My advice: Aim for the bow!

06-23-07, 11:15 AM

Hi all!

I am on my 11th patrol now in September 1941 with GWX 1.3 and due to my experiences i can highly recommend to aim for the bow when attacking with torpedoes.

With this method i managed to sink small merchants of course, a lot C2's, 2 large tankers, 1-2 troops, whale factory, aux cruiser, light cruiser and so on.
Most merchants will sink after a llittle time. I assume that heavy weather and rough sea is to your advantage then. ships will slow down as soon as the amount of water ducks down the bow until the engines cant push the weight forward anymore.

Attaking C3's and this other type of large cargo u may have bad luck, the most of the time need 2 torps.

U will save some torpedoes trying this, check it out. The following picture shows a bow hit. Aim for this spot or a few meters more to stern and u'll probably be successful. As this was a C3, it needed one more hit this time..

Brag · 06-23-07, 11:58 AM

You are right about hitting near the bow. You'll get one shot kills on all ships most of the time by hitting them just slightly forward of the foremast.

Big exception are the blasted passenger/freight torpedoe gobblers

Avatar · 06-23-07, 12:27 PM

I believe that the deck gun works equally as well when aiming at the bow.

johnno74 · 06-23-07, 05:47 PM

patterchon
Patterchon, thats a nice pic but can you please change it to a jpeg? Itas a 2.5 mb bmp file

Open it in your paint program (ms paint will even do it) and save as, and change it to jpeg and re-upload it to whatever site you have it on.

it will drop to 1-200 kb.

BTW is that the stock torpedo damage texture?

KeptinCranky · 06-23-07, 05:55 PM

Typical, I usually try to hit Large Merchants (C3) right between where you've hit it in the picture, this usually sinks them with one eel after 30 minutes maximum waiting for it, or if they're in a convoy and don't sink they generally straggle out of it at 1 or 2 knots after a few hours and you can pick 'em off later

06-24-07, 06:18 AM

@johnno74
U r right, I've changed the pic into a JPEG of smaller size.
This damage texture is a mod called "torpedo damage final" of some modder here who's name i don't remember now. So it is not stock damage. I think in stock SH3 u can't see any damage on ships...

Jimbuna · 06-24-07, 06:19 AM

This chart will give you some idea of the weak spots

http://files.filefront.com/shipchart.../fileinfo.html

06-23-07, 11:15 AM	#1
patterchon Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	My advice: Aim for the bow! Hi all! I am on my 11th patrol now in September 1941 with GWX 1.3 and due to my experiences i can highly recommend to aim for the bow when attacking with torpedoes. With this method i managed to sink small merchants of course, a lot C2's, 2 large tankers, 1-2 troops, whale factory, aux cruiser, light cruiser and so on. Most merchants will sink after a llittle time. I assume that heavy weather and rough sea is to your advantage then. ships will slow down as soon as the amount of water ducks down the bow until the engines cant push the weight forward anymore. Attaking C3's and this other type of large cargo u may have bad luck, the most of the time need 2 torps. U will save some torpedoes trying this, check it out. The following picture shows a bow hit. Aim for this spot or a few meters more to stern and u'll probably be successful. As this was a C3, it needed one more hit this time.. Last edited by patterchon; 06-24-07 at 06:12 AM.

06-23-07, 11:58 AM	#2
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	You are right about hitting near the bow. You'll get one shot kills on all ships most of the time by hitting them just slightly forward of the foremast. Big exception are the blasted passenger/freight torpedoe gobblers __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

06-24-07, 06:19 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	This chart will give you some idea of the weak spots http://files.filefront.com/shipchart.../fileinfo.html __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-23-07, 12:27 PM	#3
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I believe that the deck gun works equally as well when aiming at the bow.

06-23-07, 05:47 PM	#4
johnno74 Planesman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 197 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	patterchon Patterchon, thats a nice pic but can you please change it to a jpeg? Itas a 2.5 mb bmp file Open it in your paint program (ms paint will even do it) and save as, and change it to jpeg and re-upload it to whatever site you have it on. it will drop to 1-200 kb. BTW is that the stock torpedo damage texture?

06-23-07, 05:55 PM	#5
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Typical, I usually try to hit Large Merchants (C3) right between where you've hit it in the picture, this usually sinks them with one eel after 30 minutes maximum waiting for it, or if they're in a convoy and don't sink they generally straggle out of it at 1 or 2 knots after a few hours and you can pick 'em off later

06-24-07, 06:18 AM	#6
patterchon Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	@johnno74 U r right, I've changed the pic into a JPEG of smaller size. This damage texture is a mod called "torpedo damage final" of some modder here who's name i don't remember now. So it is not stock damage. I think in stock SH3 u can't see any damage on ships...