When You Shouldn't Shoot A Kongo

Te Kaha · 02-23-09, 01:23 PM

In RFB 1.51 - the previous version of the current one - I set up a test mission with just the Yamato, "steaming" at 5 kts. It took 10 torpedos to sink her, including 2 which caused secondary explosions.

Again in RFB 1.51, in my campaign, I hit the Yamato with 6 torpedos, somewhere south of Japan - yes, on her suicidal trip to Okinawa - and she was steaming away doing 14 knots.

I'd rather save my torpedos for ships I can actually sink.

tater · 02-23-09, 01:35 PM

RFB hasn't changed the warship DMs at all from stock, BTW. Not yet, anyway.

jazzabilly · 02-23-09, 01:47 PM

Well, this is how I spent my last fish.

gimpy117 · 03-09-09, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jazzabilly

Well, this is how I spent my last fish.

looks productive

Te Kaha · 02-23-09, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tater

RFB hasn't changed the warship DMs at all from stock, BTW. Not yet, anyway.

I know this - just mentioned it in case someone asks which mods are loaded.

Platapus · 02-23-09, 10:09 PM

As was written in the German Sub commander's handbook, it is better to take the target you have rather than hold off on the chance of a better target coming along.

rubenandthejets · 02-24-09, 01:21 AM

The Kongo actually sank, right?

The Yamato is damn near unsinkable-10+ Mark 14s is about right, I managed it once in the San Bernadino Strait in TMO. (Oct 24/25 '44) Managed to stop her with six, snuck back up to her later and unloaded again, some pretty well aimed shots below the turrets too....it took a lot of doing, but BOOOYA! Man it felt good!

jazzabilly · 02-24-09, 04:47 PM

Yeah, the Kongo sank. Too bad you don't get any renown for major warships damaged. Technically, you should. Putting Yamato (or Musashi) out of action for months would realistically be quite an achievement.

Xapp696 · 02-26-09, 11:34 AM

Using RSRD and TMO, I snuck into Truk and found the Yamato and a Kongo at anchor. I sat between them and unloaded all 4 rear fish at the Kongo, which rolled over and sank fairly fast, but the Yamato was a different kettle of fish all together. I fired all 6 bow torps in a spread that went from "stem to stern" and she hardly even listed, so I submerged underneath her, got to the other side, and unloaded all 4 rear reloads into her. Even THEN I still needed to come about and put 2 more bow reloads into her before she sank. 6 torpedoes probably wouldn't have even slowed her down, as the minimum torps I have ever used to sink a Yamato was 10.

02-23-09, 01:23 PM	#1
Te Kaha Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Austrian landlubber Posts: 178 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 2	In RFB 1.51 - the previous version of the current one - I set up a test mission with just the Yamato, "steaming" at 5 kts. It took 10 torpedos to sink her, including 2 which caused secondary explosions. Again in RFB 1.51, in my campaign, I hit the Yamato with 6 torpedos, somewhere south of Japan - yes, on her suicidal trip to Okinawa - and she was steaming away doing 14 knots. I'd rather save my torpedos for ships I can actually sink. __________________ "E hoa, ka whawhai tonu mātou, Āke! Āke! Āke!" (Friend, we will fight on forever, forever and forever!) Rewi Maniapoto's reply to British calls for surrender, Orakau, 1864

02-23-09, 01:47 PM	#3
jazzabilly Planesman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 186 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Well, this is how I spent my last fish. __________________ If it's a fair fight, then you didn't plan it properly. ====================================

02-23-09, 10:09 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,391 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	As was written in the German Sub commander's handbook, it is better to take the target you have rather than hold off on the chance of a better target coming along. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-24-09, 01:21 AM	#7
rubenandthejets 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 279 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	The Kongo actually sank, right? The Yamato is damn near unsinkable-10+ Mark 14s is about right, I managed it once in the San Bernadino Strait in TMO. (Oct 24/25 '44) Managed to stop her with six, snuck back up to her later and unloaded again, some pretty well aimed shots below the turrets too....it took a lot of doing, but BOOOYA! Man it felt good! __________________ HMAS Sydney III "Thorough and Ready"

02-24-09, 04:47 PM	#8
jazzabilly Planesman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 186 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Yeah, the Kongo sank. Too bad you don't get any renown for major warships damaged. Technically, you should. Putting Yamato (or Musashi) out of action for months would realistically be quite an achievement. __________________ If it's a fair fight, then you didn't plan it properly. ====================================

02-23-09, 01:35 PM	#2
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	RFB hasn't changed the warship DMs at all from stock, BTW. Not yet, anyway.

02-26-09, 11:34 AM	#9
Xapp696 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Calgary Posts: 13 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Using RSRD and TMO, I snuck into Truk and found the Yamato and a Kongo at anchor. I sat between them and unloaded all 4 rear fish at the Kongo, which rolled over and sank fairly fast, but the Yamato was a different kettle of fish all together. I fired all 6 bow torps in a spread that went from "stem to stern" and she hardly even listed, so I submerged underneath her, got to the other side, and unloaded all 4 rear reloads into her. Even THEN I still needed to come about and put 2 more bow reloads into her before she sank. 6 torpedoes probably wouldn't have even slowed her down, as the minimum torps I have ever used to sink a Yamato was 10.