luckiest shot ever...

unterseemann · 03-02-09, 07:51 PM

Hi everybody! I play sh3 with gwx 3.0 in march 1943 with a type VII-C and a strange and cool thing happened.
I have attacked a convoy west of iceland (2 ships sunk) and escaped escorts for 1 hour. Before surfacing my boat i always do a 360° look with the periscop and to my surprise i find a straggler from the convoy. It's not unusual as there is a storm outside. I decide to stay submerged and i soon discover that he's slower than me so i can manoeuver to attack him with my rear tube. I have a T-III in my tube 5, solution is ok ,LOS!

And after only 11 seconds i got the 'she's going down' and hourrah from the crew WITHOUT any explosion or 'torpedo impact'. I look into my periscop and.. the boat is cut in two and quickly sink! The boat is counted in my logbook. I was too close from my target ( a T-III sets at 30kn runs at 15m/s, so in 11sec it runs 165m which is not enough to activate the torpedo) but my DUD torpedoe did the job

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Anybody else ever experienced something similar???

(In 1943 with DiD 100% no map contact i can assure you that each boat sent to the bottom is a big victory)

bookworm_020 · 03-03-09, 12:46 AM

You were lucky to get that one!

I've sunk a schooner by ramming in heavy seas, but that's the best I can do!

A Very Super Market · 03-03-09, 01:00 AM

I suspect it was the rough sea, and not a dud torpedo.

03-03-09, 04:21 AM

I have no idea how this happened. If that was a rough sea responsible for sinking aircraft carrier so it would be another unexplained phenomena. Ships such size usualy don't sink just because waves are high

Speakin on luckiest hits, I managed to sink coastal frighter with only two shots from the deck gun on my last patrol. Fastest kill with deck gun so far

unterseemann · 03-03-09, 05:36 AM

It wasn't an aircraft carrier but a tramp steamer (the carrier is my sig...

)
I guess that rough seas made 99% of the job but when i attack the boat it was still afloat and doing 4 knots. I get the renown for the sinking and i didn't hit it with anything but my torpedo. Secret weapon??

03-03-09, 05:52 AM

:rotfl: bloody sig.. ok than the boat sank because of the rough sea

That aircraft carrier confused me

Thought it was a screenshot for the topic

03-02-09, 07:51 PM	#1
unterseemann Soundman Join Date: May 2005 Location: lyon, france Posts: 144 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	luckiest shot ever... Hi everybody! I play sh3 with gwx 3.0 in march 1943 with a type VII-C and a strange and cool thing happened. I have attacked a convoy west of iceland (2 ships sunk) and escaped escorts for 1 hour. Before surfacing my boat i always do a 360° look with the periscop and to my surprise i find a straggler from the convoy. It's not unusual as there is a storm outside. I decide to stay submerged and i soon discover that he's slower than me so i can manoeuver to attack him with my rear tube. I have a T-III in my tube 5, solution is ok ,LOS! And after only 11 seconds i got the 'she's going down' and hourrah from the crew WITHOUT any explosion or 'torpedo impact'. I look into my periscop and.. the boat is cut in two and quickly sink! The boat is counted in my logbook. I was too close from my target ( a T-III sets at 30kn runs at 15m/s, so in 11sec it runs 165m which is not enough to activate the torpedo) but my DUD torpedoe did the job ! Anybody else ever experienced something similar??? (In 1943 with DiD 100% no map contact i can assure you that each boat sent to the bottom is a big victory) __________________

03-03-09, 12:46 AM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	You were lucky to get that one! I've sunk a schooner by ramming in heavy seas, but that's the best I can do! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

03-03-09, 01:00 AM	#3
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I suspect it was the rough sea, and not a dud torpedo. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

03-03-09, 05:36 AM	#5
unterseemann Soundman Join Date: May 2005 Location: lyon, france Posts: 144 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	It wasn't an aircraft carrier but a tramp steamer (the carrier is my sig... ) I guess that rough seas made 99% of the job but when i attack the boat it was still afloat and doing 4 knots. I get the renown for the sinking and i didn't hit it with anything but my torpedo. Secret weapon?? __________________

03-03-09, 04:21 AM	#4
Contact Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I have no idea how this happened. If that was a rough sea responsible for sinking aircraft carrier so it would be another unexplained phenomena. Ships such size usualy don't sink just because waves are high Speakin on luckiest hits, I managed to sink coastal frighter with only two shots from the deck gun on my last patrol. Fastest kill with deck gun so far

03-03-09, 05:52 AM	#6
Contact Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	:rotfl: bloody sig.. ok than the boat sank because of the rough sea That aircraft carrier confused me Thought it was a screenshot for the topic