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Originally Posted by Immelman
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.
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Yeah I agree, I use the 88mm for the start of the war sinking everything I don't want to waste a torpedo on, then when the merchants arm themselves I switch to the 105mm and start firing from longer ranges and washed out decks. It gets difficult and you tend to miss more but you can still sink ships with the deck gun all the way to 45'.
And for the others:
Yeah when I get a dud it sucks but I don't beat myself up over it, you just fire another at some other ship. A Type VII carries around 12 torpedoes inside, thats plenty of chances right there
I use a Type IX which carries tons of torpedoes, when I spend time attacking a convoy I get it right, if I miss or get a dud I just move on to the next ship. My patrols seem to stand for themselves.
And in general I give up surface attacks fairly early on (1941-1942) and just get in the convoys path and let it come to me. This mean I just have to sit broadside to the convoy lanes as they pass over, giving plenty of chances to make 90 or 270 degree shots. If I mess up I just dive and call it off, no harm done cause I did not have to calculate anything.