Problems 1. sinking destroyers 2. Identifying Neutrals

[VonHelsching]

Originally Posted by hangar18

Thanks. That explains a few things. Just on your commetn about firing at diff compartments, how do you do that. I thought you had to lock on to the target in which case the perescope crosshair s always aimed at the middle. Or should I not lock on and manualyl hold the cross hair at a ship's front / back etc in order to get the torp to hit there. Btw I have waited ages sometimes for stationary ships to sink. In some cases they are on their sides but thats as far as they go. I have to fire one or two more torps to get them to finally sink Such a waste!

If you align the direction of your u-boat's bow and the periscope "0" to a certain part of a ship and you "unlock" the targeted ship and then press fire, the torpedo will go to the specific part of the ship.

[enaceo]

If you un-lock the periscope ,you can , well "aim " with it .But you have to take into consideration the ship's speed and bearing.If you have it's correct speed set up in the TDC ,you can just aim for any part of the ship and the torpedo should hit.
If you don't,you have to "lead" your target a bit (aim ahead of it ) .

[hangar18]

Thanks. Sounds risky but worth a go.

[Finnbat]

Those big ships seem to take two to three torps if hitting them from side. But if you want to hit them seriously aim with a magneto torp 0,5 meters under their middlepart.
Most of these hits blow up the ship in one strike.

And if not blow up, then the massive water flooding from bottom makes the ship go down quite fast within reasonable amount of time. (1/2 hour to 1 hour)

I now play in the end of 1944 and have homing torpedoes. Oh boy life is so easy now ! Just aim somewhere (anywhere) with your periscope and of it goes. The homing torpedo finds its prey and dont miss anytime.

[U-104]

don't sink a hospital ship.

[HunterICX]

1: Your in '41 so I guess you are still using the T1 torpedo's (steam)
as you know they leave an trail of bubbles on the surface so when firing those at DD's or BB's will not work they spot that trail and speed up to evade them.

I always carry some TII's Torpedo's I always use those on DD's or BB's

2: Naughty Boy dont shoot at hospital ships

3: Aim for the weakspots they are easy to find.

[SteamWake]

Ive had similar experiences those damn DD's can see the steamwake in the darkest of nights.

I was wondering if using electrics would help increase my odds.

Anyone have solid experience confirming my suspicions ?