Tactic for sinking convoy escort?

Aviv · 07-30-10, 11:14 PM

Okay so when you report a convoy and it asks you to sink the escorts, does anyone have any tips to do that? Since they don't go straight long enough, it's tricky.

The way I can think of doing it is to allow him to see me, very far away, and as he comes to me (as long as he sees me he'll stay dead straight) fire a torpedo. The problem with this is it's so easy to dodge since it's heading for his bow at 000 degrees. Obviously it would be easier with an electric torpedo, but when they're not available..

A second method I thought of was to attack the convoy at first, and then as the escorts come to me, dive very deep and escape them. Then after a few hours the escorts will need to get back to the [surviving] freighters and I noticed they'll go very straight and fast to catch up, giving me time to fire a torpedo. But the problem is I need to survive the destroyers for a long time, and I might have wasted too many torpedoes on the freighters. Besides, the destroyers can reach 21KT and can be too far away once I've surfaced and made sure he can't see me.

So does anyone have any tried-and-tested method to help destroy escorts?

Thanks

07-30-10, 11:14 PM	#1
Aviv Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Israel Posts: 132 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 0	Tactic for sinking convoy escort? Okay so when you report a convoy and it asks you to sink the escorts, does anyone have any tips to do that? Since they don't go straight long enough, it's tricky. The way I can think of doing it is to allow him to see me, very far away, and as he comes to me (as long as he sees me he'll stay dead straight) fire a torpedo. The problem with this is it's so easy to dodge since it's heading for his bow at 000 degrees. Obviously it would be easier with an electric torpedo, but when they're not available.. A second method I thought of was to attack the convoy at first, and then as the escorts come to me, dive very deep and escape them. Then after a few hours the escorts will need to get back to the [surviving] freighters and I noticed they'll go very straight and fast to catch up, giving me time to fire a torpedo. But the problem is I need to survive the destroyers for a long time, and I might have wasted too many torpedoes on the freighters. Besides, the destroyers can reach 21KT and can be too far away once I've surfaced and made sure he can't see me. So does anyone have any tried-and-tested method to help destroy escorts? Thanks