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tedhealy · 05-20-07, 02:23 PM

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I like the new/redone training missions. Well done

Doing the artillery training mission, I sank a large sampan, 74 tons, with about 12 shots of HE. The 2nd shot started a fire, the 10th blew off a sail, and the 12th hit the ship as she was going down. Several misses that went right over or maybe even through the top of the ship, couldn't tell. Not a big deal though. The ship may have sunk after about 6 or 7 shots as it looked to be flooding.

I sank the small merchant, 2500 tons roughly, with about 50 to 60 shells nearly all below the water line. The scenario started at 11 am, and the merchant went down at 11:49. I spent about 10 minutes on the sampan, so about 40 minutes of firing on the merchant. The AI missed maybe 5 to 10 shots at close range. I took over firing for the last 20 minutes or so hitting the same spot over and over below the water line with AP shells. I noticed the merchant sinking right after when I took over. It slowly lowered in the water and then rolled over. I'm not sure if it would have eventually sunk from flooding if I had stopped firing, but it was a great sight to see the water line on the ship slowly rising until it started to roll over in the course of about 10 minutes.

05-20-07, 02:23 PM	#471
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	2 comments. I like the new/redone training missions. Well done Doing the artillery training mission, I sank a large sampan, 74 tons, with about 12 shots of HE. The 2nd shot started a fire, the 10th blew off a sail, and the 12th hit the ship as she was going down. Several misses that went right over or maybe even through the top of the ship, couldn't tell. Not a big deal though. The ship may have sunk after about 6 or 7 shots as it looked to be flooding. I sank the small merchant, 2500 tons roughly, with about 50 to 60 shells nearly all below the water line. The scenario started at 11 am, and the merchant went down at 11:49. I spent about 10 minutes on the sampan, so about 40 minutes of firing on the merchant. The AI missed maybe 5 to 10 shots at close range. I took over firing for the last 20 minutes or so hitting the same spot over and over below the water line with AP shells. I noticed the merchant sinking right after when I took over. It slowly lowered in the water and then rolled over. I'm not sure if it would have eventually sunk from flooding if I had stopped firing, but it was a great sight to see the water line on the ship slowly rising until it started to roll over in the course of about 10 minutes.