Type 32 Heavy tanker taken by electric torpedo

[Raf1394]

Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

I have done a lot of night surface attacks in this game and it usually works well. You just have to stay over 1000 meters away from ships and approach them from the side/rear. Any closer or if you try to cross in front, you risk getting spotted. If there is no moon and/or fog, you may get closer.

You can use the same tips to avoid escorts. I try to spot them first and try to cut behind them to then start a run at the merchants.

You only really need to ID one merchant since they will all go on the same speed and course. Passenger liners are the best for that since they are the easiest to ID.If it is too dark, I will just match course/speed with the convoy and estimate speed/AOB that way.

I try to shoot one salvo at several overlapping ships to increase my chances. Once a ship fills out about 2/3 of the UZO, you are around 1000 meters away and close enough to shoot.

Aktungbby and Bilge_Rat. Are you guys talking about Wolfpack or Silent Hunter 5

1000m/10 hectometers sounds very close. On Wolfpack we always range the targets on the periscopes using the Radian lines. Together with the highest Mast height of the identified ship.

Picture from Fox (member of Wolfpack discord) Ranging the target with the Radian lines.


And then the Vertical Distance table, the Height in meters stands for the Mast height.



If that Mast for example is 36m high. And you zoom in with the perisope and you got 32 Radians. On the table it gives you around 40-42 hectometers. So the ship in the picture is more or less 4000-4200m away.