Guide to attacking convoys?

Gibster · 07-26-15, 09:10 PM

Hello. Been playing Silent Hunters IV on and off for three years so its a miricle that this place some how eluded me for so long so heres my first post and a question to go with it. It occured to me that for the longest time I have stuck to a strict edicet when attacking escorted convoys. Basically I put myself in the path of the convoy, submerge to 300 feet, wait for it to pass over me, periscope depth right in the middle of it, unleash my spreads of fish, then dive back down to 300 feet, engage silent running, and get the heck out of there. Yes a tactic born out of caution and the many imaginary subs lost to the sub-school's convoy mission. So one day, that being today, I decided to look for guides on attacking convoys, found this place, and uppon reviewing the guides thread my question remained unanswered. I've heard that people have performed night surface attacks on convoys and I know that that was a common tactic durring the war but I've never really fancied surfacing my sub in the vicinity of an angry destroyer with lots of big scary 120 mm guns, night or day. So I'm here to ask, how does one perform a succesfull night/surface attack without getting spotted? Also how do you guys handle convoys in general? What ranges should I be looking for and such?

07-26-15, 09:10 PM	#1
Gibster Nub Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Guide to attacking convoys? Hello. Been playing Silent Hunters IV on and off for three years so its a miricle that this place some how eluded me for so long so heres my first post and a question to go with it. It occured to me that for the longest time I have stuck to a strict edicet when attacking escorted convoys. Basically I put myself in the path of the convoy, submerge to 300 feet, wait for it to pass over me, periscope depth right in the middle of it, unleash my spreads of fish, then dive back down to 300 feet, engage silent running, and get the heck out of there. Yes a tactic born out of caution and the many imaginary subs lost to the sub-school's convoy mission. So one day, that being today, I decided to look for guides on attacking convoys, found this place, and uppon reviewing the guides thread my question remained unanswered. I've heard that people have performed night surface attacks on convoys and I know that that was a common tactic durring the war but I've never really fancied surfacing my sub in the vicinity of an angry destroyer with lots of big scary 120 mm guns, night or day. So I'm here to ask, how does one perform a succesfull night/surface attack without getting spotted? Also how do you guys handle convoys in general? What ranges should I be looking for and such?