Well, those Falke torpedoes sure work well...

maillemaker · 03-23-11, 12:06 PM

So last night, I think it's mid-1943, I got Falke torpedoes for the first time.

I went ahead and splurged the renown for them. Loaded myself up with 4 in the front tubes and 2 in the rear.

Left out of Bergen, went around the top, ended up west of the Rockall banks again on my way to BE33.

Came across a convoy, and just went after the escorts. Took out all 4 destroyers without hardly any effort at all. Of course it was not this easy in real life, but in-game I totally mauled that convoy after I stripped away all its defenses. Looks like the game doesn't even require the target to be going 12 knots. Accidentally took out a merchant with one of the Falkes, but the rest I just fire behind the escort a little bit and she hooks around and BLAM! Fun to watch the torp on the TDC screen.

It was heavy rain, and low visibility, so I surfaced and made my runs - took out the entire convoy, some 90,000 tons, leaving only 3 small merchants before I ran out of torpedoes. I would have used the deck gun, too, but the weather did not allow it.

And once again, I had the Aquitania in the convoy, and once again, it was foundering and fell behind the convoy. When I found her she was at a dead stop so I put a fish in her and claimed the tonnage.

It seems to me that later in the war now the convoy are having larger ships in them, and I am finding "The Aquitania" quite frequently. I've now sunk her 3 times in 3 days, twice in one patrol.

Steve

03-23-11, 12:06 PM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Well, those Falke torpedoes sure work well... So last night, I think it's mid-1943, I got Falke torpedoes for the first time. I went ahead and splurged the renown for them. Loaded myself up with 4 in the front tubes and 2 in the rear. Left out of Bergen, went around the top, ended up west of the Rockall banks again on my way to BE33. Came across a convoy, and just went after the escorts. Took out all 4 destroyers without hardly any effort at all. Of course it was not this easy in real life, but in-game I totally mauled that convoy after I stripped away all its defenses. Looks like the game doesn't even require the target to be going 12 knots. Accidentally took out a merchant with one of the Falkes, but the rest I just fire behind the escort a little bit and she hooks around and BLAM! Fun to watch the torp on the TDC screen. It was heavy rain, and low visibility, so I surfaced and made my runs - took out the entire convoy, some 90,000 tons, leaving only 3 small merchants before I ran out of torpedoes. I would have used the deck gun, too, but the weather did not allow it. And once again, I had the Aquitania in the convoy, and once again, it was foundering and fell behind the convoy. When I found her she was at a dead stop so I put a fish in her and claimed the tonnage. It seems to me that later in the war now the convoy are having larger ships in them, and I am finding "The Aquitania" quite frequently. I've now sunk her 3 times in 3 days, twice in one patrol. Steve