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Inajira · 03-06-06, 10:07 AM

IMHO would never chance Ahead Flank at 5000m from a destroyer (am I reading you right?).

Anyway never underestimate the power of depth under your keel... "run silent, run deep". I always try to make sure I have at least enough depth under keel to go to crush depth while evading a destroyer. They seem to have a harder time determining my depth (lots of depth charges exploding above me) than determining my general location. And I figure why set speed to 1 knot with a destroyer close by when the noise made by the screws is going to far offset any advantage gained by moving slightly away (1 knot being really slow of course)?

I try to attack a convoy by suprise, dive fast and deep as possible and then wait it out, silent running is a must and All Stop as much as possible. As the destroyer wanders off I may then start to go to a slow speed to further confuse his fix on me. Even better if he uses up all his depth charges with poor shots.

"Why run? You'll only die tired."

03-06-06, 10:07 AM	#3
Inajira Loader Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 90 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	IMHO would never chance Ahead Flank at 5000m from a destroyer (am I reading you right?). Anyway never underestimate the power of depth under your keel... "run silent, run deep". I always try to make sure I have at least enough depth under keel to go to crush depth while evading a destroyer. They seem to have a harder time determining my depth (lots of depth charges exploding above me) than determining my general location. And I figure why set speed to 1 knot with a destroyer close by when the noise made by the screws is going to far offset any advantage gained by moving slightly away (1 knot being really slow of course)? I try to attack a convoy by suprise, dive fast and deep as possible and then wait it out, silent running is a must and All Stop as much as possible. As the destroyer wanders off I may then start to go to a slow speed to further confuse his fix on me. Even better if he uses up all his depth charges with poor shots. "Why run? You'll only die tired." __________________ ---- Lt(sr) Wolfgang Schmidt U-108 Der Lechtturm 94% Realism, DiD Career: 13 Patrols Fate: Sunk Dec 1941 in the North Atlantic, W of Gibraltar by depth charges from a British destroyer. All hands lost. "Torpedo treffer!"