GWX Convoy Formation.

JuJuMan · 08-30-07, 09:38 AM

Hi All,

Been having an absolute blast in SH3/GWX.

Just wondered, is there 'a typical' convoy formation pattern (e.g. Diamomd shape, Column etc..) used in the Sim when Escorts and DD's are present?

JJM

Von Manteuffel · 08-30-07, 11:10 AM

The only convoys I've met have been in column formation - often with the more valuable targets such as tankers in the centre column(s). There always seems to be one escort on point, zig-zagging to avoid presenting too easy a target and to maintain greater speed than the bulk of the convoy. ( all the better to come a-charging at your position, my dear.)

Other escorts tend to deploy on the flanks ( 1, or 2 each side depending on how many) and there's often a "sweeper" bringing up the rear.

On a few occasions a larger warship has been part of a convoy ( Dido Class cruiser etc). They tend to take up as central a position within the convoy as possible - I presume to protect themselves and to be able to use their big guns and greater AA capability to cover all the convoy.

Convoys are great to stalk and attack, but one slip and you're toast.

Packerton · 08-30-07, 11:11 AM

Sometimes you also get lucky and a convoy has no front escort makeing it easy to get inside.

melnibonian · 08-30-07, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Packerton

Sometimes you also get lucky and a convoy has no front escort makeing it easy to get inside.

Enjoy it while you can. Towards the end of the war the escorts are as many as the merchant ships

Brag · 08-30-07, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Packerton

Sometimes you also get lucky and a convoy has no front escort makeing it easy to get inside.

On what planet is that? :hmm: Or is that what you get when on eternal patrol? :rotfl:

bookworm_020 · 08-30-07, 06:18 PM

I consider myself lucky if the lead escort is an older escort, so I can slip in unnoticed. This is becoming rarer as time goes on (late 43). The black swans have caused me many sleepless nights (bad dreams). I'm not looking forward to 1944 onward.

Packerton · 08-30-07, 06:21 PM

Im serious I did run into a convoy who had side and a rear escort but no front one I got in sunk a tanker and a Cargo and then somehow escaped with no depth charges dropped on me guess they dident detect me.

Jimbuna · 08-31-07, 06:00 AM

43 onwards.....radar, elite crews, hedgehog, improved air cover, rocket firing planes, you'll have a whale of a time

Lafferty · 08-31-07, 07:27 AM

yeah 43 onwards is a lot of fun.

08-30-07, 09:38 AM	#1
JuJuMan Seaman Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 32 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	GWX Convoy Formation. Hi All, Been having an absolute blast in SH3/GWX. Just wondered, is there 'a typical' convoy formation pattern (e.g. Diamomd shape, Column etc..) used in the Sim when Escorts and DD's are present? JJM

08-30-07, 06:18 PM	#6
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I consider myself lucky if the lead escort is an older escort, so I can slip in unnoticed. This is becoming rarer as time goes on (late 43). The black swans have caused me many sleepless nights (bad dreams). I'm not looking forward to 1944 onward. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-31-07, 06:00 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	43 onwards.....radar, elite crews, hedgehog, improved air cover, rocket firing planes, you'll have a whale of a time __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-30-07, 11:10 AM	#2
Von Manteuffel Commander Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 473 Downloads: 411 Uploads: 0	The only convoys I've met have been in column formation - often with the more valuable targets such as tankers in the centre column(s). There always seems to be one escort on point, zig-zagging to avoid presenting too easy a target and to maintain greater speed than the bulk of the convoy. ( all the better to come a-charging at your position, my dear.) Other escorts tend to deploy on the flanks ( 1, or 2 each side depending on how many) and there's often a "sweeper" bringing up the rear. On a few occasions a larger warship has been part of a convoy ( Dido Class cruiser etc). They tend to take up as central a position within the convoy as possible - I presume to protect themselves and to be able to use their big guns and greater AA capability to cover all the convoy. Convoys are great to stalk and attack, but one slip and you're toast.

08-30-07, 11:11 AM	#3
Packerton Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newfoundland,Canada Posts: 398 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Sometimes you also get lucky and a convoy has no front escort makeing it easy to get inside.

08-30-07, 06:21 PM	#7
Packerton Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newfoundland,Canada Posts: 398 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Im serious I did run into a convoy who had side and a rear escort but no front one I got in sunk a tanker and a Cargo and then somehow escaped with no depth charges dropped on me guess they dident detect me.

08-31-07, 07:27 AM	#9
Lafferty Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hot Springs Arkansas Posts: 245 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	yeah 43 onwards is a lot of fun.