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Woof1701 · 03-05-07, 04:06 AM

Hi Ducimus

I've been using the FIRST published version on the weekend. Here are my impressions:

Prowling along the US Coast in my Typ IXB in February 1942 I must say I'm pretty impressed with your mod so far. I had several encounters with escorts, that with normal GWX might have turned out pretty unpleasant. In all instances it was clear weather at night with overcast skies and medium winds. Each time I spotted the escort early enough to reduce speed and get out of its way before it detected me. Most of the times my crew detected the ship before I could make it out on the binoculars though (16 km Mod). Only once I was spotted quickly by an Elco which came directly at me at top speed and started shooting (and not hitting anything). I submerged since the deck gun was out of the question due to heavy seas (and I can't hit Elcos anyway) and after half an hour the Elco was gone. Twice it seemed to me that an escort detected me and was going straight for me, but it turned out I was just along its normal patrol routine and as soon as I changed course and put some distance between us it vanished from view. Nevertheless they're not blind at all and if you wait too long to evade or go too fast, they will see you. Unfortunately I had no opportunity yet to attack a convoy with those settings. Should prove quite interesting.

Merchants under these conditions (overcast, no moon, medium winds) are more or less deaf and blind as long as you don't move. I stayed surfaced and took station along the course of a medium tanker approx. 1500m from the spot it was supposed to pass by me and waited. The tanker never saw me sitting there and made no effort to dodge my T-I eels. Next time I tried the same tactic was wasn't stationary but running at approx 6 knots towards the merchant at a right angle. This time the merchant spotted me and made evasive maneuvers.

With aircraft I had the impression they still see quite well. I was detected by a plane from the air long before the harbor patrol DD saw me. Quite remarkable. The plane came into view at approx the same distance as the DD and the plane saw me instantly while the DD was already much closer and hadn't seen me. Very neat.

03-05-07, 04:06 AM	#59
Woof1701 Commodore Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Munich, Germany, Home of U-96 Posts: 633 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Hi Ducimus I've been using the FIRST published version on the weekend. Here are my impressions: Prowling along the US Coast in my Typ IXB in February 1942 I must say I'm pretty impressed with your mod so far. I had several encounters with escorts, that with normal GWX might have turned out pretty unpleasant. In all instances it was clear weather at night with overcast skies and medium winds. Each time I spotted the escort early enough to reduce speed and get out of its way before it detected me. Most of the times my crew detected the ship before I could make it out on the binoculars though (16 km Mod). Only once I was spotted quickly by an Elco which came directly at me at top speed and started shooting (and not hitting anything). I submerged since the deck gun was out of the question due to heavy seas (and I can't hit Elcos anyway) and after half an hour the Elco was gone. Twice it seemed to me that an escort detected me and was going straight for me, but it turned out I was just along its normal patrol routine and as soon as I changed course and put some distance between us it vanished from view. Nevertheless they're not blind at all and if you wait too long to evade or go too fast, they will see you. Unfortunately I had no opportunity yet to attack a convoy with those settings. Should prove quite interesting. Merchants under these conditions (overcast, no moon, medium winds) are more or less deaf and blind as long as you don't move. I stayed surfaced and took station along the course of a medium tanker approx. 1500m from the spot it was supposed to pass by me and waited. The tanker never saw me sitting there and made no effort to dodge my T-I eels. Next time I tried the same tactic was wasn't stationary but running at approx 6 knots towards the merchant at a right angle. This time the merchant spotted me and made evasive maneuvers. With aircraft I had the impression they still see quite well. I was detected by a plane from the air long before the harbor patrol DD saw me. Quite remarkable. The plane came into view at approx the same distance as the DD and the plane saw me instantly while the DD was already much closer and hadn't seen me. Very neat.