Surface Surprise. Good tactic against light escorts.

[Melonfish]

i've done this to a C class destroyer in vanilla game. gone all ahead flank and blown ballast as he's about to make a run and manned the deck gun aimed at his weapons whilst i man the flack aimed specifically at his D/C's i was on his port side passing him abeam and ordered left full rudder so i swung through his rear axis. i killed his d/c's and switched to my deck gun and wasted both his rear turrets. i was going to crash dive but i pushed my luck and eventually sank him. i think what helped was the fact that he took such a pounding so quick he tried to run so i had his rear to me at all times, i used all my ap ammo up sinking the chap but it was worth it.

i was at about 67% hull when i'd done he'd got a couple of shots into my bow (in R/L i'd be dead) so game wise not so bad.

GWX i prolly wouldnt even attempt it unlessi was desperate and even then i'd just blow off his D/C's and then crash dive.
pete

[Letum]

It must be a hell of a bang when a D/C rack explodes IRL.