300,000 tons and counting.

Sandman_28054 · 08-13-08, 11:44 PM

On my 11th mission, just took command of my Balto Class sub. Transfered from Pearl to Freemantle and I'm in the 300,000 ton club. Playing at the 49% realism level.

Limited batteries, limited air, limited fuel, duds, no external view, realistic loading, realistic damage repair, etc.

One thing that has helped me, is since taking command of the Balto class sub, I have changed the AA guns from Twin 20mm to 40mm. Taking out the DD's, surfacing and putting about 10 HE rounds and 10 AP rounds into a ship, and then opening up with the 40mm guns helps to sink merchants faster, if that makes any sense.

I just finished dropping off some supplies, sank a cpl of DD's and a couple of Modern tankers on the way there, and patroled the Luzon Straits, ran across a "Large Convoy" of four DD's. Sank them. Four medium composite freighters, sank then. four small conposite freighters, sank them. One medium modern tanker, sank it. And two Small Engine Aft ships, sank them. (I also took target practice at a couple of Sanpans, sank them.)

Total tonnage for this patrol with one torp left in the aft section and 20 rds AP, 20 rds. HE is 96480 tons.

And I still have to make it back to Freemantle.

Can I break the 100,000 tons for one patrol?

We'll see.

08-13-08, 11:44 PM	#1
Sandman_28054 Captain Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 547 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	300,000 tons and counting. On my 11th mission, just took command of my Balto Class sub. Transfered from Pearl to Freemantle and I'm in the 300,000 ton club. Playing at the 49% realism level. Limited batteries, limited air, limited fuel, duds, no external view, realistic loading, realistic damage repair, etc. One thing that has helped me, is since taking command of the Balto class sub, I have changed the AA guns from Twin 20mm to 40mm. Taking out the DD's, surfacing and putting about 10 HE rounds and 10 AP rounds into a ship, and then opening up with the 40mm guns helps to sink merchants faster, if that makes any sense. I just finished dropping off some supplies, sank a cpl of DD's and a couple of Modern tankers on the way there, and patroled the Luzon Straits, ran across a "Large Convoy" of four DD's. Sank them. Four medium composite freighters, sank then. four small conposite freighters, sank them. One medium modern tanker, sank it. And two Small Engine Aft ships, sank them. (I also took target practice at a couple of Sanpans, sank them.) Total tonnage for this patrol with one torp left in the aft section and 20 rds AP, 20 rds. HE is 96480 tons. And I still have to make it back to Freemantle. Can I break the 100,000 tons for one patrol? We'll see.