Has anyone gone through the War with a Type II??

bookworm_020 · 03-01-07, 10:40 PM

I remember some threads about people going through a campaign with just a Type II boat. Has anyone been sucessful???

I wonder how it went toward's the end of the war, would the dugout canoue survive??:hmm:

High Voltage · 03-01-07, 10:46 PM

Assuming you could patrol Kenya's Lake Victoria from 1940 onwards, then i would have to say, yes, it could be done...

IRONxMortlock · 03-02-07, 12:16 AM

I've been playing the game for a year and a half and I still haven't been able to take ANY sub through the entire war!

I'm curious if all the nice little add ons like radar detectors and snorkels become available for the Type IIs later in the war too?
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USS Sea Tiger · 03-02-07, 12:58 AM

Hi

I stuck with one up to Nov 44, now I leave the harbor,, get so damaged by the birds, and return home with zero tonnage

Torplexed · 03-02-07, 01:13 AM

I always meant to...but living without a real deck gun to finish off the cripples or to sink the small fry hurts too much.

Jimbuna · 03-02-07, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by High Voltage

Assuming you could patrol Kenya's Lake Victoria from 1940 onwards, then i would have to say, yes, it could be done...

:rotfl: :rotfl:

XXi · 03-02-07, 12:43 PM

Perhaps it`s worth a try. I guess IID might be small enough to stand against DCs not worse than, say, VIIC. On the other hand - no deck gun and just 5 torpedoes mean you can`t sink much.... and you risk you`ll just damage the target

bigboywooly · 03-02-07, 12:47 PM

Well in RL the type II were withdrawn mid 40 and used as school and training boats
6 IIB had a new lease of life in the Black Sea from 42 to 44

So if you make it till the end you will be doing what no type II did
Good luck

High Voltage · 03-02-07, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by XXi

Perhaps it`s worth a try. I guess IID might be small enough to stand against DCs not worse than, say, VIIC. On the other hand - no deck gun and just 5 torpedoes mean you can`t sink much.... and you risk you`ll just damage the target

Not to mention that by the time you make it through the Kiel Canal, you probably only have enough fuel to conduct a raid on Heligoland befor heading back. Lots of gulls for you to pick off with your flak gun (aim for the wings

)...

Castout · 03-02-07, 05:53 PM

I love type II's interio

r. There's no hatch door barring the view to the sonar room. Too bad type VII and IX don't have unrestricted view to the sonar room thx to the damn closed hatch door

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03-02-07, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Well in RL the type II were withdrawn mid 40 and used as school and training boats
6 IIB had a new lease of life in the Black Sea from 42 to 44

Bigboywooly is correct here.

Type II's were used during the first few months exclusively in the North Sea. They did a lot of mine laying and patroling along the east cost of Britain. Too bad we don't have a mine laying option in SH3. Most all of the early Type II's were sent to the Baltic as training boats to be brought back to combat with just about every other available u-boat for the battle for Norway in April 1940. From then on they were pretty much used for traing exclusively except for 6 Type II's that were transported overland to form a Flotilla in Black Sea where they remained.

You might try a career with a Type II in the Black Sea, that might be neat.

TriskettheKid · 03-02-07, 10:28 PM

I've done it, and yes, it is god awful hard once you start figuring out fuel estimates.

The trick, as I found, is to switch flotillas...a LOT. And you have to run very slow, so as to save fuel.

But the trick is to switch to the Med as soon as you can, and then switch to the Black Sea. That does make things easier, but OMFG, it is not fun once you hit 1943. Every single patrol from mid-1943 to 1945 was sheer terror, because of fuel constraints, I had to attack all that I found, unless it was sheer suicide.

But VERY satisfying when you walk away with decent numbers. Like when I successfully sunk a Revenge and 2 Didos in the Med in 42. That was an amazing feeling.

Payoff · 03-03-07, 08:07 AM

I always wondered about the upgrades, as mentioned above. Can you get a Snorkel and Radar later in the war?

Jimbuna · 03-03-07, 09:26 AM

Most definitely

STEED · 03-03-07, 09:28 AM

I tried it once but Bernard was on the beans and we ran out of air.

03-01-07, 10:40 PM	#1
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03-01-07, 10:46 PM	#2
High Voltage Chief Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: U-33. Depth Charges...sinking.. Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Assuming you could patrol Kenya's Lake Victoria from 1940 onwards, then i would have to say, yes, it could be done... __________________ The new-moon night is black as ink. Off Hatteras the tankers sink. While sadly Roosevelt counts the score-- Some fifty thousand tons--by MOHR

03-02-07, 12:16 AM	#3
IRONxMortlock Watch Officer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 339 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I've been playing the game for a year and a half and I still haven't been able to take ANY sub through the entire war! I'm curious if all the nice little add ons like radar detectors and snorkels become available for the Type IIs later in the war too? ________ Group Sex Webcam Last edited by IRONxMortlock; 08-14-11 at 02:53 PM.

03-02-07, 12:58 AM	#4
USS Sea Tiger XO Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 425 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Up to Nov of 44 is all Hi I stuck with one up to Nov 44, now I leave the harbor,, get so damaged by the birds, and return home with zero tonnage

03-02-07, 01:13 AM	#5
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I always meant to...but living without a real deck gun to finish off the cripples or to sink the small fry hurts too much. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

03-02-07, 12:43 PM	#7
XXi Ensign Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland / Nagoya, Japan Posts: 227 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Perhaps it`s worth a try. I guess IID might be small enough to stand against DCs not worse than, say, VIIC. On the other hand - no deck gun and just 5 torpedoes mean you can`t sink much.... and you risk you`ll just damage the target __________________ lasciate ogni speranza... voi, chi entrate

03-02-07, 12:47 PM	#8
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Well in RL the type II were withdrawn mid 40 and used as school and training boats 6 IIB had a new lease of life in the Black Sea from 42 to 44 So if you make it till the end you will be doing what no type II did Good luck __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-02-07, 05:53 PM	#10
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	I love type II's interior. There's no hatch door barring the view to the sonar room. Too bad type VII and IX don't have unrestricted view to the sonar room thx to the damn closed hatch door. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

03-02-07, 10:28 PM	#12
TriskettheKid Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 186 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	I've done it, and yes, it is god awful hard once you start figuring out fuel estimates. The trick, as I found, is to switch flotillas...a LOT. And you have to run very slow, so as to save fuel. But the trick is to switch to the Med as soon as you can, and then switch to the Black Sea. That does make things easier, but OMFG, it is not fun once you hit 1943. Every single patrol from mid-1943 to 1945 was sheer terror, because of fuel constraints, I had to attack all that I found, unless it was sheer suicide. But VERY satisfying when you walk away with decent numbers. Like when I successfully sunk a Revenge and 2 Didos in the Med in 42. That was an amazing feeling.

03-03-07, 08:07 AM	#13
Payoff Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nash Town, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I always wondered about the upgrades, as mentioned above. Can you get a Snorkel and Radar later in the war? __________________ "Hit Shokaku class carrier with three out of six torpedos. Recieved 105 depth charges during three hour period. Heard four terrific explosions in the direction of target, two and one half hours after attack. Believe that baby sank!" Lieutenant Commander Herman Kossler USS Cavalla

03-03-07, 09:26 AM	#14
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03-03-07, 09:28 AM	#15
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I tried it once but Bernard was on the beans and we ran out of air. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!