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rudewarrior · 06-23-07, 12:21 AM

What Would a Kaleun Do?

I am playing NYGM, and I start firing torps at a little tramp steamer. He's the only one around. All of my torps are duds or running too deep. Don't know since I don't use external cam for realism factor. Could be all of my firing solutions are bad, but I really, really doubt it.

So what would a real Kaleun do? I ended up firing my entire stock of ordinance, all misses. Even the externals as I chased this boat around. I never fired at him while he was weaving.

I want some sort of idea as to what doctrine was for these guys. I mean if I fire at a target and "miss" were Kaleun's trained to follow a firing procedure over and over again, and would expending all of my ordiance on one measly target be realistic?

Or did they have the liberty and/or initiative to finally say screw it after a few tries and go "surface runner?"

I've read a few Atlantic War books, but I can't glean any doctrine from them. It would seem that the Germans would have spotted the defect after some time and issued some order to deal with it. Is there any history on this?

06-23-07, 12:21 AM	#1
rudewarrior Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlebury, VT, USA Posts: 378 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 2	W.W.K.D? What Would a Kaleun Do? I am playing NYGM, and I start firing torps at a little tramp steamer. He's the only one around. All of my torps are duds or running too deep. Don't know since I don't use external cam for realism factor. Could be all of my firing solutions are bad, but I really, really doubt it. So what would a real Kaleun do? I ended up firing my entire stock of ordinance, all misses. Even the externals as I chased this boat around. I never fired at him while he was weaving. I want some sort of idea as to what doctrine was for these guys. I mean if I fire at a target and "miss" were Kaleun's trained to follow a firing procedure over and over again, and would expending all of my ordiance on one measly target be realistic? Or did they have the liberty and/or initiative to finally say screw it after a few tries and go "surface runner?" I've read a few Atlantic War books, but I can't glean any doctrine from them. It would seem that the Germans would have spotted the defect after some time and issued some order to deal with it. Is there any history on this?