NEVER BEFORE!

CherryHarbey · 09-15-11, 02:23 PM

For me engaging aircraft is pointless, you are not going to single-handly destroy the enemy airforce, you might (and probably will if you are using certain mods) single-handly destroy you boat.
everything to lose, nothing to gain, not the sort of bet I like to take

JazzJR · 09-15-11, 02:52 PM

I loved to destroy all that little Patrolboats in the unmodded SH3

But now with GWX they just don't want to sink. You would lose all of your crew instead of destroying one of these. And even trained Flak crew doesn't hit planes. I tried once to shoot down two Hurricans

. Also a few minutes later some Sunderlands appeared....so "Alaaaaaaaaarm!!!"

frau kaleun · 09-15-11, 03:27 PM

Last career I played, we took out 19 - maybe 20? I think it was 20 - Swordfish in one patrol (heck, all within a couple days IIRC). All taken down by the one guy on the crew who was a qualified flak gunner, until we pushed our luck too far and he ended up dead.

I'm gonna go with 20 because they always came in threes and I'm pretty sure it was the third plane of the last group that killed him, which would've made it #21 had we gotten him as well. My mistake, I thought we'd shot down all of them and ordered the gun crew to stand down. Bloody Tommy must've come out of the sun and strafed the deck and bridge before we realized he was still up there. My gunner was the only casualty.

There was a task force with a carrier in the area, which we finally found, but as usual with a task force they were moving too fast for us to ever get in a good attack position. Sent three eels at the carrier anyway from a couple kms out at a really unfortunate angle and naturally all missed.

JEuler · 09-15-11, 04:26 PM

WO - "Aircraft spotted,Herr Kaleun.Swordfish type"
HK - "Hmm,you sad Swordfish.Our new flak gunner can practice a little.Man the flak and shoot it down."
a few minutes later
WO - "The boat is taking damage"
HK - "Come on,what takes so long"
"The boat is taking damage"
"All right,all right,prepare for dive ,new depth 25m"
a few minutes later
HK - "What the hell was that,you can't shoot down a Swordfish.What's your name again?I forgot"
"Bernard,Herr Kaleun"
"Ahh,Bernard,Bernard,that explains everything.Abort mission,and return to base"

Zedwardson · 09-15-11, 04:58 PM

Question, does swordfish always mean carriers, or do they head out of British ports as well as I encountered quite a few getting out of the North Sea in 1939...

desirableroasted · 09-15-11, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zedwardson

Question, does swordfish always mean carriers, or do they head out of British ports as well as I encountered quite a few getting out of the North Sea in 1939...

I have been told they always indicate a carrier.

09-15-11, 04:26 PM	#4
JEuler Mate Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 54 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	My experience WO - "Aircraft spotted,Herr Kaleun.Swordfish type" HK - "Hmm,you sad Swordfish.Our new flak gunner can practice a little.Man the flak and shoot it down." a few minutes later WO - "The boat is taking damage" HK - "Come on,what takes so long" "The boat is taking damage" "All right,all right,prepare for dive ,new depth 25m" a few minutes later HK - "What the hell was that,you can't shoot down a Swordfish.What's your name again?I forgot" "Bernard,Herr Kaleun" "Ahh,Bernard,Bernard,that explains everything.Abort mission,and return to base" __________________

09-15-11, 04:58 PM	#5
Zedwardson Sparky Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 154 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Question, does swordfish always mean carriers, or do they head out of British ports as well as I encountered quite a few getting out of the North Sea in 1939... __________________ SH3 - GWX3 & Commander 3.2 Realism- 43%, D.I.D. (I play with unlimited fuel and with Auto-ID targets)

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09-15-11, 02:23 PM	#1
CherryHarbey Engineer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 200 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	For me engaging aircraft is pointless, you are not going to single-handly destroy the enemy airforce, you might (and probably will if you are using certain mods) single-handly destroy you boat. everything to lose, nothing to gain, not the sort of bet I like to take

09-15-11, 02:52 PM	#2
JazzJR Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Germany - Berlin Posts: 263 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 0	I loved to destroy all that little Patrolboats in the unmodded SH3 But now with GWX they just don't want to sink. You would lose all of your crew instead of destroying one of these. And even trained Flak crew doesn't hit planes. I tried once to shoot down two Hurricans . Also a few minutes later some Sunderlands appeared....so "Alaaaaaaaaarm!!!" __________________

09-15-11, 03:27 PM	#3
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Last career I played, we took out 19 - maybe 20? I think it was 20 - Swordfish in one patrol (heck, all within a couple days IIRC). All taken down by the one guy on the crew who was a qualified flak gunner, until we pushed our luck too far and he ended up dead. I'm gonna go with 20 because they always came in threes and I'm pretty sure it was the third plane of the last group that killed him, which would've made it #21 had we gotten him as well. My mistake, I thought we'd shot down all of them and ordered the gun crew to stand down. Bloody Tommy must've come out of the sun and strafed the deck and bridge before we realized he was still up there. My gunner was the only casualty. There was a task force with a carrier in the area, which we finally found, but as usual with a task force they were moving too fast for us to ever get in a good attack position. Sent three eels at the carrier anyway from a couple kms out at a really unfortunate angle and naturally all missed.