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05-06-11, 11:02 PM

What can you do? Congratulations, you have met GWX's late war enemy. Realize that, like Clay Blair writes, you are now the hunted and you have to start thinking like prey rather than predator.

Virtually all my GWX patrols are post Black May, usually in the final year of the war and while careers tend to be short and end violently, the challenges are huge as is the satisfaction of just surviving 6-weeks in the Atlantic and returning to port.

In my opinion, the toughest period is late 1943 through to summer of '44; the opposition is brutal and your snorkel is generally not yet available. Some common sense suggestions:

- Convoys should only be engaged under the most favourable conditions and FAT's are your friends. Long range FAT salvoes into a convoy can often yield one or two hits and with patience and a bit of luck you can pick off the cripples after the convoy moves out of detection range. FAT's can be tricky to program so you might want to build a training scenario and practice until comfortable shooting pattern-running torpedoes at an entire convoy rather than straight-runners at a single ship.

- Warship groups should be avoided. Think of yourself as a barely mobile minefield. Where possible, put your boat in a position where the targets come to you. Be prepared to let juicey targets escape unless your goal is suicide by escort.

- There will be opportunities but choose them carefully. If you cannot see a way out before the attack, break off while still undetected.

- Consider modding the renown to give credit for reaching your patrol area and returning to port. Just surviving would draw favourable attention from the high and the mighty.

- Forget your stern tube(s). As soon as you can get acoustic torpedoes, put them in the after tubes and use only for defence. Get used to the idea of coming home with torpedoes on board.

- Avoid aircraft at all costs. You may get lucky but you're more likely to get sunk.

Most important, have fun and Good Hunting.

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Late war high TC at any time can really get you killed in a hurry. Using any significant TC while being hunted as always a bad idea in SH3 but with the deadly late-war escorts it just gets you destroyed that much sooner.

05-06-11, 11:02 PM	#3
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	What can you do? Congratulations, you have met GWX's late war enemy. Realize that, like Clay Blair writes, you are now the hunted and you have to start thinking like prey rather than predator. Virtually all my GWX patrols are post Black May, usually in the final year of the war and while careers tend to be short and end violently, the challenges are huge as is the satisfaction of just surviving 6-weeks in the Atlantic and returning to port. In my opinion, the toughest period is late 1943 through to summer of '44; the opposition is brutal and your snorkel is generally not yet available. Some common sense suggestions: - Convoys should only be engaged under the most favourable conditions and FAT's are your friends. Long range FAT salvoes into a convoy can often yield one or two hits and with patience and a bit of luck you can pick off the cripples after the convoy moves out of detection range. FAT's can be tricky to program so you might want to build a training scenario and practice until comfortable shooting pattern-running torpedoes at an entire convoy rather than straight-runners at a single ship. - Warship groups should be avoided. Think of yourself as a barely mobile minefield. Where possible, put your boat in a position where the targets come to you. Be prepared to let juicey targets escape unless your goal is suicide by escort. - There will be opportunities but choose them carefully. If you cannot see a way out before the attack, break off while still undetected. - Consider modding the renown to give credit for reaching your patrol area and returning to port. Just surviving would draw favourable attention from the high and the mighty. - Forget your stern tube(s). As soon as you can get acoustic torpedoes, put them in the after tubes and use only for defence. Get used to the idea of coming home with torpedoes on board. - Avoid aircraft at all costs. You may get lucky but you're more likely to get sunk. Most important, have fun and Good Hunting. Edit Late war high TC at any time can really get you killed in a hurry. Using any significant TC while being hunted as always a bad idea in SH3 but with the deadly late-war escorts it just gets you destroyed that much sooner.