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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
most of my comrades have the good common sense to avoid such entanglements. however, there are also a good number of my comrades who rest in the silence of the deep because they lacked the aforementioned common sense
furthermore ... my comrades are better aware of our strategic mission objectives, which are to;
1. deprive the British of the war materials with which they may...
a. build machines of war
b. fuel said machines of war
c. arm their soldiers
d. replenish their losses
2. Win the war though the accomplishment of the tasks laid out for us in objective 1 above.
but like i said... im old guard, hard core, historical reality, play it by the commanders hand book type
you feel free to chase destroyers and let the important stuff sail by unscathed all day long.  |
I agree with you, and like yourself, I consider myself to be an old guard, concentrating my effort to sink the merchant ships, and during the years of silent hunting I probably sunk less than 5 DDs.
I only once engaged a DD in self-defence when I was surprised by a lonely DD in shallow waters. After depth-charging me for hours, she finaly spent all the ammo, but still kept pinging me. I was unable to lose her, so I went to PD, making all the noise to attract attention, and when she turned towards me, I fired a stern torpedo down the throat, sinking her.
But, The Submarine Commander's Handbook, Section VII, C, says:
331.) Troublesome sweepers of the enemy escort must be destroyed, if an opportunity offers
to attack them. The destruction of covering ships, above all, of cruiser escorts, destroyers, etc.,
is in the interests of all the submarines which are already in contact with the convoy, or are to
be used to attack it.