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Originally Posted by Gargamel
I understand mano a mano, I'm toast against any ship on the surface.....
But if I'm using the merchant as a backdrop shield?
They aborted DC runs on me cause of them, but would they avoid shooting them?
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If I'm not mistaken, an armed enemy ship - once they know where you are - will keep firing on you even if you put one of their own ships between you and them. At least on the surface. I did this during a convoy attack - having taken out the only RN vessel on escort duty, I decided to surface and finish off an ore carrier with the deck gun. I guess one of the merchants was armed, as even when I started taking fire from somewhere and submerged again, we didn't pick up any warships on the 'phones. I figured out where the fire was coming from and got the damaged merchant in between myself and the armed vessel and resurfaced at a somewhat greater distance. They kept firing on me but everything was coming over top of the other ship and falling short. Some of it may have even hit the ore carrier because I sure didn't get too many more hits on her before she was done for.
I've never had them get a lock on me when I was submerged and drop wabos so near another ship that they took it out instead, at least not a merchant. I have seen DDs blow up themselves and some of their friends by dropping wabos and then all converging to ram me when I surfaced a few seconds later due to severe damage. Not sure if it was the depth charges or them colliding with each other that took all of them out... and of course I was finished off as well... but I took three down with me when I went, lol.