Merchant Ship Guns

Ruzbasan · 02-08-09, 09:54 PM

I'm running GWX 3.0 Gold and had a strange thing happen regarding merchant ship guns during a recent patrol.

I sent two torpedoes into a 13,000 ton fast freighter off the coast of northern England in Dec., 1939. After waiting over an hour for the stubborn ship to sink I surfaced to finish her with gunfire. Understand that before I surfaced the freighter's decks were already awash and no crew members were at her guns. About 10 seconds after surfacing, the ship surprised me with a full broadside from her guns, damaging my U-Boat. I crash dived and promptly sent her to the bottom with a third torpedo.

How can a freighter with decks already awash suddenly open fire?

Is there a suicide crew manning her guns?

02-08-09, 09:54 PM	#2
Ruzbasan Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 106 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	I'm running GWX 3.0 Gold and had a strange thing happen regarding merchant ship guns during a recent patrol. I sent two torpedoes into a 13,000 ton fast freighter off the coast of northern England in Dec., 1939. After waiting over an hour for the stubborn ship to sink I surfaced to finish her with gunfire. Understand that before I surfaced the freighter's decks were already awash and no crew members were at her guns. About 10 seconds after surfacing, the ship surprised me with a full broadside from her guns, damaging my U-Boat. I crash dived and promptly sent her to the bottom with a third torpedo. How can a freighter with decks already awash suddenly open fire? Is there a suicide crew manning her guns?