night attacks on convoys

[Gildor]

Originally Posted by supposedtobeworking

LOL! ha thats great--thanks for the diagram.. couple questions:

--what speed settings do you set your torpedoes to? I did read something about electric so you can only set those to slow right?

--when you say to fire >10 sec that means after 10 secs right? I assume you mean fire at about ten secs but not before...

--doesnt the gyro angle on the left most target off of your port bow read a little high? do you usually get a hit? are you using manual TDC for this??

finally, I assume that these just wound the ships as mentioned before, so you have to go back and finish em off right? dont tell me you get critical hits every time!!

thanks for the advice...like i said I just fire off all fish at the target in front of me--I hate waiting for them to go down, so I finish em off right then and there, but I only get away with one or two sinkings per attack

as far as timing goes--how the hell do you keep your scope from getting knocked off by the time the merchant ship runs over you after you've fired your shots--how do you time this--by guesstimating or do you make calculations? thx agin

The gyro angel for shot 4 is high and if i do get a miss it is usually that target.

Timing. This is what makes a Captain an artist.

Find a convoy, determine the course and speed, spend days getting in front. I have had convoys suddenly change direction zig-zagging away, only to make me repeat approach. Sneak into position at silent and slow, sometimes getting within 1000m of lead DD. Turn towards targets, keeping an eye on the column barrelling down on you. All this done with periscope checks - not raised more than 30 sec at a time.

Get ready to fire at target 2, raise scope a bit, opene tube while raising. Line up on aprox target bearing, raise to surface, aim, shoot. swing to target 1, aim shoot. lower scope.

Wait 55 sec. Repeat for next two. Swing around for stern shot.

As soon as you fire, turn opposite course to targets and dive to 100. usually im still 300m or so from the column (close) thats barreling down on me.

Hear explosions. Manuver to escape. After you get away you should be on a course to follow them and pick of any wounded as needed.