VIIb or VIIc?

sergei · 04-05-10, 07:28 AM

Or save the renown for when the VIIC/41 becomes available.
That can dive deeper.

Paul Riley · 04-05-10, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sergei

Or save the renown for when the VIIC/41 becomes available.
That can dive deeper.

Apparently by an extra 50m!

If that is the case and I have managed to reach 220m in my VIIB then that pushes the limit to almost 300m!

STEED · 04-05-10, 07:42 AM

I would go with VII/B, crash dive faster and to hell with the machine guns I'm not messing with angry Ailed planes.

Paul Riley · 04-05-10, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

I would go with VII/B, crash dive faster and to hell with the machine guns I'm not messing with angry Ailed planes.

Me neither,I have had to disinfect the conning tower many times in the past caused by badly torn up watch crew from plane gunfire

Stay alert,get down fast,stay down for about 1 hr or so,quick listen on the hydrophone,all round scan on both scopes at normal and high magnification,breach at high speed,pray it doesnt happen again...thats my motto.

Reinhard Dietz · 04-05-10, 11:20 AM

I vaguely recall some mention that stock SHIII had certain aspects of the differences between the Type VII (B, C, C/41) boats wrong and that there was an easy fix out there somewhere.

Since I've gotten bombed a bunch of times in April 1940, I could use a faster-diving boat, and I wanted to make sure that the (historical?) faster diving of the VIIC was accurately represented before I went and got one. (It's my understanding that the VIIC/41 is most accurately represented by a mod of which I know nothing; is that right?)

Any information's appreciated, since I can't count on Hurricanes to keep crashing while running in.

Brag · 04-05-10, 04:27 PM

Go for VIIB, save renown to get a IX a bit later

krashkart · 04-05-10, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

I would go with VII/B, crash dive faster and to hell with the machine guns I'm not messing with angry Ailed planes.

Those darn B-24's. I've lost a few crew and conning towers to them.

Go with what works best for you, but later in the war you will probably be spending less time on the surface. My current campaign is in early 1943, based in Brest. Daylight is no fun anymore when you're in areas covered by air patrols. I spend most days submerged, and most nights on the surface with my finger close to the "C" key.

Uboat crews must have had iron cahones I tells ya.

Jimbuna · 04-06-10, 07:39 AM

VIIC....more upgrades, then 'tweak' the DeltaRenown and get an IX asap

Paul Riley · 04-06-10, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

Uboat crews must have had iron cahones I tells ya.

I heard a myth once that their *ahem* balls (thats not swearing is it?) were made from old depth charge casings,with the charges still intact!

ALOTEF · 04-06-10, 08:15 AM

'Fire down below!'

Jimbuna · 04-06-10, 10:58 AM

Great balls of fire

Chisum · 04-06-10, 11:32 AM

Take the VII/C and increase your renow manually in the sh3Commander's cfg files.
It's not cheat because in real, BdU never asked some renow to give you a new submarine.

krashkart · 04-06-10, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Riley

I heard a myth once that their *ahem* balls (thats not swearing is it?) were made from old depth charge casings,with the charges still intact!

Uboot Crew Placards:

"NO KICKING"

"NO STEP"

Maybe that last one was pushing it a bit.

At this rate I'm bound to be banned in no time.

pickinthebanjo · 04-06-10, 02:10 PM

How about VIIC vs VIIc/41? I was thinkin about switching subs but at the moment it still has to be a VII so I can use the New interiors mod

04-05-10, 07:42 AM	#3
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I would go with VII/B, crash dive faster and to hell with the machine guns I'm not messing with angry Ailed planes. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-05-10, 11:20 AM	#5
Reinhard Dietz Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lorient Posts: 121 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	I vaguely recall some mention that stock SHIII had certain aspects of the differences between the Type VII (B, C, C/41) boats wrong and that there was an easy fix out there somewhere. Since I've gotten bombed a bunch of times in April 1940, I could use a faster-diving boat, and I wanted to make sure that the (historical?) faster diving of the VIIC was accurately represented before I went and got one. (It's my understanding that the VIIC/41 is most accurately represented by a mod of which I know nothing; is that right?) Any information's appreciated, since I can't count on Hurricanes to keep crashing while running in. __________________ Reinhard Dietz U-126 2. Unterseebootsflottille, Lorient

04-05-10, 04:27 PM	#6
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Go for VIIB, save renown to get a IX a bit later __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

04-06-10, 07:39 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	VIIC....more upgrades, then 'tweak' the DeltaRenown and get an IX asap __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-06-10, 10:58 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Great balls of fire __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-05-10, 07:28 AM	#1
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	Or save the renown for when the VIIC/41 becomes available. That can dive deeper.

04-06-10, 08:15 AM	#10
ALOTEF Watch Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 28 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	'Fire down below!'

04-06-10, 11:32 AM	#12
Chisum Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Posts: 716 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Take the VII/C and increase your renow manually in the sh3Commander's cfg files. It's not cheat because in real, BdU never asked some renow to give you a new submarine. __________________ [http://simus-paradise.forumactif.com/silent-hunter-iii-f12/

04-06-10, 02:10 PM	#14
pickinthebanjo Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 651 Downloads: 282 Uploads: 0	How about VIIC vs VIIc/41? I was thinkin about switching subs but at the moment it still has to be a VII so I can use the New interiors mod