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ppk · 11-16-08, 10:41 PM

So far I've spent most of my time in early war, and I find that the night surface attack is easiest to perform. When moving at ahead slow with the decks awash you can come to within 1500 m of enemy ships without being sighted. Just be ready to dive when the torpedoes leave the tubes when shooting from within the convoy because as soon as your fish are detected they will turn on their spotlights and fire star shells. And if you're on the surface inside the convoy when that happens you're definitely going to take a few hits before you can crash dive.

Don't move fast if you're at close range though, because your conning tower will leave a pretty big wake and you'll be spotted.

11-16-08, 10:41 PM	#8
ppk Machinist's Mate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 125 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	So far I've spent most of my time in early war, and I find that the night surface attack is easiest to perform. When moving at ahead slow with the decks awash you can come to within 1500 m of enemy ships without being sighted. Just be ready to dive when the torpedoes leave the tubes when shooting from within the convoy because as soon as your fish are detected they will turn on their spotlights and fire star shells. And if you're on the surface inside the convoy when that happens you're definitely going to take a few hits before you can crash dive. Don't move fast if you're at close range though, because your conning tower will leave a pretty big wake and you'll be spotted. Last edited by ppk; 11-16-08 at 10:43 PM.