On my first patrol!
 

Hi Guys,
Just set off from from Wilmshaven on my first patrol, in U-5 IIA the excitement is fantastic. What a great job done by the GWX guys..everything looks awesome, and i think i saw the Tirpitz!! good to be back at sea! Wish me luck....
F16falcon

Yes the Tirpitz is docked on your left on way out
Have a good patrol and sink em all
Well at least 3 in your " duck "

Hello f16falcon, I wish you best of luck. :) I just installed GWX and am also about to set off on my first GWX patrol! :rock:

Cheers

Just remember, boys: Since this is GWX, odds are you're only gonna last one more patrol after this one. So don't get too attached to your boat or crew. ;)

Now now Mookie
Where's the rasing stirring speech
:nope:
Uncle Karl wont be pleased

Also... F16 Falcon?
I'm sorry but that's just gotta go. People in these parts don't care too much for you fancy flyboys and your A-VEE-A-TOR shades...:down:

Time to trade in your Top Gun attitude for a little Das Boot cunning and stealth.:up:

Deeeep....Deeeeeper still....

:up:

Fair voyage
 

Take good care of your crew.
MM

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

F16 & TinSoldier!

Welcome to the WAR. :roll: Be careful, play it safe. Stealth, cunning & deep water are your friends. (:rotfl: :rotfl: you won't find deep water in a canoe). Make Onkel Karl proud, sink some ships but come back safely. Read the GWX manual and visit my site for a few useful pointers.

Happy hunting!

Don't forget to dock with the milchcow as you leave the harbour ;)

First patrol, huh? When you complete patrol #2 let me know.;)

"Look at these new heroes. All wind and smoke. Big mouths.Cheeks together. Balls in hand. And the belief in our Fuhrer in their eyes.
They will know in time." :D
(Der Alte, Das Boot)

Cheers and welcome to the Flottilla,
AndyW

I will not join the 'Dead after 2nd Patrol Club'! I hope. :lol:

First patrol went ok. Came across a Large Merchant at the top of the big channel that leads out into the Atlantic. A 7,000 tonner, a pretty nice early find I thought to myself. It was a clear sunny day. I should have went farther out ahead of her before turning in to attack, but I was excited and impatient! I had to dive too early to avoid being detected. First shot was from quite a ways out, 3800m i think, it missed. Now she knew she was being hunted and was zig-zagging. Although I could have surfaced and got in quite a bit closer as there was no one but me and her around, I stayed submerged. I got in a little closer, about 2800m, and decided take take a chance and fire off a shot even though she was zig-zagging and I was still a little ways out. Scored a hit towards the front of her bow and after a few minutes she was slowing down. After a couple more minutes she slowed even further to just a few knots. I remained submerged and after several more minutes put another into her. Took around 8 minutes for the 'she's going down' celebration! :D I went to my patrol grid(AN56) and completed my 24 hours of duty there.


Then I went down a bit to where I was a little ways out from the coast between Hartlespool and Hull. It was dark out now with 10m/s winds, medium fog, and very cloudy with a fair amount of lightening in the sky. After a while I came upon a Pyro Ammo ship by submerging every so often, listening in on the hydrophones, and then chasing the contact down. I though 'w00t, I'll be doing pretty good if I can score a second 7,000 tonner for my first patrol!' I dove down to periscope depth. First shot was lined up as good as they can be, and was a dud. :cry: Now I had another zig-zagger. But I was in pretty close. Took the second shot, which could have been lined up a little better, and it bounced off, or else it was another dud. Third torp hit her and started a small fire on deck but hardly slowed her down nor did much of anything else. No deck gun on my duck!! I stayed sumberged and followed her a little while but she didn't slow down any further. Since I was out of torps I headed back to base.

While a little disappointed I didn't score the second ship I was happy to have a 7,000 tonner under my belt for the first time out. :)

And WOW, GWX is a sweet mod! Huge difference and a huge tanks to the GWX team!

Cheers all

@onetinsoldier

See you at the next meeting:up: