Tactics: sinking a destroyer

anjutosi · 08-23-11, 07:29 AM

I developed a tactic to escape and destroy any convoy escort.
After beeing deetcted I go forward to de destroyer, full speed ahead. Abou 1000 yards, I chane my heading abou 60 degrees so that the destroyer can't turn so quickly and passes close. And there begins the real fight. If it stars an atack run, turning to the side of the submarine, I turn port and starboard, triyng to follow the destroyer. She runs about 300 to 400yards from the submarine. At about an 40 to 45 degrres angle, I fire a torpedo aginst the destroyer. and then I stop turning and go strait forward so thta I will get close to the destroyer and, if the first torpedo missed, I'll have just 200 yards right in from of me, and a second torpedo will kill she defenetely.
Please try. It works with me,
Antonio

flag4 · 08-23-11, 08:35 AM

DESTROYERS

...stay well away. run when you can - and you'll (probably) need more than 200 yards for the torp to charge itself before detonation is possible.

i have tried the run-in attack on destroyers and have scored against them with the torpedo trick - but, it only works for so long. while you are playing cat and mouse with one (and wasting battery life too) its friends are on their way: now you are lucky or dead

take care

Sailor Steve · 08-23-11, 12:58 PM

Very good tactic in a game. In real life that would get you killed sooner than later. I play Dead Is Dead, and I don't fool around with destroyers. Besides, they're worth so little tonnage I wouldn't bother with them anyway.

Jimbuna · 08-23-11, 03:41 PM

Not very realistic but getting to within 200 yards of your pray would mean that your torpedo wouldn't be armed...ingame they need 300 yards.

Fish In The Water · 08-23-11, 03:47 PM

Whatever floats your boat...

It's a game so it's allowed to be fun. Realism is all well and good, but it's nice to try something different every now and then.

FIREWALL · 08-23-11, 03:53 PM

You do know how to use the Save feature in SH3 ?

Also a SH3\GWX Motto " He who learns when it's Smart to Run Away, Lives to Fight another Day "

Sailor Steve · 08-23-11, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

Whatever floats your boat...

It's a game so it's allowed to be fun. Realism is all well and good, but it's nice to try something different every now and then.

Very true, and I wouldn't want anyone to get the impression that I'm telling them how to play. On the other hand I always wonder what mods they're using or not using and what level they play at. There's nothing wrong with playing the way you want, but when somebody gives advice about attacking destroyers I have to wonder. The way I play those tactics are suicide.

papa_smurf · 08-24-11, 04:45 AM

Simple advice on sinking a Destroyer - DO NOT AT ALL COSTS. If you miss, you will have one very annoyed destroyer (and company) hounding you for a while.

Missing Name · 08-24-11, 11:23 AM

Don't do as I do and gun it out on the surface.

Although lately I've REALLY backed away from that tactic.

The last time I did it, it was because aircraft disabled my electric engines. 10 crew dead and heavy damage to my boat, but the destroyer was sunk.

desirableroasted · 08-24-11, 04:24 PM

Sounds like an excellent way to get killed, and it also sounds like stock. But enjoy the game.

theroc44 · 08-24-11, 04:26 PM

with GWX i surfaced on 1 destroyer which i hit but didnt sink after repeated DC, and alot of damage and he smoked me in 2 mins

Jimbuna · 08-24-11, 05:39 PM

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

Hinrich Schwab · 08-25-11, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Simple advice on sinking a Destroyer - DO NOT AT ALL COSTS. If you miss, you will have one very annoyed destroyer (and company) hounding you for a while.

This is the truth. Annoying a destroyer is like throwing a rock at a hornet's nest and then trying to run away with shackles on your feet.

As to seriously engaging destroyers, it can be done. However, the whole point of the war was guerre de course: commerce raiding. The risk-reward ratio for engaging destroyers never balances well enough to make the option viable without serious risk of turning your boat into an unwilling artificial reef, courtesy of British ASW. Besides, it is much more satisfying leaving a destroyer holding the bag after blasting a convoy into the middle of next week.

