mmmMMMM......I have finished off one boat with the deck gun in RealUBoat 1.42 so it is possible to sink something using it. But you still might be on to something, I didn't know damage model of the gun shells had been modified, only the relaod speed...is that right ?
I'm on 1st Patrol in 1939 and have sunk 2 T3s and a Merchant. I have also crippled a T2 and a T3 and have only one bow torpedo left and one aft reserve which will take a couple of hours to load with my very very stressed crew.
I'm also on 100% realism and surfaced to finish the T3 off last night, managed to get one shot at her before an armed trawler and destroyer broke from the departing convoy and steamed towards me.
They pounded me for quite a while and at one point I got hit badly, 4 compartments flodding, boat sinking uncontrollable till it hit the bottom at 150 meters.....i was really going to blow ballast but managed to get the flodding under control. I was a sitting duck and they pounded me again, but the charges weren't set deep enough.
Boats repaired now and they've pretty much given up and are returning back to convoy. I'm gonna surface and shadow the straggling T3 whilst loaded the aft reserve torpedo from the deck - then i'm gonna sink the bugger.
I'm then going to chase the convoy and reposition myself to finish of the T2 with my one remaining bow torpedo.
Its 02:00 game time so I hope to have them both finished off by morning....wish me luck :-)
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