100 k on type VII

[xlbob]

Bar tender drinks for everybody
I just returned from my 3 rd patrol, dec 1939 - Jan 1940, on a type VII B boat, 90% realism.

Total tonnage this patrol is 106 K ton. The biggest contributor was HMS Nelson with 36,000 tonne. It was in a convoy that I attacked. It took 3 torps to sink it.

The patrol last longer than I expected, and I had to be really picky. I encountered many small ships (small freighters, passenger cargos) but I left them alone cause they're only 2000 ton or something. I only attacked small ships using deck guns, and opportunities to attack small ships were limited by the wheather condition. When wheather was bad, and I couldn't use a deck gun, I let those small ships passed by.

Here's the status report



And here's my patrol log:




The rest of the log:

[Umfuld]

Nice. Gotta love the VIIs.

[mangaroca]

I just wonder how many times You saved before firing a torp and loaded after it missed or turned out to be dud... :rotfl:

[xlbob]

Originally Posted by mangaroca

I just wonder how many times You saved before firing a torp and loaded after it missed or turned out to be dud... :rotfl:

Ouch!! That hurts:rotfl:

I play DID so I don't do that.

As an experienced Kaleun, with 4 careers so far , I only use impact pistol and shot the torp from a close range (less then 1000 m, I try to get as close as 400 m to a target), from 80-90 degree angle to guarantee a hit and explosion.

I don't have dud torp whenever I do this. In my previous careers, several times I had dud torps. Not sure if it was dud or because the torps hit the ship from a sharp angle and just bounced off the hull.

[rb4door]

congratulations bob - very nice work.

Do you need SH3Commander to get the names on the list like that?
I just run GWX 1.03 and have now sunk a Revenge battleship and a Fiji class light cruiser and never got the ship names on the log.

[xlbob]

Originally Posted by rb4door

congratulations bob - very nice work.

Do you need SH3Commander to get the names on the list like that?
I just run GWX 1.03 and have now sunk a Revenge battleship and a Fiji class light cruiser and never got the ship names on the log.

Danke Herr rb4door. I only use GWX v. 1.03, no SH3 Commander yet. I'm computerally challenged, so I stay away from anything that is complicated, or seems complicated to me

[rb4door]

oh ok - well, same as my install - i'll have to keep an eye on the logs - perhaps the ships I sunk were not special enough to have names :hmm:

[ReM]

Originally Posted by xlbob

Danke Herr rb4door. I only use GWX v. 1.03, no SH3 Commander yet. I'm computerally challenged, so I stay away from anything that is complicated, or seems complicated to me

If you're smart enought to install SH III and the GWX mod, you are definitely smart enough to use Sh III commander.

Give it a try...it's great!

[Umfuld]

Originally Posted by xlbob

I only use impact pistol and shot the torp from a close range (less then 1000 m, I try to get as close as 400 m to a target), from 80-90 degree angle to guarantee a hit and explosion.
I don't have dud torp whenever I do this.

Same here.

I'm new to manual targeting so this is about all I can manage right now.


If it's farther than say 2000m, or the AOB is more than 15 degrees away from 90, my hit ratio drops to like 1 in 3 I'd wager.


I now see the value in wide salvos for tougher shots. Before I could never bring myself to fire knowing one or two torps had to miss. But sometimes it's the best play.

[bruschi sauro]

IS THE TRUTH? MAYBE....CONGRATULATIONS.