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Originally Posted by Heibges
The thing is, you really should be snorkelling all the time, so this really doesn't give you the opportunity to get ahead of a convoy.
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not 100% accurate.
You should be
submurged a majority of the time... i dont know about
snorkeling all the time. If your snorkel protrudes above the water allied radar can detect it. Leave the thing extended for longer than a short while and your going to spring a leak from the enemy bombs from allied aircraft.
It is possible under some circumstances to get out ahead of a convoy late in the war, with practice and luck in plotting their path it
can be done. But not with the same ease as early war intercepts... also in the late war an intercept might put you quite a ways away from the convoy, far off from where you intended to be.
My tactic after 1943 is to remain submerged until the batteries are around 50%, surface to recharge air and batteries, or use the snorkel to recharge back to 100%. This allows me to remain submerged most of the time.
Instead of relying on visual and hydrophone contacts i rely mostly on hydrophones, slow speeds at depths of around 40 - 60 meters and i will close in on any contact i find at the highest speed possible. the downside is that you almost always ONLY sink lone merchants, or merchants travelling in groups of 2 or 3. also your patrols drag out taking twice as long as pre-1943 patrols due to being stuck underwater at 2 knots most of the time.