Are small ships worth torpedoing?

CWorth · 09-14-06, 01:56 PM

Sink 'em
Any Uboat captain worth his position would blow those merchants away.Your mission is to starve Britain of supplies and any merchant you sink does that.

You wasted the torpedos going after the destroyers when you would have been better off going after the merchants.

mookiemookie · 09-14-06, 02:55 PM

Heck of a patrol already! I'd say go ahead and sink 'em. I'd imagine a real life Kaleun would puff thoughtfully on his pipe and say something along the lines of "Eat now, you don't know when you'll get the chance to again."

EDIT: The U-Boat Commander's Handbook backs us up on this one: "Never delude yourself by assuming that it is right not to attack on the instant, or not to hold on to the enemy with the utmost determination, because there may be reason to hope and believe that there will be a better target subsequently found elsewhere. What you have got, you have got."

bigboywooly · 09-14-06, 02:58 PM

The smaller merchants left were the the uboats bread and butter
Heaps more of them on the seas than the big targets
Make the most of an unguarded convoy and sink em

Why no DG BTW ?

Biggles · 09-14-06, 03:43 PM

I say blow up the lot o' them. You have nothing to lose. If you meet a ship on the way back, just dive and rig for silent running, and just go away, you can't always engage targets, how good position you may be in, but finnish them off I say.

Hylander_1314 · 09-14-06, 03:49 PM

You've got enough torps left to darn near sink the entire convoy. If aimed right, you can get five more and only leave 2 to reach their destination.

Think of the glory and medals, and Frauleins. You'll be a national hero! T.V. commercials, toothpaste endorsements, strasse named after you!

And when you return to base, Uncle Karl will smile, and give all of you a warm welcome.

Boris · 09-15-06, 01:44 AM

TV commercials, LOL? if only thay had TV back then

Dantenoc · 09-15-06, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Boris

TV commercials, LOL? if only thay had TV back then

Unless I mistake history for some weird dream I had, I seem to recollect that, as a show of german supremacy, the Berlin Olympic games (before the war) were televised with a signal strong enough to be picked up internationaly... As a matter of fact, It seems to me that that was the first time in history when man kind broadcasted a TV signal strong enough to be picked up outside of our world... no?

Boris · 09-15-06, 02:14 AM

I stand corrected... apparently Germany had the very first regular television broadcast in the 30s... even if it was only to a few thousand viewers.

09-14-06, 02:55 PM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Heck of a patrol already! I'd say go ahead and sink 'em. I'd imagine a real life Kaleun would puff thoughtfully on his pipe and say something along the lines of "Eat now, you don't know when you'll get the chance to again." EDIT: The U-Boat Commander's Handbook backs us up on this one: "Never delude yourself by assuming that it is right not to attack on the instant, or not to hold on to the enemy with the utmost determination, because there may be reason to hope and believe that there will be a better target subsequently found elsewhere. What you have got, you have got." Last edited by mookiemookie; 09-14-06 at 06:47 PM.

09-14-06, 02:58 PM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	The smaller merchants left were the the uboats bread and butter Heaps more of them on the seas than the big targets Make the most of an unguarded convoy and sink em Why no DG BTW ? __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

09-14-06, 03:49 PM	#5
Hylander_1314 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2006 Location: 5 Miles Inland West Of Lake Huron Posts: 1,936 Downloads: 139 Uploads: 0	You've got enough torps left to darn near sink the entire convoy. If aimed right, you can get five more and only leave 2 to reach their destination. Think of the glory and medals, and Frauleins. You'll be a national hero! T.V. commercials, toothpaste endorsements, strasse named after you! And when you return to base, Uncle Karl will smile, and give all of you a warm welcome. __________________ A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. -John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ---------------------

09-14-06, 01:56 PM	#1
CWorth Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gettysburg PA Posts: 845 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Sink 'em Any Uboat captain worth his position would blow those merchants away.Your mission is to starve Britain of supplies and any merchant you sink does that. You wasted the torpedos going after the destroyers when you would have been better off going after the merchants.

09-14-06, 03:43 PM	#4
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I say blow up the lot o' them. You have nothing to lose. If you meet a ship on the way back, just dive and rig for silent running, and just go away, you can't always engage targets, how good position you may be in, but finnish them off I say.

09-15-06, 01:44 AM	#6
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	TV commercials, LOL? if only thay had TV back then

09-15-06, 02:14 AM	#8
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	I stand corrected... apparently Germany had the very first regular television broadcast in the 30s... even if it was only to a few thousand viewers.