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Playing NYGM late 1942

Radar, so keeping contact with hydrophone until the permission to attack is given.

I seem to do ok by getting into the front sector of the convoy. Radar, so submerged approach. Only 4 escorts, and the port and starboard guards make very large search patterns to the sides of the convoy - I get inside the convoy easily (getting out might be very tricky).

Three torpedoes to try to insure two hits. One just in front of the target, one in the middle, one just behind the target. One will miss, but might hit another ship behind the target. The fourth against a suitable target. Then turn towards the escape route, shoot the stern torpedo if I manage to turn into a good direction fast enough.

I try to stay at periscope depth to see what's happening and to have a good idea on how to best evade the escorts. 1 - 2 knots speed is not enough. I go faster in order to gain distance to the escorts coming in to investigate. When they get close I go back to 1 - 2 knots.

Pre-radar, pretty much the same, but faster and on surface. Shoot from longer range to make sure I can escape surfaced.

1943, I'll be using more magnetic pistols, FAT torpedoes, and eventually acoustic torpedoes. With acoustics I might try to take an escort out to gain a free side to attack from. But by 1943 I'll probably not be attacking convoys as the airplanes in NYGM seem to damage me or get very close every other or third attack. When they get bigger bombs, I'm dead meat. The Hurricanes would have killed me already, if the bombs weren't minuscule.

I have now managed to gain two wolfpack attacks in my career. If I get a wolfpack and the weather is very rough, I might save torpedoes and try to attack when the weather is better. So far I've attacked despite the weather, but the torpedo malfunction rate is horrendous.

Oh, and I never attack when it's shallow. If I manage to live until 1944, BdU will order me to do that. I'm not looking forward to that.