Flak shields

catalan · 01-04-07, 10:51 AM

Hello everyone,

I am in a VIIB at around the middle of 1942. Could anyone please tell me when the option to install flak shield protectors becomes available?

Thanks.

James

Letum · 01-04-07, 11:00 AM

You don't install the shields separately, they come with some gun enhancements.
You might need the right boat and conning tower configuration first. You should get them in mid '43. Click the question mark in the boat upgrade screen for a precise date.

Welcome to the forum!

Zinmar · 01-04-07, 11:14 AM

This is off topic but I have a question. I don't remember his name or the topic he posted but he had some screen shots of a boat I would like to run. Had the deck gun, what looked like the heavy AA or maybe another deck gun in the forward tower, and 2 more AA guns to the real of the tower. Is this an actual configuration or something he made himself by tweeking files? Would really like to sail around in/on that and get some screens myself, just sweet looking.

Morts · 01-04-07, 11:51 AM

i think you're talking about the U-flak wich has 3 heavy flak cannons
and yea its been used IRL but not much
only on 3 or 4 Uboats i think

i think you can get it in 1943

Herr Russ · 01-04-07, 01:19 PM

I'm in late '43 and running a IXC w/ 3 flak guns. Only my quad on the rear deck has any kind of plating. The two duals in the 'nest' don't have any plates on them.. that would be nice as long as it doesn't interfere w/ my sighting.. The plates on the deck flak really limit my field of view.. Usually I let my 4 qualified flak gunners shoot (They're much better than I am), but they won't shoot at the surface targets.. That quad is devestating on Elco's

Zinmar · 01-04-07, 02:27 PM

Somebody posted a screen shot of it, darned if I can find it now. That looks like a IX to me or am I just way off base?

LeafsFan · 01-04-07, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr Russ

. That quad is devestating on Elco's

I bet it is.

HB

LeafsFan · 01-04-07, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinmar

Somebody posted a screen shot of it, darned if I can find it now. That looks like a IX to me or am I just way off base?

I am pretty sure it is a VII

nightdagger · 01-04-07, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeafsFan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr Russ

. That quad is devestating on Elco's

I bet it is.

HB

Oh, it is. Of course, I took out an Elco with a single star shell once-they're not that hard...

01-04-07, 10:51 AM	#1
catalan Seaman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 37 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Flak shields Hello everyone, I am in a VIIB at around the middle of 1942. Could anyone please tell me when the option to install flak shield protectors becomes available? Thanks. James

01-04-07, 11:00 AM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	You don't install the shields separately, they come with some gun enhancements. You might need the right boat and conning tower configuration first. You should get them in mid '43. Click the question mark in the boat upgrade screen for a precise date. Welcome to the forum! __________________

01-04-07, 11:14 AM	#3
Zinmar Commander Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 304 Downloads: 276 Uploads: 0	This is off topic but I have a question. I don't remember his name or the topic he posted but he had some screen shots of a boat I would like to run. Had the deck gun, what looked like the heavy AA or maybe another deck gun in the forward tower, and 2 more AA guns to the real of the tower. Is this an actual configuration or something he made himself by tweeking files? Would really like to sail around in/on that and get some screens myself, just sweet looking.

01-04-07, 11:51 AM	#4
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	i think you're talking about the U-flak wich has 3 heavy flak cannons and yea its been used IRL but not much only on 3 or 4 Uboats i think i think you can get it in 1943

01-04-07, 01:19 PM	#5
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm in late '43 and running a IXC w/ 3 flak guns. Only my quad on the rear deck has any kind of plating. The two duals in the 'nest' don't have any plates on them.. that would be nice as long as it doesn't interfere w/ my sighting.. The plates on the deck flak really limit my field of view.. Usually I let my 4 qualified flak gunners shoot (They're much better than I am), but they won't shoot at the surface targets.. That quad is devestating on Elco's

01-04-07, 02:27 PM	#6
Zinmar Commander Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 304 Downloads: 276 Uploads: 0	Somebody posted a screen shot of it, darned if I can find it now. That looks like a IX to me or am I just way off base?