I think that plane just stole my kill.

KL-alfman · 02-09-10, 02:39 PM

the creatin of new tactics?
sinking allied merchants by friendly fire??

sry for joking.
you should have been rewarded!

Obltn Strand · 02-09-10, 03:07 PM

I tracked once a medium cargo close to Norwegian coast with type II.
After literally few hours of maneuvering I managed to put my little boat in good firing position. Suddenly I don't receive any sound contacts. I raised periscope and my medium cargo is burning and sinking.

Some cocky Luftwaffe flyboy is heading home to celebrate his (mine) sinking.

Sailor Steve · 02-09-10, 03:09 PM

Is this your first patrol of a new career? Did you purchase any upgrades before leaving port? If the answer to both of those is "Yes", then you are the victim of a game bug. Don't buy any upgrades before setting out on your first patrol - it can cause you to not be rewarded for ships you sank.

If the answer to either of those was "No", then what was the weather like? If you cripple a ship but then it is sunk by bad weather, you might not be rewarded for the sinking.

bigboywooly · 02-09-10, 03:42 PM

Once sat under a crippled tanker to avoid escorts - failed 44 convoy attack off Bergen - i watched them circle on ex cam till they had had enough and began to rain DCs as they circled.
Well they sank the tanker
Soon followed by me

Jimbuna · 02-09-10, 03:59 PM

Get used to it because it will happen again as you progress through the war....believe me

Luckless · 02-09-10, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Is this your first patrol of a new career? Did you purchase any upgrades before leaving port? If the answer to both of those is "Yes", then you are the victim of a game bug. Don't buy any upgrades before setting out on your first patrol - it can cause you to not be rewarded for ships you sank.

If the answer to either of those was "No", then what was the weather like? If you cripple a ship but then it is sunk by bad weather, you might not be rewarded for the sinking.

No, it was clearly sunk by the bombs aimed in my general direction. I'm just annoyed that my AA mount appeared to have zero effect besides lighting a few fires on deck. It is suppose to be a 20mm, which is still going to rip a nice little hole at the water line of an unarmoured ship.

What is the longest a ship can stay dead in the water with one end dipping below the waves before it sinks? I've never stuck around to see if a boat can recover and take off again, and will usually just shove another fish under it to get the tonnage.

ryanglavin · 02-10-10, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Luckless

No, it was clearly sunk by the bombs aimed in my general direction. I'm just annoyed that my AA mount appeared to have zero effect besides lighting a few fires on deck. It is suppose to be a 20mm, which is still going to rip a nice little hole at the water line of an unarmoured ship.

What is the longest a ship can stay dead in the water with one end dipping below the waves before it sinks? I've never stuck around to see if a boat can recover and take off again, and will usually just shove another fish under it to get the tonnage.

If you hit the ship in the bow, it seems to have a better chance of sinking

Quoting Otto Kretschmers Ship log (in volume 1 clar blair pg 198-199)

"At 700 meters, hit forward of amidships. Vessel of some 6500 tons sinks within 20 seconds. I nowproceed head on into the convoy. All ships zig zagging independently."
"Fire a bow torpedo at a large freighter. As teh ship turns towards us,, the torpedo passes ahead of her and hits an even larger ship after a run of 1740 meters. This ship is of some 7000 tons is hit abreast the foremast."
"Fire bow torpedo at the next large vessel of some 7000 tons. Range 975 meters. Hit abreast foremast."
"Third attempt (Third attempt because previous 2 had gyroscope failures)at the same target from a range of 720 meters. Hit forward of the bridge. Bow sinks rapidly level with the water."
"Hit aft of amidships. Ship drops astern, somewhat lower in the water. As torpedoes have been expended, I wait to see if she will sink further before I settle her with gunfire." (proves bow shots sink faster then stern shots. He got half credit with the last ship, as U-123, ((Moehle was the captain)), The ship was a 3106 tonner.

Jimbuna · 02-10-10, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Luckless

No, it was clearly sunk by the bombs aimed in my general direction. I'm just annoyed that my AA mount appeared to have zero effect besides lighting a few fires on deck. It is suppose to be a 20mm, which is still going to rip a nice little hole at the water line of an unarmoured ship.

What is the longest a ship can stay dead in the water with one end dipping below the waves before it sinks? I've never stuck around to see if a boat can recover and take off again, and will usually just shove another fish under it to get the tonnage.

If you mean 'ingame' terms...it all depends on the damage sustained and the weather conditions.

I've seen them last over 48 hours on occasion.

If after 12 hours or so they are still afloat I usually give them a cuop de grace because it is possible they have 'called' for help.

If you leave them afloat and sail out of rendering range (aaprox 35/50km) they will respawn and carry on their merry way.

Fader_Berg · 02-11-10, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by luckless

But sadly I forgot just how bad this sub was.

Type II is a badass sub... Armed to the teeths with a killing spree of five torpedos and one mean flakgun. It blows my hair off as I'm going the brutal speed of six knots. Oh, you could go faster but the fuel level won't let you... It drifts off course in bad weather and bobs like a cork while aming. It pisses me off, but I use no other boat. Five DID carrers in a row... Roaming the North sea with a whopping record of nine patrols. It's one hell of a burial against two destroyers in the tremendous depths of britains eastern coastline though. I've been around...

Sailor Steve · 02-11-10, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Fader_Berg

Type II is a badass sub... Armed to the teeths with a killing spree of five torpedos and one mean flakgun. It blows my hair off as I'm going the brutal speed of six knots. Oh, you could go faster but the fuel level won't let you... It drifts off course in bad weather and bobs like a cork while aming. It pisses me off, but I use no other boat. Five DID carrers in a row... Roaming the North sea with a whopping record of nine patrols. It's one hell of a burial against two destroyers in the tremendous depths of britains eastern coastline though. I've been around...

And the thrill of coming home with two kills totaling 7,000 tons! I love it too!

Luckless · 02-11-10, 03:22 PM

In SHIII, does the little flakgun do anything to small boats? Or is it modeled to only damage aircraft?

02-09-10, 02:39 PM	#1
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Obltn Strand Commodore Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 614 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	I tracked once a medium cargo close to Norwegian coast with type II. After literally few hours of maneuvering I managed to put my little boat in good firing position. Suddenly I don't receive any sound contacts. I raised periscope and my medium cargo is burning and sinking. Some cocky Luftwaffe flyboy is heading home to celebrate his (mine) sinking.

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Luckless Nub Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In SHIII, does the little flakgun do anything to small boats? Or is it modeled to only damage aircraft?