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Originally Posted by Crannogman
NB that my mods are ISE, RSRDC, NMMO, and OTC; auto targeting.
Recently, I tend to attack from almost abeam, surfaced at night, firing low-speed fish from ~6000y. This generally keeps me outside the escorts' visual range, although I think I have gotten rather closer at radar depth.
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My present mod list
I number my mods so they load in order and are easy to coordinate: 100 series is basic supermod. 200s reserved for RSRDC, 300s are bearing tools and plotting table stuff, 400s are TMO keys, TMOPlot keyboard and plotting mods, 600s are missions, 700s are boat skins
Note that 300, 400, 600 and 700 items don't have any impact at all on gameplay unless you run out of memory. They are also very unlikely to overwrite each other.
Okay, I attack nearly the same as Crannogman. However I don't believe in slow torpedoes as they cut your accuracy by the ratio of the speeds. Therefore, I sneak in at night, decks awash to within 3000 yards of the convoy with my stern to the convoy. I shoot four at the largest available target in the densest part of the convoy (taking advantage of ship overlaps). I want a hit and I don't care where. I don't care if I sink the target I hit.
As soon as the torpedoes leave the tubes I'm running full throttle out of there because I just rang the dinner bell for the DDs. Pretty much surface immediately, go to ahead emergency and by the time they get there they don't find you.
End around to the other side of the convoy. You have over an hour. Then when you approach the other side of the convoy you can be very deliberate because all the escorts are on the other side of the convoy blowing up whales and jellyfish with muchas ashcans. Get in very close. Target individual juicy targets. You have time to hit two, probably. Then get out of Dodge. High speed end around. The escorts will have switched sides again and so will you.
Rinse and repeat until the escorts don't have anything to escort and steam off with their tails between their legs.