GWX3 minefields question

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

Good god! thats my home base!
Why on earth would they put mines around their own ports?,to prevent the British sneaking in?!

All the Axis bases have ASW defenses, why wouldn't they? There's a war on, lol. You put defenses around your own harbors because you can tell your own people where they are. You just don't tell the enemy where they are. Mostly they are around the edges of the harbor entrances, as long as you stay in the middle of the channel in and out (or just follow your minesweeper escort, that's what he's there for) you should be fine. At any rate there is a drag-down chart in your Nav Map screen that shows you where they are.

There's no reason for a vessel that is welcome in the harbor not to run right up the middle of the channel. With the enemy it's a different matter and as was noted above, the defenses are there to keep them from sneaking in undetected.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

There's a war on, lol. You put defenses around your own harbors because you can tell your own people where they are. You just don't tell the enemy where they are.

What we seem to have here is a failure to communicate. Perhaps if we all got together and 'talked it out' there wouldn't have to be a war on...

Naaahhh, where would the fun be in that?

[Capt. Morgan]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

...There's no reason for a vessel that is welcome in the harbor not to run right up the middle of the channel.

Just like HMS Cambeltown did at St. Nazaire.

[Sailor Steve]

Yeah but those guys were crazy.

Also at St. Nazaire straight up the central channel is pretty much all there is.

Most subnets ran all the way across harbors, and were attached either to a motor system or a tugboat which pulled them aside when friendly ships were entering or leaving.

[Capt. Morgan]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Most subnets ran all the way across harbors, and were attached either to a motor system or a tugboat which pulled them aside when friendly ships were entering or leaving.

Now that would be a cool mod.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Capt. Morgan

Now that would be a cool mod.

Hey now, don't be giving anyone any bright ideas. I've already ended at least two careers hung up on the darn locks.

[Missing Name]

Mines are also common in the Channel. Shocking.

I did torp a large merchant there. It sank and hit a mine on the way down...

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by Missing Name

I did torp a large merchant there. It sank and hit a mine on the way down...

Good plan... Use their own ships to clear the minefield.