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Originally Posted by iambecomelife
Good job. Especially with a one torpedo kill. I feel sorry for the merchant marines I sink, but I hate escorts... love blasting them out of the water when I play career (usually Trigger Maru for me instead of FOTR).  |
I enjoy taking the escorts out as well, but only duel with them it out of necessity.First time I ever tried that in SH 4 was after reading "Wahoo" by O Kane where describes doing this in Wewak Harbor in early 1943. So when I had an escort charging me, I lined up for the shot and it worked lol
Last time I was into a career(couple years ago) I was in TMO RSRD (with my modifications) I got into the habit of dueling with escorts, took about 6 or 7 out in my patrols, mostly with the down the throat shot. I admit I gained some contempt for escorts which nearly got me killed. I fired two Mark 18's down the throat at a Matsu class DE but he turned just right, they skimmed down each side(like something out of a movie lol) I had to crash dive, as you probably know Matsu's lay an impressive pattern of charges. Beat my boat up pretty bad, lost control a while, kept bouncing bettwen 550 feet and 600 in a Gato.Gato's crush depth is 596 if I recall, so came extremely close. Then his buddies the kaibokans arrived, which made it even worse.
I limped back home with one screw and two engines working, most essential gear destroyed. TMO escorts will get ya lol.