S-class supersubs?

[Kaleun Cook]

I think I've sunk all "my" S classes instantly with one torpedo targeted midships and set to 1 Meter depth. IIRC this aways gave me the "enemy unit destroyed" message instantly. Maybe the deck gun failure is a little mean reminder that the player sub can take a lot of shells too.

[Obersteuermann]

Originally Posted by thebigJ_A

What on Earth or British S-class subs made out of?

I had just left Wilhelmshaven, when off the Danish coast I encountered a Brit sub. It was the middle of the night, so I got within 2000m and opened fire with my deck gun. The AI was having trouble hitting (perhaps because of the odd outline of submarines?) so I took over. I quickly knocked out their deck gun, so I only needed to worry about their flak.

They didn't sink until I had eight (8!!) rounds left! Granted, a significant percentage missed, but I stopped counting once I'd hit them 30 times with my 88. That was when I still had most of my ammo. I hit the thing below the water line, on the conning tower, forward, aft, everywhere! I even sprayed them with several hundred 20mm rounds. It was sheer stubbornness on my part that kept me going.

So I ask again, what super submarine hull technology did the Brits have in WWII that no one told me about?

Think of it this way. How much punishment can your u-boat take before she's destroyed? Not loss of hull integrity from going too deep whilst damaged, but outright shot to bits on the surface? How many times have you been clipped by aircraft MG fire or taken an unlucky strike from a freighter's gun?

Come to that, how many people have accidentally torpedoed themselves with Zaunkoenige and struggled back to base afterwards?

Exactly. If your boat can take all that punishment and still function, then you can bet the British boats will too.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

Sure was, and a very fortuitous shot at that...

They came in as low as possible to try and stay under Bismarck's AA fire, and then timed the release to coincide with the waves (so as to avoid having the torp thrown off course). Pretty tough to wait for the perfect moment when all hell is breaking loose all around you. One in a million shot...

The Bismarcks AA fire system was designed to track and engage much faster planes and was therefore not as effective against the Swordfish as some might believe.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Some planes were surely armed with torpedoes, wasn't it a torpedo fired by a Swordfish that borked the Bismarck's rudder?

Rgr that...and here is the evidence





Possibly the finest moment for the old stringbag (Swordfish) was the part they played in the attack on Taranto:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Taranto

[STEED]

I bagged a few S-Class subs over the years and last week Bagged my first T-Class sub, did it feel good? Right on.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

I bagged a few S-Class subs over the years and last week Bagged my first T-Class sub, did it feel good? Right on.

The Gato ain't a bad target either

[STEED]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

The Gato ain't a bad target either

I bagged four or five them last month.

[thebigJ_A]

Originally Posted by Obersteuermann

Think of it this way. How much punishment can your u-boat take before she's destroyed? Not loss of hull integrity from going too deep whilst damaged, but outright shot to bits on the surface? How many times have you been clipped by aircraft MG fire or taken an unlucky strike from a freighter's gun?

Come to that, how many people have accidentally torpedoed themselves with Zaunkoenige and struggled back to base afterwards?

Exactly. If your boat can take all that punishment and still function, then you can bet the British boats will too.

Are you kidding? I got hit once in this engagement from their deck gun, and I was down to 80% hull integrity.

I hit them dozens of times.

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Rgr that...and here is the evidence
...

Did that actually happen in your game? Or is that one of the missions?

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

The Bismarcks AA fire system was designed to track and engage much faster planes and was therefore not as effective against the Swordfish as some might believe.

Such sweet irony when low-tech triumphs over newer (supposedly) higher-tech...

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Rgr that...and here is the evidence

Cool screen...

Cheers for the post!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by thebigJ_A

Did that actually happen in your game? Or is that one of the missions?

It was a test mission I created when we were developing GWX3.0

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

Cool screen...

Cheers for the post!

No problem.

[thebigJ_A]

Too bad, that looks awesome, and I want to see something like that in my career.