2500m....that’s long shots...
During all the Happy Years (first years of war) i always shoot cargos from...800m!
In SH3/SH5 also
Even convoys, i always try to infiltrate the defense and many times i find myself between 2 convoy row...shooting at 500m or even less! (I think the torp can activate around 300m in OM)
At this distance it’s almost impossible to miss...and often i hit from bow tubes and stern tube (when in between rows)
But it’s dangerous too, I’ve been rammed by cargo i didn’t saw coming, once they disband after the first hit … you have to get eyes everywhere !
Only after the first years, when escorts gets tougher and infiltration impossible, I shoot from extreme external defense. But it’s still less than 2500m…
In OM even the first years, convoy infiltration is almost impossible if calm sea.
Unless escorts are all novice. But the more the sea is rough, the more chances you will have to remain undetected
I’ve been following convoys for days from far away in the waiting of better weather conditions for successful attack … preying for bad weather to come
