any one know the range of 3.7 ?

nemchenk · 06-15-10, 06:26 AM

I sort of feel the same way -- did the Uboats attack many civilian targets from around 1000t and lower? Seems rather "unsportsmanlike"...

johnm · 06-19-10, 10:46 AM

I can agree about not using flak guns on ships normally but in this instance I am using the S-Boot mod. I have only 2 tubes and a total of 4 torpedos. I do have 2 20mm cannon and a 3.7 twin barrel cannon.

If the ship doesn't sink with 1 torpedo, I use the 3.7 with armour piercing rounds which usually gets the job done, eventually. Luckily I carry lots of ammo.

Sadly, the crew won't fire these guns at ships only aircraft (of course) which means any shooting has to be done by me. Try running away from 3 destroyers, dodging and weaving, firing the guns, micro-managing the repairs service and keeping all your fingers crossed as well as rubbing the lucky rabbit's foot!

nemchenk · 06-19-10, 10:52 AM

Ah yes, that makes much more sense

The S-Boot mod sounds like a lot of fun, actually!

What good is the 2cm Flak again surface ships, does anyone know? I've emptied 1000 rounds at the waterline of ~2000 Tramps etc with no apparent effect.

Just for a laugh, you understand, not during my proper career missions

PS. I've been looking at uboat.net's patrol reports, and it seems actually that uboats did indeed engage and sink trawlers etc, at least during Sep 1939. I've not yet looked too far as the war progressed... It would seem a waste of a torpedo to me, but the Kaleuns did seem to attack <1000t ships.

Bronzewing · 06-26-10, 08:40 AM

Well just recently I was playing about in Hartlepool on a new career in december 39 in a type 2. I'd fired my canoe's 5th and last eel into a C2 inside the harbour and we were on our way back out to sea submerged. It was night, clear sky and no wind to speak of, our hydrophone man had a destroyer on the line but it was at "long" range when this tiny trawler wanders infront of my bows at 1200m. Who could resist an after dinner mint?

"Blow balast", man the flack gun! About 5 magazines of 20mm ammo later and the little fishing boat sank becoming our final kill of the patrol. Exit for the Fatherland to the tune of "Mein Kleiner Gruner Kaktus"!

nemchenk · 06-29-10, 04:50 AM

I've too have found the 20mm very handy for taking out targets <1000t, and looking at uboat.net it seems the Kaleuns did indeed claim such targets, especially during the early war. The procedure seemed to be to surface, stop the boat with "machinegun fire", board, raid, and then scuttle it.

06-26-10, 08:40 AM	#4
Bronzewing Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Leicester Posts: 104 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Well just recently I was playing about in Hartlepool on a new career in december 39 in a type 2. I'd fired my canoe's 5th and last eel into a C2 inside the harbour and we were on our way back out to sea submerged. It was night, clear sky and no wind to speak of, our hydrophone man had a destroyer on the line but it was at "long" range when this tiny trawler wanders infront of my bows at 1200m. Who could resist an after dinner mint? "Blow balast", man the flack gun! About 5 magazines of 20mm ammo later and the little fishing boat sank becoming our final kill of the patrol. Exit for the Fatherland to the tune of "Mein Kleiner Gruner Kaktus"! __________________ "I say Number one, my end is diving. What the hell is your end doing?"

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06-15-10, 06:26 AM	#1
nemchenk Bosun Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 69 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I sort of feel the same way -- did the Uboats attack many civilian targets from around 1000t and lower? Seems rather "unsportsmanlike"...

06-19-10, 10:46 AM	#2
johnm Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North of England Posts: 173 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	I can agree about not using flak guns on ships normally but in this instance I am using the S-Boot mod. I have only 2 tubes and a total of 4 torpedos. I do have 2 20mm cannon and a 3.7 twin barrel cannon. If the ship doesn't sink with 1 torpedo, I use the 3.7 with armour piercing rounds which usually gets the job done, eventually. Luckily I carry lots of ammo. Sadly, the crew won't fire these guns at ships only aircraft (of course) which means any shooting has to be done by me. Try running away from 3 destroyers, dodging and weaving, firing the guns, micro-managing the repairs service and keeping all your fingers crossed as well as rubbing the lucky rabbit's foot!

06-19-10, 10:52 AM	#3
nemchenk Bosun Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 69 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Ah yes, that makes much more sense The S-Boot mod sounds like a lot of fun, actually! What good is the 2cm Flak again surface ships, does anyone know? I've emptied 1000 rounds at the waterline of ~2000 Tramps etc with no apparent effect. Just for a laugh, you understand, not during my proper career missions PS. I've been looking at uboat.net's patrol reports, and it seems actually that uboats did indeed engage and sink trawlers etc, at least during Sep 1939. I've not yet looked too far as the war progressed... It would seem a waste of a torpedo to me, but the Kaleuns did seem to attack <1000t ships.

06-29-10, 04:50 AM	#5
nemchenk Bosun Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 69 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I've too have found the 20mm very handy for taking out targets <1000t, and looking at uboat.net it seems the Kaleuns did indeed claim such targets, especially during the early war. The procedure seemed to be to surface, stop the boat with "machinegun fire", board, raid, and then scuttle it.