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Originally Posted by Rhodes
I am still in 43, late 43 - October. My patrol zone is area 11-B, near Formosa. I pick up a convoy by radar and went for it. Crystal clear sea, 0 wind, 0 waves (since I arrived near the patrol area), crescent moon.
3 rows convoy with 2 escorts, one in the rear, one in the front. Manage to get to 4000/3700 yards undetected.
But I had to end the game, so only after I pick up I can see if I can go even near.
By the way, deck awash tactic? Used in real life? In the game can be done and if so, will have any influence in the detection of the sub?
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Nice, so working it sounds like, let me know once you pick up the attack how it turns out.You are getting into the time period (late 43-1944) of primetime for the convoy battles, esp night surface attacks.
Decks awash, while used on occasion, was not used a lot of US subs in night surface attacks it seems, because it reduced the boats maneuverability on surface. US subs liked to hit the targets on surface at night, then if at all possible escape on surface to avoid being held down for hours and depth charged, while rest of ships escaped. Tactic was used more often when rescuing people from water, deploying rafts with troops, supplies, approaching shore to reduce visibility etc.German U boats liked to use the decks awash tactics more often in attacks if I recall.
While can use decks awash in the sim, it does not work as should for most part, select say 26 feet, boat takes too long to flood down and tends to "bounce" especially if have more than 1/3 speed. I did make a little mod where when hit the "radar depth" key, boat floods down to 26-27 feet(Depending on class of boat ), may include it in next release.
Overall, would not use tactic in combat unless must and not necessary to pull off night surface attacks given the changes in the TMO Update.