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Threadfin · 08-17-24, 08:50 AM

U-292 has made it to June of 1944. We had one close affair with a determined escort group out in the mid-Atlantic and had to go very deep. Our boat did in fact take damage at 235 meters from DCs, but all topside and superstructure (AA guns, radar detector, bow caps) suggesting the charges were exploding some distance above us. No leaks or breaches but the boat, she was a-rockin'!

Usually I feel safe and stealthy below 200 meters, but this group was good. Went on for hours. But we made it. I don't think I would have survived without one, the VIIC/41 and two, the little blue hydrophone contact lines on the map which let me con the boat reactively and accurately to counter every move and eventually slip away. But it was a very close thing. Thought the jig was up, and playing dead is dead it would have been disappointing to come this far (over 40 patrols) and have it all end, but that's the appeal of playing this way. It is all hanging out there.

In my next career I'll slow down the tech arc a bit, so we are not so far out in front. But I might make an exception and get the VIIC/41 as early as possible again. This thing is fantastic, and the reason we have made it this far I reckon.

08-17-24, 08:50 AM	#2
Threadfin Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,163 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	U-292 has made it to June of 1944. We had one close affair with a determined escort group out in the mid-Atlantic and had to go very deep. Our boat did in fact take damage at 235 meters from DCs, but all topside and superstructure (AA guns, radar detector, bow caps) suggesting the charges were exploding some distance above us. No leaks or breaches but the boat, she was a-rockin'! Usually I feel safe and stealthy below 200 meters, but this group was good. Went on for hours. But we made it. I don't think I would have survived without one, the VIIC/41 and two, the little blue hydrophone contact lines on the map which let me con the boat reactively and accurately to counter every move and eventually slip away. But it was a very close thing. Thought the jig was up, and playing dead is dead it would have been disappointing to come this far (over 40 patrols) and have it all end, but that's the appeal of playing this way. It is all hanging out there. In my next career I'll slow down the tech arc a bit, so we are not so far out in front. But I might make an exception and get the VIIC/41 as early as possible again. This thing is fantastic, and the reason we have made it this far I reckon. __________________ What? Behind the rabbit?