Lesson Learned: GWX Aircraft

CWorth · 01-22-07, 11:43 PM

Very good lesson to learn...to bad it had to be the hard way.

Aircraft are your worst enemies next to DD's.You see them you get under as fast as you can..do NOT sit on the surface and duke it out with them(as you found out) as that is simply suicidal and a really useless risk to your boat.

As the saying always goes and holds very true to a Uboat..

He who in a battle is slain,shall never rise to fight again.
But he who fights and runs away,will live to fight another day.

mookiemookie · 01-22-07, 11:52 PM

I learned this the very first patrol I tried in GWX. Taking a bomb to your bow decks is not good for hull integrity.

It bears repeating....do NOT mess with the planes in GWX. You WILL be sorry.

filefool · 01-23-07, 02:07 AM

Confirmed!

July '40 and i am heading towards the rockall as a plane comes along. Since i got a newly installed double-barreled 2cm, a flak gunner and the bogey is a swordfish biplane i expect an easy victory.

The result was a dead gunner, hull at 68% and the aft torpedo tube destroyed...

Maybe I'll give it a another try when i get the U-flak conning tower.

Brag · 01-23-07, 04:00 AM

In 1940 it is probably Ansons, which were used by Coastal Command. I was attacked by them in the same area. The bestards kept appearing every time I surfaced.

Yes! Dive, dive, dive, is the only answer. I lost my flacker to a tugboat, of all things. In GWX surface combat for U-boats is the absolute last resort, when you're gonna go down in a blaze of useless glory.

stabiz · 01-23-07, 04:22 AM

It depends on the type of planes too, those fast buggers are a real pain in the rear torpedo tubes.

Oh, and if you decide to fight it out, go to flank speed, and zig-zag alot.

AirborneCZ · 01-23-07, 04:56 AM

Quote:

but two Mosquitos

you also have been really "lucky"

Mosquitos in ´40 must have been test prototypes!!!!

Paajtor · 01-23-07, 07:51 AM

Get the Radar Warning Receiver-upgrade (if year permits).
The moment you get a warning, immeadiatly order flank-speed, and dive to periscope-depth...at 12m, make a hook (this is to change course as soon as possible, without the wake of your disappearing conning-tower giving away the course-change).
Now stop engines, and listen...if you hear nothing anywhere, then you've just escaped from an air-attack, and go full speed again, to leave the area, and put some kms between yourself and your last known location. If you hear screws, then you can decide whether to setup for evasion or attack.

If you can't get the RWR - or enemy isn't using radar - then the warning of your watch-crew will come much later...don't bother fighting the plane, just dive full speed without hesitation, and speed away.
My '42 VIIC has double flak-twins, but I hope I'll never have to rely on them.

01-22-07, 11:52 PM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I learned this the very first patrol I tried in GWX. Taking a bomb to your bow decks is not good for hull integrity. It bears repeating....do NOT mess with the planes in GWX. You WILL be sorry. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-23-07, 02:07 AM	#3
filefool Loader Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Austria. Far away from any port or shore. Posts: 87 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Confirmed! July '40 and i am heading towards the rockall as a plane comes along. Since i got a newly installed double-barreled 2cm, a flak gunner and the bogey is a swordfish biplane i expect an easy victory. The result was a dead gunner, hull at 68% and the aft torpedo tube destroyed... Maybe I'll give it a another try when i get the U-flak conning tower. __________________

01-23-07, 04:00 AM	#4
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	In 1940 it is probably Ansons, which were used by Coastal Command. I was attacked by them in the same area. The bestards kept appearing every time I surfaced. Yes! Dive, dive, dive, is the only answer. I lost my flacker to a tugboat, of all things. In GWX surface combat for U-boats is the absolute last resort, when you're gonna go down in a blaze of useless glory. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

01-23-07, 04:22 AM	#5
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	It depends on the type of planes too, those fast buggers are a real pain in the rear torpedo tubes. Oh, and if you decide to fight it out, go to flank speed, and zig-zag alot. __________________

01-23-07, 07:51 AM	#7
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	Get the Radar Warning Receiver-upgrade (if year permits). The moment you get a warning, immeadiatly order flank-speed, and dive to periscope-depth...at 12m, make a hook (this is to change course as soon as possible, without the wake of your disappearing conning-tower giving away the course-change). Now stop engines, and listen...if you hear nothing anywhere, then you've just escaped from an air-attack, and go full speed again, to leave the area, and put some kms between yourself and your last known location. If you hear screws, then you can decide whether to setup for evasion or attack. If you can't get the RWR - or enemy isn't using radar - then the warning of your watch-crew will come much later...don't bother fighting the plane, just dive full speed without hesitation, and speed away. My '42 VIIC has double flak-twins, but I hope I'll never have to rely on them. __________________

01-22-07, 11:43 PM	#1
CWorth Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gettysburg PA Posts: 845 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Very good lesson to learn...to bad it had to be the hard way. Aircraft are your worst enemies next to DD's.You see them you get under as fast as you can..do NOT sit on the surface and duke it out with them(as you found out) as that is simply suicidal and a really useless risk to your boat. As the saying always goes and holds very true to a Uboat.. He who in a battle is slain,shall never rise to fight again. But he who fights and runs away,will live to fight another day.

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