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AVGWarhawk · 06-05-07, 08:21 AM

Short and sweet....I get in front of the convoy, submerge and let them come at me. Normally the lead DD will be basically zigging and zagging searching. Try to evade him by coming in on his port/starboard side. Do not attempt to go under him. Usually he can pick you up on sonar. Once he is passed, go to periscope depth and pick the merchants you want to sink. You will not sink them all so be happy with 2-3 sunk or damaged. Once the party starts, plan on evading out of the rear of the convoy. Plan you plot for a endround and get in front of them again. This means, run parallel to the convoy heading out of sight to get ahead again. Repeat your attack!

06-05-07, 08:21 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Short and sweet....I get in front of the convoy, submerge and let them come at me. Normally the lead DD will be basically zigging and zagging searching. Try to evade him by coming in on his port/starboard side. Do not attempt to go under him. Usually he can pick you up on sonar. Once he is passed, go to periscope depth and pick the merchants you want to sink. You will not sink them all so be happy with 2-3 sunk or damaged. Once the party starts, plan on evading out of the rear of the convoy. Plan you plot for a endround and get in front of them again. This means, run parallel to the convoy heading out of sight to get ahead again. Repeat your attack! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road