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Threadfin · 05-15-06, 01:57 PM

I'm currently on my 18th career. Only one time have I survived until the end, and that was my 10th career. Here's a post I made on another forum after surviving the war last June. For the hell of it I loaded all slots with GNAT and Falke.

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We recieved no radio message at sea indicating an end to hostilities, so we continued to patrol until about the 28th of May. We were hanging north of Scapa near the battleship location from the previous patrol. Sunk a couple of destroyers and destroyer escorts with the acoustics. Also sunk a Norwegian fishing trawler as we were leaving Flensburg. Wanted to test the twin M42 and he was the unfortunate target. What a great gun. I opened fire from 3500 meters, and 50 seconds later he was sinking. Just little bursts as the pitching brought the crosshairs up and down. I couldn't even really tell if I was hitting him. Highly recommend this gun for AA defense and other general purpose duties

Finally, on the last day of the patrol we found another King George task force. Got into a great position and fired a 4-shot spread of GNAT and Falke. Unfotunately the one GNAT went after a DD, and as the depth was set to 9.5 meters that eel was lost. The 3 Falke locked onto the King George but their turn toward the engines made them miss altogether, and as they were going 20kts, and the task force 21 kts, they were never going to catch up. The irony is they would have all run under the BB if they weren't acoustics. In desperation I came back up to PD and raised the snorkel. Surely the TF would start to zig and the eels would hit. But no reaction. Dammit! Surface. That'll get their atention. We pop up expecting a barage and nothing! Guess they know the war is over. We sail alongside the task force until they pull ahead, a final salute and the war is over.

The only thing I noticed that could have been a sign the war was over aside from the Tommies not shooting at me, was the German ports turned green on the map, but I didn't notice the date. And soon after I was no longer being hounded by A/C.

Career 10 was an exciting one, here's the final tally. 151k warship tonnage

Patrols=20
TonnageSunk=894397.000000
MerchantTotalTonnage=742974.000000 (7900 tons per, fat SoBs)
WarshipsTotalTonnage=151423.000000 (9400 per, mmmm BB)
ShipsSunkNb=110
MerchantTotalShipsSunk=94
WarshipsTotalShipsSunk=16
PatrolCraftSunk=0
CorvetteSunk=0
FrigateSunk=0
DestroyerEscortSunk=3
DestroyerSunk=6
MineSweeperSunk=0
LightCruiserSunk=1
HeavyCruiserSunk=0
EscortCarrierSunk=4
AircraftCarrierSunk=0
BattleCruiserSunk=0
BattleShipSunk=2
MineLayingShipSunk=0
AuxiliaryCruiserSunk=0
PlanesDownNb=1

Including 4 liners which aren't listed as a type.

Our boat suffered no casualties during the course of the war. We had two patrols cut short by damage which forced a return to base, one of those patrols was a blank as we were hit soon after leaving port, the other after only one sinking. Both of those patrols were in the XXI. The battery/recharge thing needs fixing, as it virtually eliminates the XXI's submerged endurance and range advantages. The sonar and snorkel-top radar need fixing too.

The VIIC/42 is also a disapointment. I see no difference between it and a vanilla VIIC, aside from the two additional external torpedo slots. The range is the same as a VIIC, when it should be much higher, and the crush depth, which should be the real advantage to this boat, by at least 100 meters, is also the same as the VIIC.

05-15-06, 01:57 PM	#9
Threadfin Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,163 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	I'm currently on my 18th career. Only one time have I survived until the end, and that was my 10th career. Here's a post I made on another forum after surviving the war last June. For the hell of it I loaded all slots with GNAT and Falke. ------------------------------------------------------------------ We recieved no radio message at sea indicating an end to hostilities, so we continued to patrol until about the 28th of May. We were hanging north of Scapa near the battleship location from the previous patrol. Sunk a couple of destroyers and destroyer escorts with the acoustics. Also sunk a Norwegian fishing trawler as we were leaving Flensburg. Wanted to test the twin M42 and he was the unfortunate target. What a great gun. I opened fire from 3500 meters, and 50 seconds later he was sinking. Just little bursts as the pitching brought the crosshairs up and down. I couldn't even really tell if I was hitting him. Highly recommend this gun for AA defense and other general purpose duties Finally, on the last day of the patrol we found another King George task force. Got into a great position and fired a 4-shot spread of GNAT and Falke. Unfotunately the one GNAT went after a DD, and as the depth was set to 9.5 meters that eel was lost. The 3 Falke locked onto the King George but their turn toward the engines made them miss altogether, and as they were going 20kts, and the task force 21 kts, they were never going to catch up. The irony is they would have all run under the BB if they weren't acoustics. In desperation I came back up to PD and raised the snorkel. Surely the TF would start to zig and the eels would hit. But no reaction. Dammit! Surface. That'll get their atention. We pop up expecting a barage and nothing! Guess they know the war is over. We sail alongside the task force until they pull ahead, a final salute and the war is over. The only thing I noticed that could have been a sign the war was over aside from the Tommies not shooting at me, was the German ports turned green on the map, but I didn't notice the date. And soon after I was no longer being hounded by A/C. Career 10 was an exciting one, here's the final tally. 151k warship tonnage Patrols=20 TonnageSunk=894397.000000 MerchantTotalTonnage=742974.000000 (7900 tons per, fat SoBs) WarshipsTotalTonnage=151423.000000 (9400 per, mmmm BB) ShipsSunkNb=110 MerchantTotalShipsSunk=94 WarshipsTotalShipsSunk=16 PatrolCraftSunk=0 CorvetteSunk=0 FrigateSunk=0 DestroyerEscortSunk=3 DestroyerSunk=6 MineSweeperSunk=0 LightCruiserSunk=1 HeavyCruiserSunk=0 EscortCarrierSunk=4 AircraftCarrierSunk=0 BattleCruiserSunk=0 BattleShipSunk=2 MineLayingShipSunk=0 AuxiliaryCruiserSunk=0 PlanesDownNb=1 Including 4 liners which aren't listed as a type. Our boat suffered no casualties during the course of the war. We had two patrols cut short by damage which forced a return to base, one of those patrols was a blank as we were hit soon after leaving port, the other after only one sinking. Both of those patrols were in the XXI. The battery/recharge thing needs fixing, as it virtually eliminates the XXI's submerged endurance and range advantages. The sonar and snorkel-top radar need fixing too. The VIIC/42 is also a disapointment. I see no difference between it and a vanilla VIIC, aside from the two additional external torpedo slots. The range is the same as a VIIC, when it should be much higher, and the crush depth, which should be the real advantage to this boat, by at least 100 meters, is also the same as the VIIC. __________________ What? Behind the rabbit?