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Originally Posted by Twitchy
How are you supposed to identify enemy ships from torpedo range? I cant even tell what country they are until im within 2000-1000 meters
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Well, it's only really a problem early in the war (and it can be frustrating - I stalked 2 sizable lone freighters at the beginning of my latest patrol (Dec '39) for quite a while, getting perfect firing solutions on both of them at about 400-500m, only to discover that the first one was Norwegian and the second one American and I had to let them both go) - I can't wait till later in the war when you can just shoot anything on sight and not worry about it.
With the lone merchants I usually go ahead and get in close for a submerged attack run just in case, and then check the flag just before shooting (it's good practice for my crew, even if we wind up letting them go like I had to this patrol). Or, if the weather is good and it's early enough in the war so they probably won't be armed, I'll sometimes get close enough on the surface to fire a star shell and read the flag that way (especially now that they've partially fixed the star shells so they ignite further than 500m from your boat), since I can generally gun them to a stop at that point if they turn out to be enemy.
Good luck, and good hunting!