I have come up with an almost foolproof way of dealing with escorts.. as i probably have sunk 15+ of them so far in GWX 2 and i'm in Patrol 6.
If i'm spotted and they are approaching i turn on a course that is running parallel with them, and the same direction with them off my rear around 180 degrees, and keep an eye on them every few minutes while at Periscope depth. When they get within 1000m or so i dive to about 17m.. which puts the top of my conning tower below their keel. As they close to very close range i push to flank speed, and turn at about a 45 degree angle off our course, and they end up dropping the DC's behind me far enough to do no damage.. I immediately start up to PD and have one tube setup for 2m depth, impact fuse, and start raising my periscope and opening the outer door. As soon as it crests the water i usually have a shot into its broadside at about 500M and 90% of the time that fish finishes off the DD..
This has worked very well for me so far in 39 and early 40 but i'm sure i'll have to adjust this as time goes on and their stuff improves.
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