Dealing with Destroyers

Soundman · 01-09-09, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

the only thing i would add to ur strategem old_tex is to turn your rudder hard in either direction to gain just a little more leverage on your escape...

what i do is the down the throat idea from soundman,
but i launch a spread of at least 3 torps and wait at peri depth until he veers.
when he veers, i veer in the opposite direction, stfu, and dive until the hull threatens to cave

I have used stern tubes as well, it just depends. If I'm getting low on bow torpedoes, I will tend to use the stern tubes if time allows enough turn rate to maneuver into position. Both will work equally well with this technique. The (sometimes) disadvantage with Tex's method, is the time you may have to turn 180 degrees from them, may not be long enough. It all depends on how close they are to you. The important thing is that we are in agreement with taking an offensive stance, because in most cases, the percentages of taking them down with this technique, outweighs the survival percentage of a DD on top of you (given you are competent with this method). AND, you may very well end up with two or three on top of you before it's over.

One thing I failed to mention first time around...It helps to have knowledge of how to fire on any bearing you desire in a moments notice. I always re-enter the solution (update the bearing) just before firing. i.e... Upon determining it's time to fire NOW, and the target is at say, 1/2 a degree starboard, I will update the TDC to that bearing. If the boat is nearing minimum firing range and is not at exactly zero degrees, you will not have the time to turn the boat to put him at zero degrees. All this is hard to explain in detail, you just have to experiment for yourself to understand. Again...it takes a little practice to become proficient with this method, and it is really not that hard. You don't need to do any fancy calculations or use any tools, it's really a pretty instinctive, shoot from the hip kind of technique, but man is it fun !