Advice on Convoy attack needed

[CruiseTorpedo]

Buy this book about uboat tactics, it's very handy and helped me a lot!!

http://www.amazon.com/U-Boat-Command.../dp/0939631210

It's packed full of methods for surface and submerged day and night attacks, includes every from stalking, where to get positioned, on and on. You'll love it! Pretty cheap too at 9 bucks, I bought it at the u505 museum in chicago.

[Heibges]

The Uboat Commanders Handbook is the best $9 a uboat subsimmer can spend.

It will give you step by step instructions for:

1. Standard UBoat SOP
2. Conducting the Overhaul Manuever
3. When to use hydrophones.
4. Nightime Surface Attack
5. Underwater Surprise Torpedo Attack
6. Gunnery Raid
7. Operations against Convoys
8. Avoiding Asdic

[AVGWarhawk]

To hell with that end round!!!!!!!!!!!! Surface the boat..full ahead...cut off the battery charging...you will need all the horses from the diesels. Man(woman) the deck gun.....have your torps prepared...depth set, AOB, speed of target, doors open!!!!!!! Press the attack!!!!!!(BDU) Come in standing on the bridge like you own the world....let them have all the tubes when you see the whites of their eyes. Watch 'em scatter from the hell fire and brimstone!!!! The DD will be busy wondering just what kind of fool Kaleun would pull this stunt!!! In the mass confusion submerge!!!! Rinse and repeat

This always works for me on patrol #2

[GT182]

:hmm: AVG, that's why you always died on Patrol #2.

[Penelope_Grey]

I did it!! I did a standard box intercept and I torpedoed the Fiji cruiser for just short of 11,000 tons! Oh I can't wait to see the renown!

I am currently at 80m skulking at silent running, I already had one lot of Depthcharges fall on me. but for now I am calling it a night, I'll escape the Corvette later. Might have to hit 160m if his black swan friend shows up.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

I did it!! I did a standard box intercept and I torpedoed the Fiji cruiser for just short of 11,000 tons! Oh I can't wait to see the renown!

I am currently at 80m skulking at silent running, I already had one lot of Depthcharges fall on me. but for now I am calling it a night, I'll escape the Corvette later. Might have to hit 160m if his black swan friend shows up.

I would hit 160m anyway...give them no reason to be able to sink you!

[Foghladh_mhara]

Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

I did it!! I did a standard box intercept and I torpedoed the Fiji cruiser for just short of 11,000 tons! Oh I can't wait to see the renown!

I am currently at 80m skulking at silent running, I already had one lot of Depthcharges fall on me. but for now I am calling it a night, I'll escape the Corvette later. Might have to hit 160m if his black swan friend shows up.

I'm obviously way to much of a nervous type to be a kaleun. Any time i see a warship i dive to 100m and leg it. Show me an unescorted tramp steamer anytime

[Puster Bill]

if it is night, and you are already inside the escort screen, I would say go for it. Just don't be stupid and go at flank speed, which is the quickest way to get spotted. Go to all ahead 1/3rd, or about 9 or 10 knots. That will allow you to catch up reasonably quickly (before day), and get a few shots in.

I would use one torp per target, magnetic. What you want to do in this case is stop them or slow them down, so that you can finish them off later when the escorts have left. Sinking them outright is the ideal situation, but you aren't in a good position for that.

The other alternative is to back out, haul around at flank, and do a daytime submerged attack. That one I find less attractive, as you will have to deal with all of the escorts, not just 'Tail End Charlie'.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by GT182

:hmm: AVG, that's why you always died on Patrol #2.

Did not say anything about that in the operating manual I found in the glovebox!!!

[NipplesTheCat]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Did not say anything about that in the operating manual I found in the glovebox!!!

Does my U-boat have a glove box? For that matter,...where is the spare tire located on a type VII?

[Rykaird]

Originally Posted by NipplesTheCat

[Does my U-boat have a glove box? For that matter,...where is the spare tire located on a type VII?

On my boat, I am the spare tire.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by NipplesTheCat

Does my U-boat have a glove box? For that matter,...where is the spare tire located on a type VII?

It is to the right of the CD player(gramaphone) Check the stern for the spare tire. Works great as a dock bumper.