1944 convoy attacks

[Detritus]

Originally Posted by rulle34

It should of course get harder when you passed the golden days. Fire from long range is logical when escorts makes it impossible to come close, but you can always try to make sure you are ahed of convoy, lay still at 25 m, let the convoy come over you and get up to periscope depth and fire all your torpedos at your targets. Then dive as deep as you can and try to evade escorts. Hairy, scary, but can work if you are careful.
Good luck

Tried that and every other trick in the book but nothing seems to work anymore. Guess I'm just really unlucky or then the leading escorts are with elite crews who somehow pick you up even when dead stop, silent running. That's why I'd to start firing from long range.

Yes, torpedos set for magnetic detonation can and do go off prematurely. It's just that at this stage of war (Feb 1944) and at the rate they're going off early is just plain weird. Or Lady Luck really has decided that I'm not gonna make it through the war.
Anyway, more suggestions for this problem are still welcome (by many, I'm sure) so keep it coming.