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Originally Posted by Paul Riley
As radar removes the previous invisibility of the UBoats at night,the night can still be useful,albeit you are submerged of course.How about engaging the convoy from the rear,using it's own noise to mask your own? increase speed ever so slightly and then penetrate when certain you are on a good course to fire a 90 degree shot at a chosen ship.You would run silent prior to penetrating,then run standard just as you are about to penetrate.
It also makes sense more going in from the rear due to the fact that their main focus of observation is to the front,and maybe a few degrees to the sides (correct me on this),so you may manage to sneak in better from the rear,get onto your chosen attack run,attack,then exit rapidly through the rear.
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Good idea but I just think you're going to drain your battery pretty quick trying to sneak in. Even a slow convoy of 6 knots will force you to run at full or flank unless you are doing a lot of shots with large AOB's.
And then, if the escorts pick you up afterwards and keep you down long enough, you are in trouble with a drained battery and reduced options.
Just a thought though. I haven't tried a night submerged attack against a convoy from the side or rear. Might be something to keep in the toolbox though.