PacificWolf · 08-26-11, 09:21 AM

Remember One Very Basic Thing:
If one destroyer know or suspect a submarine in convoy then rest are going to help him, I had that almost every time in GWX 3.
Besides going on full speed its not good idea, everybody can hear you.
Slow And Silent.
Good hunting

VONHARRIS · 08-26-11, 09:48 AM

I have no intension to fire a torpedo at a destroyer unless I have no other option.
AND in that case I want to have a TIV or a TV homing torp.

08-23-11, 07:29 AM	#1
anjutosi Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 8 Downloads: 222 Uploads: 0	Tactics: sinking a destroyer I developed a tactic to escape and destroy any convoy escort. After beeing deetcted I go forward to de destroyer, full speed ahead. Abou 1000 yards, I chane my heading abou 60 degrees so that the destroyer can't turn so quickly and passes close. And there begins the real fight. If it stars an atack run, turning to the side of the submarine, I turn port and starboard, triyng to follow the destroyer. She runs about 300 to 400yards from the submarine. At about an 40 to 45 degrres angle, I fire a torpedo aginst the destroyer. and then I stop turning and go strait forward so thta I will get close to the destroyer and, if the first torpedo missed, I'll have just 200 yards right in from of me, and a second torpedo will kill she defenetely. Please try. It works with me, Antonio

08-23-11, 08:35 AM	#2
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	DESTROYERS ...stay well away. run when you can - and you'll (probably) need more than 200 yards for the torp to charge itself before detonation is possible. i have tried the run-in attack on destroyers and have scored against them with the torpedo trick - but, it only works for so long. while you are playing cat and mouse with one (and wasting battery life too) its friends are on their way: now you are lucky or dead take care __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

08-23-11, 12:58 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Very good tactic in a game. In real life that would get you killed sooner than later. I play Dead Is Dead, and I don't fool around with destroyers. Besides, they're worth so little tonnage I wouldn't bother with them anyway. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-23-11, 03:41 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Not very realistic but getting to within 200 yards of your pray would mean that your torpedo wouldn't be armed...ingame they need 300 yards. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-23-11, 03:47 PM	#5
Fish In The Water Prince of the Sea SUBSIM Welcome Committee Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Watching over U-253 Posts: 3,527 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 2	Whatever floats your boat... It's a game so it's allowed to be fun. Realism is all well and good, but it's nice to try something different every now and then. __________________ "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people are so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell.

08-23-11, 03:53 PM	#6
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	You do know how to use the Save feature in SH3 ? Also a SH3\GWX Motto " He who learns when it's Smart to Run Away, Lives to Fight another Day " __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-24-11, 04:45 AM	#8
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Simple advice on sinking a Destroyer - DO NOT AT ALL COSTS. If you miss, you will have one very annoyed destroyer (and company) hounding you for a while. __________________

08-24-11, 11:23 AM	#9
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Don't do as I do and gun it out on the surface. Although lately I've REALLY backed away from that tactic. The last time I did it, it was because aircraft disabled my electric engines. 10 crew dead and heavy damage to my boat, but the destroyer was sunk. __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff Last edited by Missing Name; 08-24-11 at 11:48 AM.

08-24-11, 04:24 PM	#10
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Sounds like an excellent way to get killed, and it also sounds like stock. But enjoy the game. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

08-24-11, 04:26 PM	#11
theroc44 Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York City Posts: 261 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	with GWX i surfaced on 1 destroyer which i hit but didnt sink after repeated DC, and alot of damage and he smoked me in 2 mins

08-24-11, 05:39 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-26-11, 09:21 AM	#14
PacificWolf Ensign Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Gdańsk, Poland. Posts: 233 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 3	Remember One Very Basic Thing: If one destroyer know or suspect a submarine in convoy then rest are going to help him, I had that almost every time in GWX 3. Besides going on full speed its not good idea, everybody can hear you. Slow And Silent. Good hunting __________________ "All ships can dive, only submarines can surface"

08-26-11, 09:48 AM	#15
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I have no intension to fire a torpedo at a destroyer unless I have no other option. AND in that case I want to have a TIV or a TV homing torp.