Sub pens are useless!

[Khayman]

My base, St. Nazaire, got attacked by aircraft again (see "Strategic bombing" thread). I was taking some pics of my U-boat in the sub pen when radar signals were detected;



I left my sub in the safety (hah!) of the pen and took some pics of the action;



Then I heard I was taking damage. Sure enough;



Next time I'm getting the hell out of there and going to persicope depth. I did feel quite smug sitting in my pen though, so I suppose I deserved to get damage

[Hartmann]

Well.. a bit of damage.

Perhaps a big piece of concrete of the bunker failing in the boat .
it´s better this that a bomb direct hit .

[STEED]

In WW2 not a single U-Boat was lost in it's pen.

[Subnuts]

In SH2 bombs would go right through the pen!

In SHIII RAIN goes right through the pen! :rotfl:

[Seeadler]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

In SHIII RAIN goes right through the pen! :rotfl:

...and seaguls too, so why should the roof of the pen stop a falling bomb in SH3?

[Khayman]

Originally Posted by STEED

In WW2 not a single U-Boat was lost in it's pen.

You wouldn't believe that if you watched a documentary I saw on the History Channel (I think). It said bombs did penetrate the pens (none ever did) and gave the impression boats were destroyed there. It also said the Germans fought a very dirty U-boat war, and called Reinhard Hardegen of U-123 Reinhard Harding

I suppose it could have been damage from the blast wave of a bomb that got me, or indeed some concrete falling down onto the deck. Either way they aren't as safe as I thought they would be