Patrol contacts?

nutworld · 07-26-12, 09:43 AM

Greetings fellow captains.

Having gotten back in to SH3 over the past few months, I am in progress of my first war patrol in 1939.

We have been to sea for 16 days and have sunk one ship and have only had 3 other contacts thus far during our patrol.

I understand that this simulation isn't designed to be like "shooting fish in a barrel" , but having never had a war patrol before one. Is this (for lack of a better term) "normal" ??

Every 40 KM or so I been submerging my boat to try and acquire contacts using my hydrophones. In my radio room are my radioman qualified Matrosengefreiter and radio qualified Stabsbootsmann. I during my submerged periods I usually pull a "crazy ivan" and do a full circle with my boat to try and detect contacts that might have crept into my hydrophone range.

For those of you that are experienced and have completed many more war patrols than I have, is this a good tactic to follow or really a waste of time?

Thanks in advance and good hunting to you all.

07-26-12, 09:43 AM	#1
nutworld Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flint, Michigan, USA Posts: 200 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Patrol contacts? Greetings fellow captains. Having gotten back in to SH3 over the past few months, I am in progress of my first war patrol in 1939. We have been to sea for 16 days and have sunk one ship and have only had 3 other contacts thus far during our patrol. I understand that this simulation isn't designed to be like "shooting fish in a barrel" , but having never had a war patrol before one. Is this (for lack of a better term) "normal" ?? Every 40 KM or so I been submerging my boat to try and acquire contacts using my hydrophones. In my radio room are my radioman qualified Matrosengefreiter and radio qualified Stabsbootsmann. I during my submerged periods I usually pull a "crazy ivan" and do a full circle with my boat to try and detect contacts that might have crept into my hydrophone range. For those of you that are experienced and have completed many more war patrols than I have, is this a good tactic to follow or really a waste of time? Thanks in advance and good hunting to you all.