December 1943: My crew (unexperienced) shot down a Wellington with 1,369 shots with the two 2 cm-AA twins. It took three approaches, the hull integrity went only down by 4%.
June 1942: A Catalina from Malta hits me on her first approach, hull integrity down from 80% to 8%. The a/c was eating the 2cm beans like a hog without taking any harm. Her second approach finished me off, boat lost with all hands.
I'm currently playing in winter 43/44 and don't have a schnorchel (5000 points!). It's no fun. During daytimes I crawl submerged at 50 m and during night I cruise surfaced with 1/3 speed. Nevertheless I had 24 air attacks during 9 nights, but that's relatively "calm" compared to during daytime. METOX and NAXOS are your best friends at night, without them it's a better idea to scuttle your boat by yourself, because you're 100% screwed without them.
My advise: DIVE !!
Even if you shoot 'em down like turkeys, they're too many and are gnawing off your hull integrity piece by piece.
Cheers,
AndyW
currently U-792 König, 1st patrol 12/1943 [SH3 + GWX 1.0 @ 84% realism]
Total: 10 careers, 40th sailing, 856 days at sea, 544,474 tons sunk
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