To Attack & Get Away With it For Noobs

[Brag]

Thanks, Morts!

[Morts]

Originally Posted by Brag

Thanks, Morts!

Np

even though i dont attack convoys much, it was nice reading so that im ready for when i meet a convoy

[Brag]

Originally Posted by Morts

Np

even though i dont attack convoys much, it was nice reading so that im ready for when i meet a convoy

Good luck and lots of tons on you next one.

[Morts]

next one?, im mid patrol

im just exploring right now, and ofcourse looking for enemy/neutral ships
but im not much of a convoy attacker

[AVGWarhawk]

AHHHH preparation.... yeah right... I sail in on the surface no matter the time of day!!!! FULL SPEED!!! Send the fish off with full bird salute Spin around 180 for the sterns tubes, give them the full moon with my watch crew. Dive for the bottom! Silent running..what does that mean, you have your socks on? J/K Brag!!!! Thanks for the read and please join me on my second patrol:rotfl::rotfl:

[Morts]

AVGwarhawk, im sorry but i have to declare you INSANE:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Brag]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

AHHHH preparation.... yeah right... I sail in on the surface no matter the time of day!!!! FULL SPEED!!! Send the fish off with full bird salute Spin around 180 for the sterns tubes, give them the full moon with my watch crew. Dive for the bottom! Silent running..what does that mean, you have your socks on? J/K Brag!!!! Thanks for the read and please join me on my second patrol:rotfl::rotfl:

Yah, Warhawk! Your second patrol is the guarantee of doom. I'll send Bernard as my stand in :rotfl: :rotfl:

BTW, I've made it to Dec. '40 and now sailing in a IXB sumbie without optional extras. This sled left me renown broke

[AVGWarhawk]

I see your goal is 15000 tons per attack. I'm happy if I get 2 merchant but I guess it all depends if you can bag the fats one!!! Currently I'm in 40' with my IXB PATROL NUMBER 5. Thanks to posts like this I can make patrol number 6 and more The offer is still up for patrol number two in my next new boat and port of call!!!!

[Brag]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I see your goal is 15000 tons per attack. I'm happy if I get 2 merchant but I guess it all depends if you can bag the fats one!!! Currently I'm in 40' with my IXB PATROL NUMBER 5. Thanks to posts like this I can make patrol number 6 and more The offer is still up for patrol number two in my next new boat and port of call!!!!

A goal is just that. I seldom achieve it on my first greeting a convoy. But once I get its layout, I have a better idea what to aim for on the encore performance. "Hullo, you big fat buggers. I's gotz you in my sights." On my last patrol, got two big freighters with 4 torps, which exploded within 10 seconds. The escorts never bothered me -- That got me the IXB sumbie.

[Corsair]

Not saying I hold the truth... It's just that I am very careful with using flank speed when submerged because it seems to me from various experiences (usually bad ones) that it kind of sends a signal around "hey, I'm here !"
If it's a lone escort and you are sure to be in his baffles, it should work, but if there are several escorts... You can hear a ship prop 15 / 20 kms away in good conditions, there is no reason why the hydrophone operators on the other side should be deaf...
In some conditions (night and light fog for instance), if you had to shoot from long distance for positioning reasons, I think it is even safer to get away surfaced at slow speed (because of the wake) than to submerge at all...
PS : and if the escort are only Flowers, even if they start turning your way, you can also outrun them as you are faster surfaced at flank speed.

[Brag]

Originally Posted by Corsair

Not saying I hold the truth... It's just that I am very careful with using flank speed when submerged because it seems to me from various experiences (usually bad ones) that it kind of sends a signal around "hey, I'm here !"
If it's a lone escort and you are sure to be in his baffles, it should work, but if there are several escorts... You can hear a ship prop 15 / 20 kms away in good conditions, there is no reason why the hydrophone operators on the other side should be deaf...
In some conditions (night and light fog for instance), if you had to shoot from long distance for positioning reasons, I think it is even safer to get away surfaced at slow speed (because of the wake) than to submerge at all...
PS : and if the escort are only Flowers, even if they start turning your way, you can also outrun them as you are faster surfaced at flank speed.

Can't argue with your logic, especially since no tactical situation is ever exactly the same. And being quiet is a quality a Kaleun should pursue.