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GoldenRivet · 03-09-07, 05:19 PM

Deeper chief indeed

I have taken a couple of VIIs down to 240 meters, she creaked and groaned and pissed and moaned about it, but it held together and we lived to fight another day.

I rarely folow convoys or ships into water shallower than 100 meters.

if your only going as deep as 100 meters your right in the sonar sweet spot.

my tactic is to get in as close as i can to the convoy, fire off a 2 shot spread at the 2 largest ships then fire at whatever happens to be behind me with a stern shot. fire at the furthest target first, closest target last, dont stick around to see the shots hit anything, just lower the scope, launch a decoy of you have it and go deep and change direction. Put the convoy on your arse end and get outta dodge. you can hear the hits without even using the hydrophones usually. make "run silent run deep" mean something.

"shadow" the convoy. Stay abeam the convoy just beyond visual range, move at high speed on the surface if you can and get out in front of them. go to periscope depth occasionally so you can track them "over the horizon". keep this going until the sun goes down again if time is on your side, when the sun sets, move in and repeat the process all over again. use your shadow time to reload and bring in the external stores if you must.

tonnage will add up but it may take a few days.

but when the escorts hunt you, go deep... 200 meters is not impossible.

03-09-07, 05:19 PM	#7
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Deeper chief indeed I have taken a couple of VIIs down to 240 meters, she creaked and groaned and pissed and moaned about it, but it held together and we lived to fight another day. I rarely folow convoys or ships into water shallower than 100 meters. if your only going as deep as 100 meters your right in the sonar sweet spot. my tactic is to get in as close as i can to the convoy, fire off a 2 shot spread at the 2 largest ships then fire at whatever happens to be behind me with a stern shot. fire at the furthest target first, closest target last, dont stick around to see the shots hit anything, just lower the scope, launch a decoy of you have it and go deep and change direction. Put the convoy on your arse end and get outta dodge. you can hear the hits without even using the hydrophones usually. make "run silent run deep" mean something. "shadow" the convoy. Stay abeam the convoy just beyond visual range, move at high speed on the surface if you can and get out in front of them. go to periscope depth occasionally so you can track them "over the horizon". keep this going until the sun goes down again if time is on your side, when the sun sets, move in and repeat the process all over again. use your shadow time to reload and bring in the external stores if you must. tonnage will add up but it may take a few days. but when the escorts hunt you, go deep... 200 meters is not impossible.