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Originally Posted by mooncatt
3. why does it take 2+ fish just to sink a tramp steamer?? whats a BB gonna be like to sink?? in single mission i did i fired 5 fish at an aircraft carrier did even slow it down or make her list in the slightest!!
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Nearly all ships can be "1 Shot killed" I think. Depends on the point where u hit them.
My tactic is always to aim on the bow....Steam eels...magnetic....half a meter below the keels.
When the ship is hit....then it will take some time til itīs flooded with water...maybe 2 or more hours or a bit less. With that kind of tactic I attacked 1 convoy west of gibraltar. Fired all torps....every torp on a different ship (only large merchants, whale factories, pyro ammu freighter)....always aimed on bow. all eels hit the bow. Then dove deep and evaded at the back of the convoy. All 6 hitted ships sunk in 2 hours or less. Expect the pyro ship...that one sunk immediatly.
That kind worked on a task force too (same patrol)....1 Illustrious Carrier....1 BB....3 Cruisers...12 DDs (
)....But to be on the save side I fired 2 eels on every big ship....always aimed on the bow....from the 2 on every big thing 1 missed...but the other 2 hit...1 on each one....1,5 hours later the carrier sunk...fired one of my aft torps on the bow of the BB again...this time no magnetic cause its bow was deeper in the water then the normal keel depth...hit...half an hour later the BB sunk. (5 hours later my boat sunk after depthcharged by 5 of the DDs in 170m with 2 full hits...one on the bow torp room and one on the conning tower...but thatīs another story)
For me the "bow hit tactic" is the best...ok takes a while til they will sink but...theyīll sink in 95% (I think)
If I only have had luck, ok but this worked so far in every patrol in this career til now (Dec 42). Although I think with the sinking of the BB with two and the Carrier with one torp I really have had luck....for a few hours *grrr* (but the game was luckily saved maybe 130 kms before I have spottet the task force so I know where they are at which time and which course....Battlecry: REVENGE
Greetz & happy hunting.