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Originally Posted by sharkbit
There's a reason I removed my deck gun from my Med career boat in mid 1943. Now the temptation to shoot "defenseless" merchantmen is not even there.
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I agree that the temptation to use the deck gun is quite great and one must show restraint and control over the need to sink everything without wasting eels. I personally use the Deck Gun only on ships under 3000 tons or ships that are still floating after having been torpedoed.
I have successfully used the aforementioned manner with great success all the way to the end of the war in my last career. The trick is to not push your luck knowing when to break off and knowing how to position your boat giving you maximum advantage over the enemy.
Its the same approach as the Fast 90 torpedo attack really. Position your self infront of the projected ships course (in a perpendicular angle) from one to three km away depending on visibility and sea conditions. This will present the smallest possible target of your ship to the enemy while the inverse is true for your enemy. At all times even when zigzagging you will have a minimum 45 AOB to aim your shots at.
Surface and proceed to ahead slow when the ship is 5 to 10 degrees bearing from 0.
Lob shell on it until the ship is 5 to 10 degrees bearing past bearing 0.
Submerge and reposition as described above.
Lather, rinse, repeat until the ship is sunk.
Try to blow up everything on her deck i.e. cargo, masts, smoke stacks etc and then aim the rest of your shots on the waterline.
This gives you the best possible firing angle the whole time while it gives the worst firing angle to the sip on your sub. You can inflict maximal damage while you minimize the amount of damage you receive. If you don't see what I mean then look for your Uboat from the ship's deck you will see how hard you are to spot if you position this way. Sometimes all you see is a speck of light when your deck gun is fired.
