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Old 09-10-15, 08:25 PM   #11
Barkerov
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I just want to say a big thankyou to everyone who has ever posted a tutorial or created a mod on subsim
All of that teaching paid off last night when I attacked a convoy and sank a ship with realism at 100% (RFB & RSRDC version of realism anyway minus the external camera).

Truth be told I only started playing this game a couple of weeks ago even though I have wanted to play it for a long time circumstances did not allow me enough time to do so.

For me this game is all about the realism. I want to feel like a real sub commander even down to the level of disliking BuOrd but only after I have experienced the Mk 14s failures first hand. I even planned my attack on said convoy to be a submerged sonar only attack according to 1930s US Navy submarine tactical doctrine. I even reported the convoy and did not submerge until I had got the radio reply because receiving radio messages underwater spoils the realism for me.

In the end I had to improvise a little bit since the convoy had a projected course less than 100 yards from my position. I was worried about being detected if I moved too fast (convoy was 5-6nm out) and even if I surfaced at the right moment the Mk 14s would not arm in time to explode. As I was working out what to do I was already headed down to get under the escorts when suddenly I had a bright idea. The convoy was arranged in a neat little line and becasue of the angle they were on, I couldn't see any gaps between ships so I set the Mk 14s to slow, picked a depth I thought would still hit the ship with the lowest draft and fired a spread 1 degree apart at 8000 yards. 2 hits out of 4 that I never actually witnessed. Needless to say I was very pleased as I headed to test depth.

Then came the depth charging. For 3 hours (game time) I tried to get away actually feeling very nervous when explosions were rocking the boat. I changed speeds several times between 1 and 3 kts as we went East making sure my propeller was always less than 75 RPM. Finally I broke contact and headed to periscope depth. I counted 8 destroyers still circling where I left them.

Last night gentlemen, I felt like a real skipper and I have you to thank. Especially you Rockin Robbins
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