Don't things just get harder for the Gray Wolves!!!

ddiplock · 05-29-08, 11:58 AM

So, i've got my boat kitted out with some goodies. A large Flakvierling flak piece attatched to my boat, a radar warning reciever, and radar...of which i use sparingly just to see if there's anything around, but during this patrol, its been off 99% of the time. lol

Isn't it interesting the difficult position that enemy radar puts the uboats into? Already i've seen that simply getting into position to attack a convoy or a task force is much trickier as you risk detection if you're riding on the surface, whereas submerged your batteries don't produce the speed to get you into position, and even if they did, you'd be heard on enemy hydrophones in a second. I came across a British Task Force, nothing too fancy, a light Bogue class carrier. I'd been reciving a constant stream of reports updating me on their position, so I thought why not, i'll try and bag myself some goodies.

I attempted to maneuver my boat into some form of attack position but I must have cropped up on their radar as two planes appeared. I crash dove down deep, but no bombs were dropped, and no destroyers paid me a visit. I used the external cam, and the carrier had sterted evasive maneuvers: they knew there was a uboat in the area. But as mentioned, no one tried to drive me off.

Alas, I wasn't able to get ahead of the task force into a favourable attack position and had to let the task force slip away.

I'm thinking in future, whenever I detect the radar signals of enemy escorts, to turn and start heading in the other direction, to get ahead and try to get into position.

Does anyone have any tips.suggestions on attacking convoys in the later years of the war? :hmm:

05-29-08, 11:58 AM	#1
ddiplock Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 552 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Don't things just get harder for the Gray Wolves!!! So, i've got my boat kitted out with some goodies. A large Flakvierling flak piece attatched to my boat, a radar warning reciever, and radar...of which i use sparingly just to see if there's anything around, but during this patrol, its been off 99% of the time. lol Isn't it interesting the difficult position that enemy radar puts the uboats into? Already i've seen that simply getting into position to attack a convoy or a task force is much trickier as you risk detection if you're riding on the surface, whereas submerged your batteries don't produce the speed to get you into position, and even if they did, you'd be heard on enemy hydrophones in a second. I came across a British Task Force, nothing too fancy, a light Bogue class carrier. I'd been reciving a constant stream of reports updating me on their position, so I thought why not, i'll try and bag myself some goodies. I attempted to maneuver my boat into some form of attack position but I must have cropped up on their radar as two planes appeared. I crash dove down deep, but no bombs were dropped, and no destroyers paid me a visit. I used the external cam, and the carrier had sterted evasive maneuvers: they knew there was a uboat in the area. But as mentioned, no one tried to drive me off. Alas, I wasn't able to get ahead of the task force into a favourable attack position and had to let the task force slip away. I'm thinking in future, whenever I detect the radar signals of enemy escorts, to turn and start heading in the other direction, to get ahead and try to get into position. Does anyone have any tips.suggestions on attacking convoys in the later years of the war? :hmm: