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Weisia · 05-09-09, 03:32 AM

Recently I tried to attack two convoys in late 1942. As a result two perfect commanders were lost with all hands on deck.Can anyone give me some advice (I am using NYGM)? This is what generally happens:

Both convoys I tried to attack were very large and had one escort in front and one in the back. There were also three escorts on both sides, making the total number of escorts 8.

I drove my sub on both occasions within the escort screen on the port side of the convoy. All this time I wasn't detected. And suddenly, when I am only 1,000 meters (or less) away of my targets and seconds away of emptying my tubes I get pinged (i think by the escorts on port of the convoy). You might guess what happened next: panic, fired all my torps blindly hoping they would hit something, crash dived, Dc'ed, flooding, DiD.

Silent running was of course enabled, all engines didn't exceed 1000 rpm, and my periscope use was kept to a minimum. At the moment I tried to fire my torps I was of course at pd (between 12 and 15 meters), but when I sneaked into the convoy I was at 40 meters.

So should I even try to penetrate the escort screen or only try to fire outside the screen? And is there even a way I can enter a convoy without having to die?

05-09-09, 03:32 AM	#1
Weisia A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 71 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Sneeking inside a 1942 convoy Recently I tried to attack two convoys in late 1942. As a result two perfect commanders were lost with all hands on deck.Can anyone give me some advice (I am using NYGM)? This is what generally happens: Both convoys I tried to attack were very large and had one escort in front and one in the back. There were also three escorts on both sides, making the total number of escorts 8. I drove my sub on both occasions within the escort screen on the port side of the convoy. All this time I wasn't detected. And suddenly, when I am only 1,000 meters (or less) away of my targets and seconds away of emptying my tubes I get pinged (i think by the escorts on port of the convoy). You might guess what happened next: panic, fired all my torps blindly hoping they would hit something, crash dived, Dc'ed, flooding, DiD. Silent running was of course enabled, all engines didn't exceed 1000 rpm, and my periscope use was kept to a minimum. At the moment I tried to fire my torps I was of course at pd (between 12 and 15 meters), but when I sneaked into the convoy I was at 40 meters. So should I even try to penetrate the escort screen or only try to fire outside the screen? And is there even a way I can enter a convoy without having to die?