SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - Convoy attack tactics in SH3 vs. tactics of real life U-boats.

mookiemookie · 02-11-09, 10:12 AM

I've done it. It's not easy, but it's all about decks awash, slow speed and pre-positioning your boat and keeping your aspect angle as small as possible. GoldenRivet's suggestion about waiting for the wing escorts to break off in their search pattern is good as well. Use that time to get in the escort screen and get to about 2000m away from the convoy and let fly with your torpedoes. Don't stick around to watch the fireworks, just concentrate on getting as much real estate between you and the escorts as possible while your fish are in the water.

Of course once the convoys start getting more heavily escorted, it makes it very difficult. Once they have radar, forget it altogether.

02-11-09, 10:12 AM	#3
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I've done it. It's not easy, but it's all about decks awash, slow speed and pre-positioning your boat and keeping your aspect angle as small as possible. GoldenRivet's suggestion about waiting for the wing escorts to break off in their search pattern is good as well. Use that time to get in the escort screen and get to about 2000m away from the convoy and let fly with your torpedoes. Don't stick around to watch the fireworks, just concentrate on getting as much real estate between you and the escorts as possible while your fish are in the water. Of course once the convoys start getting more heavily escorted, it makes it very difficult. Once they have radar, forget it altogether. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.