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Gargamel · 11-09-10, 04:16 PM

If they truly had only 2 escorts, and one was the Rodney, then I think I may have taken out the tribal, allowing me to easily take out the rodney, as it is a worthy prize on it's own, and then get what merchant shipping I could have.

But I really doubt there was only the one DD, They seemed to keep a DD or Frigate at least on each flank of the convoy. offering a ASW screen, while the BB in the middle was used for ASUW mainly.

If your were hell bent on scoring a big kill here and hopefully getting away, I like to drift in slowly (50 rpm), getting up close and personal with the convoy. Then I fire off killing or at least disabling salvo at the primary target in the convoy (in this case the Rodney). I reload and fire off a nice wide spread 4 eel salvo at another high value target when the first eels are close enough to guarantee a hit before the seconds are detected. This will usually stop/kill the primary target, while having a good chance of slowing the second, and picking up a couple tertiary targets too. Then I dive and go really really silent while the convoy runs over me, letting the merchants run interference on the DD's hunting me.

But if you were shallow here, I'd fire off a good salvo at the Rodney and quickly went silent and tried to slip away. Hopefully you'll disable something and be able to pick it up later.

desirableroasted · 11-10-10, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Then I fire off killing or at least disabling salvo at the primary target in the convoy (in this case the Rodney). I reload and fire off a nice wide spread 4 eel salvo at another high value target when the first eels are close enough to guarantee a hit before the seconds are detected.

Technical question: How do you fire a salvo of four, reload, and fire a second salvo before the first even hits?

Tactical question: Eight torpedoes for two ships? That seems excessive. You don't need the targets to blow up on the spot... you just want to cull them from the convoy. If you slow Rodney to 4 knots with one torpedo, they will leave her.

Gargamel · 11-10-10, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Technical question: How do you fire a salvo of four, reload, and fire a second salvo before the first even hits?

Tactical question: Eight torpedoes for two ships? That seems excessive. You don't need the targets to blow up on the spot... you just want to cull them from the convoy. If you slow Rodney to 4 knots with one torpedo, they will leave her.

Ah, yes, good point. As I'm not using realistic reload times (should switch that

), my approach is feasible.

Usually, I'll fire off 2 eletric eels, and reload those tubes with steams. Then I'll have 4 steams ready to shotgun salvo at the convoy. I usually try to keep a (II, I, II, I) setup in my tubes early int eh war, that way i have a good selection of options for most scenarios.

Usually since I'm firing from about 5k out, and I go real slow (50-70rpm), I'll at least get a couple tubes loaded by the time i've drifted into the convoy. I then spend the next five minutes running around the control room as I'm spinning the scope like a madman, firing off stern and bow tubes as I can. I'll then drop deep and slow and see what filters out of the convoy to finish off.

But as above, keeping at least 1 eel in the bow is probably a good idea.

I mainly do this early war with unrealistic reloads.

11-09-10, 04:16 PM	#1
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	If they truly had only 2 escorts, and one was the Rodney, then I think I may have taken out the tribal, allowing me to easily take out the rodney, as it is a worthy prize on it's own, and then get what merchant shipping I could have. But I really doubt there was only the one DD, They seemed to keep a DD or Frigate at least on each flank of the convoy. offering a ASW screen, while the BB in the middle was used for ASUW mainly. If your were hell bent on scoring a big kill here and hopefully getting away, I like to drift in slowly (50 rpm), getting up close and personal with the convoy. Then I fire off killing or at least disabling salvo at the primary target in the convoy (in this case the Rodney). I reload and fire off a nice wide spread 4 eel salvo at another high value target when the first eels are close enough to guarantee a hit before the seconds are detected. This will usually stop/kill the primary target, while having a good chance of slowing the second, and picking up a couple tertiary targets too. Then I dive and go really really silent while the convoy runs over me, letting the merchants run interference on the DD's hunting me. But if you were shallow here, I'd fire off a good salvo at the Rodney and quickly went silent and tried to slip away. Hopefully you'll disable something and be able to pick it up later. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.