@XenonSurf..,
Send contact report is used when you spot a convoy. Your watch crew will advise “multiple ships sighted” and you can send this report to BDU where Doenitz will advise if a wolfpack can assist you. Early war the Wolfpack’s are non existent and you will get lot of “use own discretion” messages.
The status report is so Doenitz can update his massive wall map of all boats at the Lions den.
Weather report is a “just for fun function”.
To be historically fair, if a uboat fires all torpedoes and had a lot of fuel, it would remain in zone and act as a weather boat. So if you are a true subsimmer, nerd to the fullest, you will stay in zone and send those weather reports!
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