Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mush Martin
you know most days in a regular game I never
get detected and never go to silent running,
the better to reload torps with. letting them
come to you is the thing.
in my case If you use the distance between
the escort and the convoy as a yardstick
I usually fire from between 125 to 150% of that
distance out from the base course of the convoy
at right angles. most of my attacks in career are made
from that distance and firing into the target convoy
at 45 degrees AOB, why go inside when you dont
have to, if your not using the engines staying
off silent running means torp reloads, that and
firing early means that if you fire your first round
at 60 AOB reloads in a fleet boat means you can
fire twelve at the target before they pass.
keeping your scope exposure to a minimum is wise
of course when that close but after getting further
out from here the noise is less important.
if the destroyers do start getting closer than 1200yds
I do go quiet, but Gaining favourable
position and awaiting your enemy at ease is the thing.
to my mind anyway.
M
|
I've done that in the past, let them come to me and its not made a difference. heck, on one task force i had my engines totally stopped, and the lead destroyer still somehow picked me up, even with my periscope down. Because its so far been impossible for me to penetrate the defences of a convoy I might have to try for some long range shots, but that alone has its own problems.
1. Longer range means solutions need to be more accurate
2. Outlying destroyers on the flanks of the convoy spotting the torpedo wakes and alerting the whole group meaning there is a higher proportion of torp misses
I dont know, it just seems to me that Jap destroyers are overly sensitive and can detect you even with ur engines stopped and scope down. I must have been about 3200 yards from the lead Kongo on that task force when the outlying destroyer detected me. Too far for me to comfortably take a shot.
Only thing I haven't tried, is diving to say, 100 feet and trying to get in while running deep. But, that might not work either
