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Originally Posted by sergei
AN14. Really not a good place to be reloading externals.
You're in an area of lots of allied air cover.
In a IXB I would say go further afield to hunt.
Say the Western Approaches, or the approaches to the Gib.
Nice deep water there too.
And you can head West for a bit when you want to reload externals.
After the transfer to France then maybe Canada, Freetown or the Caribbean.
I'm just guessing most of this, as I haven't run a IXB career yet.
But that's what I'd do.
I wouldn't think the IXB is the right sort of sub for hunting in the AN Grid Squares.
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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Agreed.......nor would I be reloading externals anywhere near a traffic route......far too risky.
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Well, this is my first time playing with an IXB, too. So the way I was playing it out was this:
I'd already been assigned a patrol area (obviously based upon my old VIIB) so I decided to keep to my familiar hunting grounds as a sort of 'shake down cruise' while I and my crew got familiar with things. Which is why I stayed 'local',
As to the lesson learned about reloading anywhere near a traffic route well . . . consider it a lesson well-learned!
