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bookworm_020 · 01-03-11, 05:19 PM

I've sunk a few Elco's in my current career, most of the time it was the fact they turned up and tried to interfere with me finishing of a merchant.

Using a deck gun on them at ranges over 1000m is a waste of ammo as they move too fast and are too small to have a good chance of hitting them. The deck gun is best used with open sites under 1000m, your flak can also do good damage to them as well. 20mm seem to do OK, the twin version are best, the quad 20mm is too unwieldy. The 37mm is good as long as it's automatic.

If you can knock out the forward gun position you can avoid a lot of damage. If you have no reason to fight them, don't bother. From 43' even if you sink them, they can call in aircraft and other ships (if nearby) which just makes your situation worse!

01-03-11, 05:19 PM	#14
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I've sunk a few Elco's in my current career, most of the time it was the fact they turned up and tried to interfere with me finishing of a merchant. Using a deck gun on them at ranges over 1000m is a waste of ammo as they move too fast and are too small to have a good chance of hitting them. The deck gun is best used with open sites under 1000m, your flak can also do good damage to them as well. 20mm seem to do OK, the twin version are best, the quad 20mm is too unwieldy. The 37mm is good as long as it's automatic. If you can knock out the forward gun position you can avoid a lot of damage. If you have no reason to fight them, don't bother. From 43' even if you sink them, they can call in aircraft and other ships (if nearby) which just makes your situation worse! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"