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jorgegonzalito · 10-16-20, 07:16 PM

In a simple GWX mission, a convoy is ordered to attack the coastal area of Charleston, USA. The mission begins - as usual - with the convoy about ten miles or less from the U-boat. We are in shallow water and the depth below the keel is just 50 feet! Am I exaggerating or is it a suicide attack, more typical of Japanese fanaticism than of the thinking brain of a German? With that depth at the time the submarine is detected by the planes and escort ships, it will be doomed and with it all its crew, because it will not be able to dive deep nor can it escape submerged with the poor speed that its electric motors give it. Wouldn't it be more sensible to wait for the convoy in deeper water and attack it, if there is a way to know what the usual routes they use?
In the avatar I appear as a doctor of the red cross, but I am not a conscientious objector, if I have to fight I do it fiercely, but I always risk if I see I have a chance of winning. Otherwise I would be foolish, it is not only my life that I put at risk, don't you think?

10-16-20, 07:16 PM	#1
jorgegonzalito Officer Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Posts: 237 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	50 feet under the keel? No way! In a simple GWX mission, a convoy is ordered to attack the coastal area of Charleston, USA. The mission begins - as usual - with the convoy about ten miles or less from the U-boat. We are in shallow water and the depth below the keel is just 50 feet! Am I exaggerating or is it a suicide attack, more typical of Japanese fanaticism than of the thinking brain of a German? With that depth at the time the submarine is detected by the planes and escort ships, it will be doomed and with it all its crew, because it will not be able to dive deep nor can it escape submerged with the poor speed that its electric motors give it. Wouldn't it be more sensible to wait for the convoy in deeper water and attack it, if there is a way to know what the usual routes they use? In the avatar I appear as a doctor of the red cross, but I am not a conscientious objector, if I have to fight I do it fiercely, but I always risk if I see I have a chance of winning. Otherwise I would be foolish, it is not only my life that I put at risk, don't you think?