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Originally Posted by magic452
The best way to evade escorts is to avoid them. 
I'll track a convoy for as long as it takes to get in as good a firing position as possible, night, bad weather, etc. I set up at 2800 yards or more at a 70° attack angle if I can. Depends on which firing solution I'm using, TDC/PK or a zero gyro angle Okane or vector analysis.
If I'm using my bow tubes as soon as I fire the last one I go to full power astern and set depth to 300 feet or so. I'll back out for as long as I can and when the escorts get close cut to 3 knots, silent running and throw in about 15° rudder. This way you seem to get farther away from your firing position and still keep a low profile to the escorts. Haven't heard a close depth charge this whole career. 
Torpx is dead on about the flank speed timing thing. It takes some practice but can be done.
I will wait 30 or so seconds after they pass and cut to 1 knot and go to 15° rudder as well, you'll coast farther that way.
Magic |
Yea, if you're willing and have the time it's better to wait until night. Certainly if you can wait until you're in deeper water. One of these days I plan to try to finish a complete war with no saves, dead is dead...100% realism. I tried once and made it to early 45, but got killed being stupid in Formosa...
One thing fun with RSRD if you follow one convoy long enough, you'll almost always run into another. I often will stay in front tracking one and another one will pop up, then wait until they're almost together and attack. Often you can have 50 plus ships to choose from, but of course double the escorts....but so many overlapping targets. When I play serious, almost all my attacks are night surface, cept later war enemy radar can be fun to dance around...
Also learn to attack in storms, you can blast the hell out of everything with guns and torps...