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Originally Posted by silentwayIII
Qestion regarding NYGM. Last night I attacked a convoy (1940). Dove to periscope depth at 10k from front of convoy and waited. At approximately 4k from front end of the convoy set speed to 1kt, silent running at 20 meters. Lead escort, at approximately 2 k from me, turned in my direction and zig-zagged to me. Dropped 4-5 DC's right on top of me. I took big damage. Turned around, this time pinging, and dropped another 4-5 DC's and killed me.
Is this escort behavior normal or what?
I also play GW and the escorts are no way as tuned in to me when I am crawling at 1kt and on silent running mode. There is also much less pinging in GW. Is this more normal or is NYGM overly amped up?
Does anyone know what the detection ranges are in NYGM for an elite DD or escort crew at 1,2,3,4,5,6-8 kts in ideal surface conditions with a u-boat on 3kts or less and on silent running mode.
Any help or clarification on the above is as usual, very appreciated.
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Still think thats a bit much for 1940
DD were hardly all elite or uber then as figures show
1939
57 U-boats were capable of going out to sea when the war began in September 1939. When the year ended
9 of them had been lost.
1940
24 boats were lost in 1940. U-31 was actually sunk twice so she appears twice in that number.
1941
35 boats were lost during 1941.
1942
The U-boat fleet lost
86 boats during this year, most of them in the latter half the year. A sign of things to come ...
1943
With the biggest convoy battles of the war and the highest number of boats at sea, stakes were high. In May 1943 the biggest loss to befall the U-boat fleet came with loss of 41 boats. Overall losses in 1943 were
242 U-boats.
1944
This year was even worse than 1943, steady losses all year brought the total up to
252 boats when the year came to and end.
1945
With the war coming to an end, overwhelming allied forced all around them, Germany lost over
120 U-boats in action in the first 5 months of the year.
Now I know the number of boats at sea rose so you would expect to see a rise in sinkings but the big losses didnt start to happen till late 1942 when the DD finally got their act and technology together IMHO