GWX-D/F-single contact?!?!

[U-SERB]

During, so called inshore campaign I was on patrol near Britain coast in januar 1945... There I got single contact report on map, with precise range and course of that contact.
I found large merchant with NON EVASIVE course with speed of just 5-6 knots... She's going down, of course

First of all, is it historical possible that unescorted singe ship travel in 1945. on non evasive course with just 5-6 knots?
Very, very, very unusual!

Second, chances that they reported the exact position and course are zero!!!


According to this http://uboat.net/articles/id/51 Uboats D/F have problem: Problem was because the loop antenna had two maximum fields of reception and because of that the operator could to make mistake of 180 degrees!

Again, according to this single Uboat have not any capability to find the exact direction of contact (if the ship did not report their precise position and course). Even if they knew the direction and the boat did not report the position and course, but only reported weather report or something it's not possible to establish distance to contact and course! Am I right?

So, I wonder is it quite unrealistic thing that happens too often when playing GWX mod?! Ok, I know, theoretically maybe B-Dienst send informations, maybe shore D/F find position of contact, but in 1944. after D-Day and during inshore campaign that is little possible and it happens to often!!!
So, is there any mod which can solve this problem?

[Bakkels]

First of all, if by evasive course, you men the zig-zagging; ships only do that when they spotted you. So if you spot a contact, and it doesn't see you, they just travel in a straight line.
As for the contact and the exact speed and course; did you get a radio message? BdU sometimes sends you information about contacts. Not just convoys, also just lone ships that are in your area. This could be realistic; another U-Boat might have spotted the merchant and have sent the information to headquarters, which in turn send the contact info to you. Come to think of it, sometimes you don't even get a radio message, the information BdU sends you just comes up on the nav map. And in '44 it's not like all U-boats just sit in the harbor. They were still out there on the oceans I thought. Also it could be aircraft that did the spotting, or even Axis merchants that send information on Allied merchants to BdU (though I don't know if this happened in real life)

And yes, you do come across lone merchants, and I'm not a historian, but to me this also is realistic. There are way more merchants than the allied had military ships. They just weren't able to escort every single merchant. And only traveling in convoys would be a logistical nightmare. That's how I see it anyway.

[U-SERB]

Originally Posted by Bakkels

First of all, if by evasive course, you men the zig-zagging; ships only do that when they spotted you.

did you get a radio message? Come to think of it, sometimes you don't even get a radio message, the information BdU sends you just comes up on the nav map.

Also it could be aircraft that did the spotting, or even Axis merchants that send information on Allied merchants to BdU (though I don't know if this happened in real life)

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About zig-zagging I don't thought in game I know very well how it works in SH3, but I said historically ... Historically, especially in 1944. and 1945. single ships are generally zig-zagging and certainly did not go just 5-6 knot!!!

Yes, I I thought of contacts in navigation map! Just information on map of contact! Precise position, course and speed, and that is not realistic!

Also, historically is impossible that any German merchant riders or aircraft operate western of Ireland coast during 1945.. Almost all merchant riders were sunk or in Germany since 1943/44. Air superiority of Allied will shot down any FW200 or Junkers over Atlantic... They operated just in North sea...