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King_Zog · 03-14-11, 02:27 PM

Hi guys,

I'm new to the forum and to SH3. Firstly I just want to say how much of a brilliant resource this place is for new players of the game, I've already learned many techniques such as manual targeting and plotting intercepts just by browsing the threads, but I do have a question about the pros and cons of the different U-Boat types on offer throughout the campaign. I play with GWX3 which I understand changes much about the U-Boats from stock.

I understand the different models have various dive times and surface/submerged top speeds and some handle better than others... but I wonder if the actual size and length of the sub is taken into account by the game when it comes to asdic detection. For example will I really be harder to detect by sound wave pinging in a type II than say a type IX? Also are some U-Boats quieter than others, or will I be making the same amount of noise travelling submerged at 1knot in a typeII as I would in a typeIX?

I also see that the VIIC/42 is present in the game for the late war. Does it have the 400meter crush depth that the real world design was supposedly rated at?

So far I've only had experience with the typeII models and the VIIB. The type IX looks to me like a death trap, but I'm probably very wrong and I'm looking forward to trying one out at somepoint.

03-14-11, 02:27 PM	#1
King_Zog Soundman Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: London Posts: 143 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	The different U-Boats in SH3+GWX3 Hi guys, I'm new to the forum and to SH3. Firstly I just want to say how much of a brilliant resource this place is for new players of the game, I've already learned many techniques such as manual targeting and plotting intercepts just by browsing the threads, but I do have a question about the pros and cons of the different U-Boat types on offer throughout the campaign. I play with GWX3 which I understand changes much about the U-Boats from stock. I understand the different models have various dive times and surface/submerged top speeds and some handle better than others... but I wonder if the actual size and length of the sub is taken into account by the game when it comes to asdic detection. For example will I really be harder to detect by sound wave pinging in a type II than say a type IX? Also are some U-Boats quieter than others, or will I be making the same amount of noise travelling submerged at 1knot in a typeII as I would in a typeIX? I also see that the VIIC/42 is present in the game for the late war. Does it have the 400meter crush depth that the real world design was supposedly rated at? So far I've only had experience with the typeII models and the VIIB. The type IX looks to me like a death trap, but I'm probably very wrong and I'm looking forward to trying one out at somepoint.