Torpedo dilemma

razark · 06-29-09, 05:39 PM

I'd say it's better to use your torpedoes on the targets you have, not hoard them for the target that might be there tomorrow.

Razark

Bent Periscope · 06-29-09, 06:10 PM

I'd shot at opportunities over 2,500 tonnes using only 1 torpedo and trying to finish them off with the deck gun. After using half my torpedoes, I start being more selective and look for larger ships. As you can guess, I rarely make it to my assigned area at the beginning of the war.

BP

Platapus · 06-29-09, 07:01 PM

Kaluen, Remember your training!

U-Boat Commander's Handbook

Section II Paragraph 105c

Quote:

Never delude yourself by assuming that it is not the right time to attack on the instant, or to hold on the enemy with the utmost determination, because there may be reason to hope and believe that abetter target will subsequently be found elsewhere. What you have got, you have got.

Jaman · 06-29-09, 08:06 PM

Sink´em where you find´em, nothing else matter.

BasilY · 06-29-09, 10:05 PM

Sink as much as ammo's allow, go back to base for more torp.

You only have 2 years, at most three, to rack in the tonnage, before entering survival mode.

Sea Hawk · 06-30-09, 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BasilY

Sink as much as ammo's allow, go back to base for more torp.

You only have 2 years, at most three, to rack in the tonnage, before entering survival mode.

This is a sobering thought. Of coarse I would not have known this in real life.

I've just finished reading Iron Coffins. I dont know how any of them survived. I particularly noted the time when the only way he could get out of port was to rest on the sea bed untill the tide was travelling in the right direction to let his U-boat drift under the allied blockading ships!

I've not yet advanced beyond Dec 1939 in a career. If SH3/GWX is anything like reality then I am not surprized that no one ever survives the war in this game!

mookiemookie · 06-30-09, 07:11 AM

I let anything less than 3000 tons pass, unless I can use the deck gun.

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06-29-09, 05:39 PM	#1
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	I'd say it's better to use your torpedoes on the targets you have, not hoard them for the target that might be there tomorrow. Razark

06-29-09, 06:10 PM	#2
Bent Periscope Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dry docks of Los Angeles, CA Posts: 250 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	I'd shot at opportunities over 2,500 tonnes using only 1 torpedo and trying to finish them off with the deck gun. After using half my torpedoes, I start being more selective and look for larger ships. As you can guess, I rarely make it to my assigned area at the beginning of the war. BP

06-29-09, 10:05 PM	#5
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Sink as much as ammo's allow, go back to base for more torp. You only have 2 years, at most three, to rack in the tonnage, before entering survival mode.