[MarkShot]

What a wonderful thread ... this is precisely the problem I have been struggling with. Plotting a convoy intercept and getting inside or close to a convoy is not a problem, but those escorts have been forcing me down before getting a shot off!!! (as they should, by the way)

Is it possible to do scope observations before shooting or is it just position on sound bearing and then one observation and shoot?

I already know to be slow (1KTS) when going up scope. Also, I usually have the boat at 14-15 meters so it is at deep as possible when the scope itself breaks the water to avoid the possibility of the conning tower broaching.

As the original poster says, one cannot do anything but crawl around a convoy.

So, does anyone have any idea at what range non-alerted escorts can pick a U-boat at various speeds? Can I do 4tks at 5km, 10km, or 15km range?

The other thing I keep wondering about is does going deep play any role in the approach profile? In AOD, down at 230-240M the escorts can pass really close and not pick you up as you come in under the screen or they sweep over you. In SH1, there was similar tactics of coming below the thermal layer. Does depth play any role in the attack approach here? Beside their sensors will being deep avoid cavitation affects in SH3?

Thanks.