Gonna try something different...

19Herr_Rapp86 · 07-17-12, 05:42 PM

Just pulled off a successful convoy attack in my new VIIC. 2 Large merchants sank, 8500 tons a piece. Conditions were night time, choppy and overcast. Instead of just charging into the convoy like I have been, I think I'm going to shadow convoys until nightfall if time permits from now on. Any thoughts on that matter?

Red October1984 · 07-17-12, 05:59 PM

Sounds better than wat i do...

Try it!

SubConscious · 07-17-12, 06:08 PM

I'd say that's a very smart move. Attack on the surface, ideally with your depth set at 7m so only the conning tower is above water, and try to face the escorts directly until just before you need to get into firing position, as this will cut down on your silhouette.

Good luck and good hunting!

Obltn Strand · 07-18-12, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 19Herr_Rapp86

Instead of just charging into the convoy like I have been, I think I'm going to shadow convoys until nightfall if time permits from now on. Any thoughts on that matter?

Having done that since h.sie's wolfpack mod came available. Lately I have experinced some difficulties with NYGM but I'm getting over them.

Basicly after encounter I turn my bow/stern towards the convoy and start taking readings for +/- 10 min to know it's course and speed. Followed by contact report.

Then I move away from the convoy so that I lose it from visual range. After an hour I'm waiting it in predetermined position.

Repeat until night sets in. Requires time and PATIENCE.

Captain Nemo · 07-18-12, 05:56 AM

I like night surface attacks on convoys they really get the adrenaline going. However, from mid 1941 onwards they become increasingly difficult. You cannot slip as easily between the escorts and the convoy as the escorts spot you from a long way off and there are more of them to deal with. When they have radar it's even harder. I'm currently playing in mid 1942 with GWX and submerged attacks are becoming the norm.

Nemo

Mowgli · 07-18-12, 07:33 AM

A tactic I used to use up until end of 41 the last time I played the game seriously a few year back, was if in front of the convoy I would dive to a good depth, run silent and then surface in the middle of the convoy and let them have it with bow and stern tubes. Then dive deep and let the convoy roll over me whilst creeping away.

Had some success with this but do not know what it will be like trying to do it with the GWX mod.

07-17-12, 05:42 PM	#1
19Herr_Rapp86 Lieutenant Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ellinwood, Kansas Posts: 260 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	Gonna try something different... Just pulled off a successful convoy attack in my new VIIC. 2 Large merchants sank, 8500 tons a piece. Conditions were night time, choppy and overcast. Instead of just charging into the convoy like I have been, I think I'm going to shadow convoys until nightfall if time permits from now on. Any thoughts on that matter? __________________ Kapitanleutnant Rapp, Kommandant U-45

07-17-12, 05:59 PM	#2
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Sounds better than wat i do... Try it! __________________

07-17-12, 06:08 PM	#3
SubConscious Frogman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 309 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	I'd say that's a very smart move. Attack on the surface, ideally with your depth set at 7m so only the conning tower is above water, and try to face the escorts directly until just before you need to get into firing position, as this will cut down on your silhouette. Good luck and good hunting! __________________ "Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas..." - Emerson

07-18-12, 05:56 AM	#5
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I like night surface attacks on convoys they really get the adrenaline going. However, from mid 1941 onwards they become increasingly difficult. You cannot slip as easily between the escorts and the convoy as the escorts spot you from a long way off and there are more of them to deal with. When they have radar it's even harder. I'm currently playing in mid 1942 with GWX and submerged attacks are becoming the norm. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

07-18-12, 07:33 AM	#6
Mowgli Sparks Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: South Wales Posts: 248 Downloads: 158 Uploads: 0	A tactic I used to use up until end of 41 the last time I played the game seriously a few year back, was if in front of the convoy I would dive to a good depth, run silent and then surface in the middle of the convoy and let them have it with bow and stern tubes. Then dive deep and let the convoy roll over me whilst creeping away. Had some success with this but do not know what it will be like trying to do it with the GWX mod. __________________ Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back -- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.