Early War Tactics

Halifax · 12-17-08, 04:37 PM

I have a question, that hopefully can be, or already has been addressed. I have been a U-freak most of my life, for some strange reason, even before sh2 came out I had a great interest in the topic, and have read quite a few books on the subject.

I have been running the original gwx for a year (not so good at upgrading the game alas..) and never got bored with GWX as it was a great addition to the game. The girlfreind crashed windows though, so I lost everything and am now re-building, (in the midst of downloading v2 right now). In several books that I have read about the early battle of the atlantic, I made a study of how the original guys did what they did, and have always wanted to do the classic early war attack. You know the one I am sure- sneak into the convoy at night get in the centre, and, on the surface blast the hell out of anything in sight-relying on your small silouette to avoid detection.

This tactic is mentioned in Iron Coffins (Klt Herbert Werner), as well as a couple of other books-Night Raider of the Atlantic-about Kretshmer, and another one that I can't recall the name of now, about Jochaim Mohr. I have never been able to pull off one of these attacks at the times in the books that the real guys said that they had done it, (I think up intil mid 41) I have only been able to do it early in the war if I take out the escorts first.

Is this type of attack possible in the 2.5 Gwx? Will it be possible in a later version?

12-17-08, 04:37 PM	#1
Halifax Watch Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Early War Tactics I have a question, that hopefully can be, or already has been addressed. I have been a U-freak most of my life, for some strange reason, even before sh2 came out I had a great interest in the topic, and have read quite a few books on the subject. I have been running the original gwx for a year (not so good at upgrading the game alas..) and never got bored with GWX as it was a great addition to the game. The girlfreind crashed windows though, so I lost everything and am now re-building, (in the midst of downloading v2 right now). In several books that I have read about the early battle of the atlantic, I made a study of how the original guys did what they did, and have always wanted to do the classic early war attack. You know the one I am sure- sneak into the convoy at night get in the centre, and, on the surface blast the hell out of anything in sight-relying on your small silouette to avoid detection. This tactic is mentioned in Iron Coffins (Klt Herbert Werner), as well as a couple of other books-Night Raider of the Atlantic-about Kretshmer, and another one that I can't recall the name of now, about Jochaim Mohr. I have never been able to pull off one of these attacks at the times in the books that the real guys said that they had done it, (I think up intil mid 41) I have only been able to do it early in the war if I take out the escorts first. Is this type of attack possible in the 2.5 Gwx? Will it be possible in a later version?