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scalelokt · 01-31-07, 11:48 AM

Makr, heres what has been working for me.

First of all only attack the convoy at night, that way you can get your periscope up and have a look around when you want without taking too big of a risk of detection. Secondly when I first started playing I thought the best approach to attacking a convoy was to get right in their path and stay completly silent and submerged so that they would go right over top of me and I would end up right in the middle. The problem is that the escorts use more than just hydrophone to listen for you which I found out the hard way, the escort in front picked me up on Sonar right away and I had to escape without any kills. The key I found is to approach at an angle and keep your distance until the escorts are out of the way. Usually the convoy is moving at a slow speed so you can approach submerged and have enough speed to catch up to them pretty easily. I sit off to the side of the convoy and just wait for the first escort to go on past. After that I move ahead toward the middle of the convoy at slow speed and intercept at a nice 90 degree angle to the convoys course. If you make it this far it seems to me that you are going to get off some good shots no matter what happens. If you arent detected you send out a volley of torpedos and take your sweet time aiming them to make sure you get your kills. If you are detected send out a volley of torpedos quickly and crash dive. Worst case scenario you'll be DC'd for a while and have to do some evading, just make sure you have plenty of water under you before you attack so that you can dive deep to get away. Its always risky to attack a convoy though, the escorts will always come after you and they get harder and harder to get away from as time goes on.

I guess you could avoid convoys all together and go after less dangerous prey, but the way I look at it, war is hell, and I want those damn convoys.

01-31-07, 11:48 AM	#7
scalelokt Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: 400 meters to your right, calculating your speed Posts: 126 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Makr, heres what has been working for me. First of all only attack the convoy at night, that way you can get your periscope up and have a look around when you want without taking too big of a risk of detection. Secondly when I first started playing I thought the best approach to attacking a convoy was to get right in their path and stay completly silent and submerged so that they would go right over top of me and I would end up right in the middle. The problem is that the escorts use more than just hydrophone to listen for you which I found out the hard way, the escort in front picked me up on Sonar right away and I had to escape without any kills. The key I found is to approach at an angle and keep your distance until the escorts are out of the way. Usually the convoy is moving at a slow speed so you can approach submerged and have enough speed to catch up to them pretty easily. I sit off to the side of the convoy and just wait for the first escort to go on past. After that I move ahead toward the middle of the convoy at slow speed and intercept at a nice 90 degree angle to the convoys course. If you make it this far it seems to me that you are going to get off some good shots no matter what happens. If you arent detected you send out a volley of torpedos and take your sweet time aiming them to make sure you get your kills. If you are detected send out a volley of torpedos quickly and crash dive. Worst case scenario you'll be DC'd for a while and have to do some evading, just make sure you have plenty of water under you before you attack so that you can dive deep to get away. Its always risky to attack a convoy though, the escorts will always come after you and they get harder and harder to get away from as time goes on. I guess you could avoid convoys all together and go after less dangerous prey, but the way I look at it, war is hell, and I want those damn convoys.