The Unluckiest Uboat

Blacklight · 03-03-08, 02:00 AM

My Uboat was just sunk in the funniest and most preposterous way.

I just came upon a nice juicy tanker running very fast. I was able to get myself into position for a nice perfect 90 degree shot. I fired off two torpedoes and then turned more toward it's direction of travel to line up another shot if I missed. One torpedo hit. The other, I watched hit the side, bounce off and deflect away from the ship. I then lined up another torpedo and fired. When I switched to external camera, I saw the torpedo leave the tube... and when I turned the camera toward the ship, I see this stream of bubbles approaching my Uboat VERY FAST !!!

Yep. You guessed it. My torpedo had riccoche'd right off the side of the ship and went right back at me. Unfortunately, I'm not Balz so i couldn't just catch the torpedo in one of my torpedo tubes for re-use so I got pegged. Flooding all over and before I could react... "YOU ARE DEAD"

I wish I could have filmed it !!!
This would have been a fantastic scene for U-Disaster III !

I guess I can't blame Bernard for this one huh ?

Grayson02sept1980 · 03-03-08, 02:43 AM

:hmm:

of course you can blame Bernard! he was there starting the propellers again to get the torp back for Balz to reuse

Yeah a film of that would have been nice.

Brag · 03-03-08, 07:20 AM

That's boom-boom without hoochie woochie

TomcatMVD · 03-03-08, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Brag

That's boom-boom without hoochie woochie

ROFL:rotfl:

Keelbuster · 03-03-08, 09:24 AM

Insane - sure it wasn't a circle runner? I've never seen torps bounce off and keep running (unless it's a homing torpedo).

ToySoldier · 03-03-08, 09:53 AM

There are some days you lose ... and some days the other win!

Keep you had up mate an sart a new career, even if it is sad!

In diesem Sinne
Gott mit Uns
Frank B. aus K.

Blacklight · 03-03-08, 12:09 PM

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Insane - sure it wasn't a circle runner? I've never seen torps bounce off and keep running (unless it's a homing torpedo).

Nope. Not a circle runner. Just a regular old steamer. I have no idea how it happend and I bet I'll never be able to reproduce it again. The stars must have been alligned just right at the time.

Next time I'll try this with a convoy. If I can get the angles just right, maybe I can riccoche it off of several ships and have it come back and hit me !!! 8 Ball...corner pocket !!!

This could be a fun new challenge for the game... sinking ships by riccocheing torpedoes !!

panzer 49th · 03-03-08, 12:32 PM

It has happened to me before like 2 times both in the same case as you blacklight

Blacklight · 03-03-08, 12:37 PM

This could be a whole new way to kill those tasty giant ships in the middle of the convoys without actually having to go in there !!!

"If I bank it just right off that small merchant, and then off the bow of that armed trawler, and then off the underside of that other small merchant, I should be able to peg that tanker right on the bow !!"

I fear only Balz is capable of such a feat though.

papa_smurf · 03-03-08, 02:32 PM

Now thats really unlucky!

Schwuppes · 03-03-08, 04:58 PM

I lol'd

Jimbuna · 03-03-08, 05:16 PM

I'd have been really interested in seeing a film or some screenies of that phenomena

Blacklight · 03-03-08, 05:31 PM

Me too !! It happened so fast that I couldn't even think fast enough to take a screenshot.

It kind of went like this:
"Now THIS time you're going swimming !!!!'
"Wait !! What the hell is that trail of bubbles !?!"
"OH *expletive*"
*BOOM*

:rotfl:

03-03-08, 02:00 AM	#1
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	The Unluckiest Uboat My Uboat was just sunk in the funniest and most preposterous way. I just came upon a nice juicy tanker running very fast. I was able to get myself into position for a nice perfect 90 degree shot. I fired off two torpedoes and then turned more toward it's direction of travel to line up another shot if I missed. One torpedo hit. The other, I watched hit the side, bounce off and deflect away from the ship. I then lined up another torpedo and fired. When I switched to external camera, I saw the torpedo leave the tube... and when I turned the camera toward the ship, I see this stream of bubbles approaching my Uboat VERY FAST !!! Yep. You guessed it. My torpedo had riccoche'd right off the side of the ship and went right back at me. Unfortunately, I'm not Balz so i couldn't just catch the torpedo in one of my torpedo tubes for re-use so I got pegged. Flooding all over and before I could react... "YOU ARE DEAD" I wish I could have filmed it !!! This would have been a fantastic scene for U-Disaster III ! I guess I can't blame Bernard for this one huh ? __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

03-03-08, 02:43 AM	#2
Grayson02sept1980 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany-Bayreuth Posts: 276 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	:hmm: of course you can blame Bernard! he was there starting the propellers again to get the torp back for Balz to reuse Yeah a film of that would have been nice. __________________ SH3 Commander GWX 2.0 OLC GUI

03-03-08, 07:20 AM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	That's boom-boom without hoochie woochie __________________ 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/

03-03-08, 09:24 AM	#5
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Insane - sure it wasn't a circle runner? I've never seen torps bounce off and keep running (unless it's a homing torpedo). __________________

03-03-08, 12:32 PM	#8
panzer 49th Weps Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 361 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It has happened to me before like 2 times both in the same case as you blacklight __________________

03-03-08, 09:53 AM	#6
ToySoldier Mate Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Köln/NRW/Deutschland/Europa/Earth/Sol Posts: 58 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There are some days you lose ... and some days the other win! Keep you had up mate an sart a new career, even if it is sad! In diesem Sinne Gott mit Uns Frank B. aus K.

03-03-08, 12:37 PM	#9
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	This could be a whole new way to kill those tasty giant ships in the middle of the convoys without actually having to go in there !!! "If I bank it just right off that small merchant, and then off the bow of that armed trawler, and then off the underside of that other small merchant, I should be able to peg that tanker right on the bow !!" I fear only Balz is capable of such a feat though. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

03-03-08, 02:32 PM	#10
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Now thats really unlucky! __________________

03-03-08, 04:58 PM	#11
Schwuppes 中国水兵 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 279 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I lol'd __________________ E8400 @ 4.00Ghz standard vCore, Gigabyte P35C DS3R @ 445 Mhz, Leadtek GTX 280, 3 x 1GB Kingston DDR2 800 @ 890Mhz, 250GB +160GB HDD, Terratec DMX 6fire 24/96, Silverstone ST60F 600W, Logitech Z-5500 THX

03-03-08, 05:16 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'd have been really interested in seeing a film or some screenies of that phenomena __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-03-08, 05:31 PM	#13
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Me too !! It happened so fast that I couldn't even think fast enough to take a screenshot. It kind of went like this: "Now THIS time you're going swimming !!!!' "Wait !! What the hell is that trail of bubbles !?!" "OH expletive" BOOM :rotfl: __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"