22 Days of Rain & Fog

Brag · 02-10-07, 10:23 AM

On first patrol of new career, November 1940. U-108 (IXB). BE quadrant.

4 days out in good weather reached assigned sector, sank one small tanker. Then weather changed. Fog & rain, visibility about 300 meters.

I'm sure you have met this frustrating condition. When you see them, targets are too close. Day after day of fog in target rich area, forced me to develop (for me)a new technique

Intercepted several small freighters guided by hydrophone. Unable to see, position my boat at 300 meter + from target's plotted course. Torpedo tube ready. Periscope aiming 350 or 010, the moment blurry target appears on scope, los!

This way, accumulated 20,000 tons hardly ever seeing the target.

Last night, a task force with a number of destroyers and several capital ships approached my position at over 20 kts. Unable to see, picked a heavy capital ship sound. Aimed a magnetic salvo of four, with a two degree spread, depth 12 meters. Got one hit.

Destroyers went bananas shooting flares and swinging searchlights while large ships continued steaming. Beats me what I hit.

I'm still in the fog, will it ever end?

02-10-07, 10:23 AM	#1
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	22 Days of Rain & Fog On first patrol of new career, November 1940. U-108 (IXB). BE quadrant. 4 days out in good weather reached assigned sector, sank one small tanker. Then weather changed. Fog & rain, visibility about 300 meters. I'm sure you have met this frustrating condition. When you see them, targets are too close. Day after day of fog in target rich area, forced me to develop (for me)a new technique Intercepted several small freighters guided by hydrophone. Unable to see, position my boat at 300 meter + from target's plotted course. Torpedo tube ready. Periscope aiming 350 or 010, the moment blurry target appears on scope, los! This way, accumulated 20,000 tons hardly ever seeing the target. Last night, a task force with a number of destroyers and several capital ships approached my position at over 20 kts. Unable to see, picked a heavy capital ship sound. Aimed a magnetic salvo of four, with a two degree spread, depth 12 meters. Got one hit. Destroyers went bananas shooting flares and swinging searchlights while large ships continued steaming. Beats me what I hit. I'm still in the fog, will it ever end? __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/