When you get back from 1st patrol, please visit us here at the bar, and share some tips and stories.
I'm particulary interested in shallow-water tactics (<100m depth), as I don't take the long "safe" routes anymore. They're hardly safer than just sailing due West straight between the Shetlands and Schotland, DOH!
I installed Vikinger's Clean Map Mod, so that I have a better map-view on depths...I need to find every meter more that I can get.

Here's an example, from an attack just East of Schotland.
It shows a convoy-route, the interception course I took, the attack-area, and the escape-area...all made up at least half a day before the events took place.
If I remember well, general depth was around 75m, and the escape-area was around 120m.

http://www.61shap.org/pilots/Paajtor...pth_escape.jpg

Using GWX, btw.