Gross stupidity or just plain bad luck

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by BulSoldier

I want to buy both books (hunters and the hunted) but damn publishers, why they dont translate them in bulgarian

That's a real pity....I can only imagine it's down to the perceived low expected number of readers in your country. :hmm:

[papa_smurf]

Just plain stupidity.....

[High Voltage]

That's pretty much my standard attack plan...My short careers are suddenly starting to make sense, and I now understand why it's important not to leave behind a hydrophone operator to make room for extra cases of champagne...

[ichso]

Does anybody understand those DD tactics of ramming a sub when the own ship gets heavily damaged too ?

I mean, with further enemy subs around this is just risking the lives of the own crew if the DD is left less maneuverable afterwards.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by ichso

Does anybody understand those DD tactics of ramming a sub when the own ship gets heavily damaged too ?

I mean, with further enemy subs around this is just risking the lives of the own crew if the DD is left less maneuverable afterwards.

This is areal old thread now, but in answer to your query.........Often the only/best means open to an escort skipper to disable a sub was to ram, fully in the knowledge that help was close by for his vessel and crew.

[Brag]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

He must have been on low realism settings

He thought we was in stock instead of in GWX.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Brag

He thought we was in stock instead of in GWX.

Yeah....you sometimes wonder

[Amiral Crapaud]

Originally Posted by ichso

Does anybody understand those DD tactics of ramming a sub when the own ship gets heavily damaged too ?

I mean, with further enemy subs around this is just risking the lives of the own crew if the DD is left less maneuverable afterwards.

Well apparently, risks must have been limited eventually from a hull integrity point of view, as Aconit, while being "only" a Flower class vessel, went for U-444 fearless and survived the shock. Harvester, on the other hand, got unlucky enough to tangle his propeller shaft with U-432 superstructure, but apparently didn't suffer important hull damage, right?

They only place you may see subs ramming and actually sinking destroyers with limited damages to themselves is stock SH3... Those virtual German conning tower must be made out of titanium

For those who can read French, here are some words about the encounter.
http://www.netmarine.net/bat/divers/...re/escorte.htm

The Aconit commander's words sound like sweet revenge...

In his ops report, Cmdt LEVASSEUR wrote that "he found great honour and pleasure (sic.) in avenging his group commander in twenty-three minutes."

btw from what the German prisoners had to say about it, the decision of their commander to surface and make a run for it was also based on the damages received, which apparently hampered the sub's performance underwater, but didn't affect the diesel engines. It is also said that this was the very first U-432 patrol, hence the champagne, and the overall lack of qualification of the whole crew.