BDU Analysis of Balz's 100K Patrol

Brag · 01-06-08, 01:45 PM

From Kkptn. Lutz Schraube
Ops. Officer 2nd U-Boot Flotilla

U-52 Patrol 6-30 April 1940 (Balz).

U-52 left Cadiz at high speed to take advantage of the few days of predicted good weather. The commander had made careful plans taking into consideration known shipping routes and most probable ones. He used a 20 kilometer wide zig-zag route toward Cape Sao Vicente and sunk 2 ships with the deck gun. Off cape Sao Vicente, he sunk two more ships.

A speedy dash south revealed two Frenchen travelling together. By the time the weather changed, U-57 had expended all but 17 rounds of 98mm shells.

Noticing that traffic going to and coming from Gibraltar used several scattered routes approximatelly 20 kilometres appart, U-52's commander adopted a tactic of high speed north-south dashes with frequent listening dives.

Although, there were periods where no contacts were made for several days, the tactic often produced several intercepts a day. The enclosed chart shows how scattered Allied shipping is transitting the area. (GWX2.0). It also shows the accuracy of Lt. Balz's forecast routes.

looney · 01-06-08, 02:32 PM

I reckon map updates is unchecked ?

Brag · 01-06-08, 02:56 PM

Map updates are on. Weapons officer on-- 84% realism.

looney · 01-06-08, 04:16 PM

I can barely manage 100k in a type 9.

gratz.

Gerhard Kohlmann has to learn some more b4 he may sit next to Balz

P.s. I play 90% realism.. (using OLC GUI so I have the steady periscope)
I only leave F12 open for use. I still enjoy the scenery to much.

Steel_Tomb · 01-06-08, 04:48 PM

Nice, Brag your a crazy man! I can frequently get up to 60k but never 100k! Closest I got was about 90k!

kenijaru · 01-06-08, 08:46 PM

may I ask...
where was that?

Brag · 01-06-08, 11:19 PM

Northern side of Bay of Cadiz, just below Cape Sao Vicente

U49 · 01-07-08, 05:19 AM

nice area, where you don't have to watch out for traffic for days and days...

Better then the north atlantic where you can patrol a 1000 nm without any contact at all....

And you have a nice coastline to see, if you get bored

Sniper_Fox · 01-07-08, 06:10 AM

my current favourite hunting grounds are Gibralter (1942 so its bloody hard as hell, got sunk there and rose my ship like das boot when i first entered the med... never attempted to leave it.) and between Sicily and Malta... the Maltese port holds a nice bounty of ships putting out and docking... not to meantion the major merchant route from alexandria and (damnit whats that otherone named....) to go to malta and through gibraltar

these two areas yeild plenty of action, and a big challege for those who like to take on warships... *DONT TRY TO GET INTO THE MALTESE PORT THE DEPTH OF THE SURROUNDING AREA IS ONLY 10 METRES OR SO!!!!!!!* i wont make that mistake twice..... welllll thrice.....

or be prepared for a harder fight than crossing gibralter at 1945 lol

danurve · 01-07-08, 09:03 AM

What type of boat?

Morts · 01-07-08, 09:08 AM

Balz just die

01-06-08, 01:45 PM	#1
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	BDU Analysis of Balz's 100K Patrol From Kkptn. Lutz Schraube Ops. Officer 2nd U-Boot Flotilla U-52 Patrol 6-30 April 1940 (Balz). U-52 left Cadiz at high speed to take advantage of the few days of predicted good weather. The commander had made careful plans taking into consideration known shipping routes and most probable ones. He used a 20 kilometer wide zig-zag route toward Cape Sao Vicente and sunk 2 ships with the deck gun. Off cape Sao Vicente, he sunk two more ships. A speedy dash south revealed two Frenchen travelling together. By the time the weather changed, U-57 had expended all but 17 rounds of 98mm shells. Noticing that traffic going to and coming from Gibraltar used several scattered routes approximatelly 20 kilometres appart, U-52's commander adopted a tactic of high speed north-south dashes with frequent listening dives. Although, there were periods where no contacts were made for several days, the tactic often produced several intercepts a day. The enclosed chart shows how scattered Allied shipping is transitting the area. (GWX2.0). It also shows the accuracy of Lt. Balz's forecast routes. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

01-06-08, 02:56 PM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Map updates are on. Weapons officer on-- 84% realism. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

01-06-08, 04:48 PM	#5
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice, Brag your a crazy man! I can frequently get up to 60k but never 100k! Closest I got was about 90k! __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.*

01-06-08, 11:19 PM	#7
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Northern side of Bay of Cadiz, just below Cape Sao Vicente __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

01-07-08, 05:19 AM	#8
U49 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: D/Niedersachsen Posts: 777 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice area nice area, where you don't have to watch out for traffic for days and days... Better then the north atlantic where you can patrol a 1000 nm without any contact at all.... And you have a nice coastline to see, if you get bored __________________ SH3 battle capability upgrades: GWX2.0, JSGME2.0, SH3Commander 2.7, SH3Gen 0.8.2, TorpDamageMod 2.0, OLC GUI 1.1.5 Awaiting combat readiness for GWX2.0: SH4 effetcs for SH3, SH3Weather 1.5 Following development of: www.subwolves.com Realism: 90%

01-06-08, 02:32 PM	#2
looney Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sneek, The Netherlands Posts: 635 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I reckon map updates is unchecked ?

01-06-08, 04:16 PM	#4
looney Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sneek, The Netherlands Posts: 635 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I can barely manage 100k in a type 9. gratz. Gerhard Kohlmann has to learn some more b4 he may sit next to Balz P.s. I play 90% realism.. (using OLC GUI so I have the steady periscope) I only leave F12 open for use. I still enjoy the scenery to much.

01-07-08, 06:10 AM	#9
Sniper_Fox Engineer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North of Malta, shadowing your pretty little C3 Cargo! Posts: 212 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	my current favourite hunting grounds are Gibralter (1942 so its bloody hard as hell, got sunk there and rose my ship like das boot when i first entered the med... never attempted to leave it.) and between Sicily and Malta... the Maltese port holds a nice bounty of ships putting out and docking... not to meantion the major merchant route from alexandria and (damnit whats that otherone named....) to go to malta and through gibraltar these two areas yeild plenty of action, and a big challege for those who like to take on warships... DONT TRY TO GET INTO THE MALTESE PORT THE DEPTH OF THE SURROUNDING AREA IS ONLY 10 METRES OR SO!!!!!!! i wont make that mistake twice..... welllll thrice..... or be prepared for a harder fight than crossing gibralter at 1945 lol __________________ Im a one U-boat wolfpack. Ive hit the bottom of the Mediterranian at 250 metres in my VIIC and brought that babe back up, and still made it back to La Spezia. Ive sunk more destroyers than I have merchants...youll wish you never sailed into U-87s hunting grounds. When you pull into port, dont lull yourself into a false sense of security, your mines and subnets are just a petty challenge for my crew and I.

01-07-08, 09:03 AM	#10
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	What type of boat? __________________

01-07-08, 09:08 AM	#11
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Balz just die