Some questions regarding attack methods.

Aktungbby · 06-24-21, 03:21 AM

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derstosstrupp · 06-24-21, 06:48 AM

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Also, on my YouTube channel I focus specifically on historical methods based on my research of doctrine (Marine-Dienstvorschriften) as well as logbooks (Kriegstagebücher). On there are videos demonstrating historical attack techniques on single ships by day and night. The Wolfpack videos on there demonstrate vs convoys. Different game but same principles.

I personally wouldn’t bother with the 4-bearing method. It’s a method developed in the 1950s when submarine warfare was transitioning to bearings only, passive sonar attacks (sub vs sub). Germans relied on the mark one eyeball and doctrine was to stay on the surface when possible, because what you get by observation is better than anything else. Not to mention the fact that games significantly overstate the reliability and accuracy of hydrophones of the period.

06-24-21, 03:21 AM	#1
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derstosstrupp Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 918 Downloads: 490 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! Check out the targeting link in my sig, I’ve got my retranslation of the wartime Handbook for U-boat Commanders as well as other goodies. Also, on my YouTube channel I focus specifically on historical methods based on my research of doctrine (Marine-Dienstvorschriften) as well as logbooks (Kriegstagebücher). On there are videos demonstrating historical attack techniques on single ships by day and night. The Wolfpack videos on there demonstrate vs convoys. Different game but same principles. I personally wouldn’t bother with the 4-bearing method. It’s a method developed in the 1950s when submarine warfare was transitioning to bearings only, passive sonar attacks (sub vs sub). Germans relied on the mark one eyeball and doctrine was to stay on the surface when possible, because what you get by observation is better than anything else. Not to mention the fact that games significantly overstate the reliability and accuracy of hydrophones of the period. __________________ Ask me anything about the Type VII or IX! One-Stop Targeting Shop: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...WwBt-1vjW28JbO My YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIJ...9FXbD3S2kgwdPQ Last edited by derstosstrupp; 06-24-21 at 06:43 PM.