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merc4ulfate · 01-08-13, 02:04 PM

I have never been ordered to attack the escorts first but I have done it on occasion.

If I felt the merchants were lightly gunned and escorted (one escort positioned in the lead and one to the stern of the last merchant) I would take the lead escort out first. Dive deep all ahead flank. When I felt the escort was within 2000 yards or past 120 degrees to my bow I would slow to 1/3 all quiet and if I am lucky it heads towards my firing position while I get closer to the merchants. I would ready the fish, come to periscope depth, fire towards my targets, angle into the convoy, and once the fish had hit ... or missed

, I would surface and try to fire using the stern tubes while the front loaded and the deck gun on the closest ship. When I would notice the escort coming towards me I lined up so that I could try to keep it dead astern while I fired at it with my deck gun.

The narrow silhouette made me harder to hit and even though it could outrun me on the surface flank speed could keep enough distance away that I could slow it down and sometimes destroy it with my deck gun with minimal or no damage at all.

The merchants would then be easier to pick off with fish or the deck gun.

01-08-13, 02:04 PM	#4
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	I have never been ordered to attack the escorts first but I have done it on occasion. If I felt the merchants were lightly gunned and escorted (one escort positioned in the lead and one to the stern of the last merchant) I would take the lead escort out first. Dive deep all ahead flank. When I felt the escort was within 2000 yards or past 120 degrees to my bow I would slow to 1/3 all quiet and if I am lucky it heads towards my firing position while I get closer to the merchants. I would ready the fish, come to periscope depth, fire towards my targets, angle into the convoy, and once the fish had hit ... or missed , I would surface and try to fire using the stern tubes while the front loaded and the deck gun on the closest ship. When I would notice the escort coming towards me I lined up so that I could try to keep it dead astern while I fired at it with my deck gun. The narrow silhouette made me harder to hit and even though it could outrun me on the surface flank speed could keep enough distance away that I could slow it down and sometimes destroy it with my deck gun with minimal or no damage at all. The merchants would then be easier to pick off with fish or the deck gun.