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Originally Posted by OlegM
Did you know that The most successful submariner of all times, tonnage wise, fired only 4 torpedos in his career? (One missed, three did hit.) He sunk 90% of his targets using the deck gun. Yes, it was WW1, and the guy was "old school", so he rarely gets mentioned, but hey. Using your mod the guy would die of old age before sinking 1/10th of his historic tonnage, not to mention wasting all deck gun ammo on one single ship (that's what I do with your mod).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_..._de_la_Periere |
No, he didn't. That's an old myth, but only by a little bit. According to
The Killing Time: The U-Boat War, 1914-1918, which chronicles each patrol, von Arnauld de la Periere fired many torpedoes during his career. The 'four torpedoes' were fired during his record patrol:
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SM U-35's fourteenth patrol (26 July to 20 August1916) under de la Perière stands as the most successful submarine patrol of all time. During that period, 54 merchant ships totaling 90,350 GRT were sunk.
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http://www.answers.com/topic/unterseeboot-35
Still a remarkable record. On the other hand he fired 900 rounds from his deck gun. I doubt it carried that many, which means that he had to replenish; does that still count as a single patrol?