Mid 1943 onwards

Obersteuermann · 05-06-11, 08:09 PM

So I've just lost yet another career in mid-43. Pootling along the west coast of Africa, happy as Larry, when I stumbled upon a task force - HMS Howe and HMS Illustrious - escorted by more destroyers than I've ever seen in one place before. Just about managed to get one hit on Lusty before we crash dived - cut a long story short, after four hours of depth charges smashed virtually everything smashable on the boat she just wouldn't maintain forward speed and the pressure got her around 290 metres. Shame really, U-93 had the strongest hull of any boat I've had so far; I could happily take her down to 260 metres without any worries.

I know that in real life U-boat losses went through the roof in mid-43 and clearly GWX models this sudden boost in the escorts' skills. My question is, as the old tactics (run silent, run as deep as you dare, 10-15 degree turns every 2 minutes) clearly no longer work at that point, what do (can) you do?

Any novel ideas on escort-dodging?

05-06-11, 08:09 PM	#1
Obersteuermann Shore leave Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 70 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Mid 1943 onwards So I've just lost yet another career in mid-43. Pootling along the west coast of Africa, happy as Larry, when I stumbled upon a task force - HMS Howe and HMS Illustrious - escorted by more destroyers than I've ever seen in one place before. Just about managed to get one hit on Lusty before we crash dived - cut a long story short, after four hours of depth charges smashed virtually everything smashable on the boat she just wouldn't maintain forward speed and the pressure got her around 290 metres. Shame really, U-93 had the strongest hull of any boat I've had so far; I could happily take her down to 260 metres without any worries. I know that in real life U-boat losses went through the roof in mid-43 and clearly GWX models this sudden boost in the escorts' skills. My question is, as the old tactics (run silent, run as deep as you dare, 10-15 degree turns every 2 minutes) clearly no longer work at that point, what do (can) you do? Any novel ideas on escort-dodging?