When You Shouldn't Shoot A Kongo

jazzabilly · 02-23-09, 01:32 AM

W of Truk, January 1944

Now, I love sinking BB's as next as the next guy. So when I saw 2 BB's in their usual suicidal column formation, with only 2 dd's running cover, and with rough seas (lousy sonar weather), I took one down with my last 6 torpedoes. And sneaked away as if it was a routine kill.

But after seeing THIS following in the next TF approx. 15 min. behind.....

I still have the immortal words of Eric Cartman ringing in my ears.

GOD-D***it!!

Fincuan · 02-23-09, 01:38 AM

Don't worry, you would have had an extremely hard time bringing that down with only 6 torpedos. You probably, even if unconciously, made the right choice

02-23-09, 01:39 AM

only next time it wont be there and your still mad lol.

gotta take whats handed to you

SteveW1 · 02-23-09, 05:48 AM

Be more Aggresive use your deck gun

Steve

Rockin Robbins · 02-23-09, 06:18 AM

And how would that work out against those nice 18" popguns?

Won't be a piece of the sub left that's larger than a quarter!

Torplexed · 02-23-09, 08:04 AM

I'd be curious to know if the ponderous and slow main battery of a battleship could hit something as small as a sub. I have every confidence the quick-firing secondary battery could tear one up though. To this day it's not clear whether any any of Yamato's big guns hit anything at the Battle of Leyte Gulf although it's a good bet her secondaries did.

AVGWarhawk · 02-23-09, 10:10 AM

Now, that is just heart breaking.

Starforce2 · 02-23-09, 10:48 AM

it's possible had you gotten far enough away, say 4500-6500 yards you could have slowed and shelled it without much problem. I've done this with DD's and heavy cruisers who've not seen me at all at night, but it depends on the exact conditions, which require a bit of haze. Plus it looks like ya had a bit of moon there...

OneTinSoldier · 02-23-09, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fincuan

Don't worry, you would have had an extremely hard time bringing that down with only 6 torpedos. You probably, even if unconciously, made the right choice

I use TMO 1.6.3 plus RSRDC 4.10.x and don't play the stock game. With that said, it's hard for me to imagine any ship withstanding anything more than 3 or 4 decent torpedo hits. If this was in the stock game, how many torps are needed for that BB?

tater · 02-23-09, 01:02 PM

Yamato in RL took what, 10+ fish, and maybe twice as many bombs?

Te Kaha · 02-23-09, 01:23 PM

In RFB 1.51 - the previous version of the current one - I set up a test mission with just the Yamato, "steaming" at 5 kts. It took 10 torpedos to sink her, including 2 which caused secondary explosions.

Again in RFB 1.51, in my campaign, I hit the Yamato with 6 torpedos, somewhere south of Japan - yes, on her suicidal trip to Okinawa - and she was steaming away doing 14 knots.

I'd rather save my torpedos for ships I can actually sink.

tater · 02-23-09, 01:35 PM

RFB hasn't changed the warship DMs at all from stock, BTW. Not yet, anyway.

jazzabilly · 02-23-09, 01:47 PM

Well, this is how I spent my last fish.

Soundman · 02-23-09, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tater

Yamato in RL took what, 10+ fish, and maybe twice as many bombs?

So..the deck gun might as well be a pea shooter

..I've been playing this game pretty regular since it first hit the shelves and I've yet to come accross a battleship, let alone, the Yamato. Best luck had was putting under a couple of carriers.

Te Kaha · 02-23-09, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tater

RFB hasn't changed the warship DMs at all from stock, BTW. Not yet, anyway.

I know this - just mentioned it in case someone asks which mods are loaded.

02-23-09, 01:32 AM	#1
jazzabilly Planesman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 186 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	When You Shouldn't Shoot A Kongo W of Truk, January 1944 Now, I love sinking BB's as next as the next guy. So when I saw 2 BB's in their usual suicidal column formation, with only 2 dd's running cover, and with rough seas (lousy sonar weather), I took one down with my last 6 torpedoes. And sneaked away as if it was a routine kill. But after seeing THIS following in the next TF approx. 15 min. behind..... I still have the immortal words of Eric Cartman ringing in my ears. GOD-D*it!! __________________ If it's a fair fight, then you didn't plan it properly. ====================================

02-23-09, 05:48 AM	#4
SteveW1 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 331 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Be more Aggresive use your deck gun Steve __________________

02-23-09, 06:18 AM	#5
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	And how would that work out against those nice 18" popguns? Won't be a piece of the sub left that's larger than a quarter! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

02-23-09, 10:10 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Now, that is just heart breaking. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-23-09, 01:23 PM	#11
Te Kaha Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Austrian landlubber Posts: 178 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 2	In RFB 1.51 - the previous version of the current one - I set up a test mission with just the Yamato, "steaming" at 5 kts. It took 10 torpedos to sink her, including 2 which caused secondary explosions. Again in RFB 1.51, in my campaign, I hit the Yamato with 6 torpedos, somewhere south of Japan - yes, on her suicidal trip to Okinawa - and she was steaming away doing 14 knots. I'd rather save my torpedos for ships I can actually sink. __________________ "E hoa, ka whawhai tonu mātou, Āke! Āke! Āke!" (Friend, we will fight on forever, forever and forever!) Rewi Maniapoto's reply to British calls for surrender, Orakau, 1864

02-23-09, 01:38 AM	#2
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Don't worry, you would have had an extremely hard time bringing that down with only 6 torpedos. You probably, even if unconciously, made the right choice

02-23-09, 01:39 AM	#3
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	only next time it wont be there and your still mad lol. gotta take whats handed to you

02-23-09, 08:04 AM	#6
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I'd be curious to know if the ponderous and slow main battery of a battleship could hit something as small as a sub. I have every confidence the quick-firing secondary battery could tear one up though. To this day it's not clear whether any any of Yamato's big guns hit anything at the Battle of Leyte Gulf although it's a good bet her secondaries did.

02-23-09, 10:48 AM	#8
Starforce2 Planesman Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: minnesota Posts: 189 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	it's possible had you gotten far enough away, say 4500-6500 yards you could have slowed and shelled it without much problem. I've done this with DD's and heavy cruisers who've not seen me at all at night, but it depends on the exact conditions, which require a bit of haze. Plus it looks like ya had a bit of moon there...

02-23-09, 01:02 PM	#10
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Yamato in RL took what, 10+ fish, and maybe twice as many bombs?

02-23-09, 01:35 PM	#12
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	RFB hasn't changed the warship DMs at all from stock, BTW. Not yet, anyway.

02-23-09, 01:47 PM	#13
jazzabilly Planesman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 186 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Well, this is how I spent my last fish. __________________ If it's a fair fight, then you didn't plan it properly. ====================================