Collateral Damage

Rambler241 · 08-06-15, 04:09 AM

I'd like to hear other SH3 fans' experiences of this - by which I mean enemy ships or 'planes inadvertently causing the demise of their comrades in arms.

My first observation was of a "Hurribomber" which dropped a bomb on another swooping just below it. Another was where two such collided, both breaking up. A third was when one exploded (due to my ace flak gunner) and took out another very close below it. The last two examples were when under attack by, in one case 10 planes, and another 12 planes (both numbers extremely unrealistic) and had opted to fight it out until safe to submerge.

Half-dozen patrols ago, on a dark, dark night, I had opted to surface and flee in the direction the convoy I'd attacked was travelling, as the V&W on point had come back to investigate the ship sinkings, and was almost 2km away on my stern quarter, with two rows of ships between us. We were spotted by the merchants, of course, and the DD opened fire while we were masked by a Coastal Merchant, and racing away to keep the CM between us and the DD. The shells were mostly well aimed, but the CM was in line of fire, and took half-a-dozen hits, maybe more, and sank very quickly afterwards. The DD stopped to investigate, and we were away and safe.

A couple of patrols later, submerged and in the middle of a large convoy in daytime, two sinkings by yours truly caused the convoy to scatter in the very unrealistic way that sometimes happens in SH3. They ran in all directions, speeded up, slowed, came to a stop, stopped and reversed to avoid collision - a general mess, and difficult to navigate in while submerged and keeping an eye out for the six escorts (who luckily seemed also to be infected with madness and indecision). I was targetting a T3 tanker, which obligingly stopped and presented a beautiful target. The two remaining bow fish were dispatched in a spread salvo to detonate under the hull, just as a Coastal Merchant rammed the tanker. When the fish detonated, the resulting explosion took out the CM as well.

Needless to say, no reknown for these collateral enemy losses, but kudos for us when back in base.

08-06-15, 04:09 AM	#1
Rambler241 A-ganger Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: High Wycombe, UK Posts: 76 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Collateral Damage I'd like to hear other SH3 fans' experiences of this - by which I mean enemy ships or 'planes inadvertently causing the demise of their comrades in arms. My first observation was of a "Hurribomber" which dropped a bomb on another swooping just below it. Another was where two such collided, both breaking up. A third was when one exploded (due to my ace flak gunner) and took out another very close below it. The last two examples were when under attack by, in one case 10 planes, and another 12 planes (both numbers extremely unrealistic) and had opted to fight it out until safe to submerge. Half-dozen patrols ago, on a dark, dark night, I had opted to surface and flee in the direction the convoy I'd attacked was travelling, as the V&W on point had come back to investigate the ship sinkings, and was almost 2km away on my stern quarter, with two rows of ships between us. We were spotted by the merchants, of course, and the DD opened fire while we were masked by a Coastal Merchant, and racing away to keep the CM between us and the DD. The shells were mostly well aimed, but the CM was in line of fire, and took half-a-dozen hits, maybe more, and sank very quickly afterwards. The DD stopped to investigate, and we were away and safe. A couple of patrols later, submerged and in the middle of a large convoy in daytime, two sinkings by yours truly caused the convoy to scatter in the very unrealistic way that sometimes happens in SH3. They ran in all directions, speeded up, slowed, came to a stop, stopped and reversed to avoid collision - a general mess, and difficult to navigate in while submerged and keeping an eye out for the six escorts (who luckily seemed also to be infected with madness and indecision). I was targetting a T3 tanker, which obligingly stopped and presented a beautiful target. The two remaining bow fish were dispatched in a spread salvo to detonate under the hull, just as a Coastal Merchant rammed the tanker. When the fish detonated, the resulting explosion took out the CM as well. Needless to say, no reknown for these collateral enemy losses, but kudos for us when back in base. __________________ There are only two kinds of vessels; submarines and targets.