Night surface attacks

maillemaker · 05-16-07, 03:53 PM

I've never seen the use of a surface attack, day or night, against any ship when there are armed escorts.

Why risk blowing a great convoy setup by having your cover blown? It's hard enough to move into a good strike position when you are hidden! Or worse, fire your torpedo and then be spotted, causing your targets to start zig-zagging and your torpedo to miss.

Sure, you have better speed and maneuverability on the surface, but if you've made a good approach, what good is it? With a good approach, you've got 4 or 5 torpedoes and then you get to cool your heels while they reload - you might as well be submerged then anyway.

I make every attack approach submerged, unless it's an unarmed ship with seas calm enough for the deck gun.

05-16-07, 03:53 PM	#4
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	I've never seen the use of a surface attack, day or night, against any ship when there are armed escorts. Why risk blowing a great convoy setup by having your cover blown? It's hard enough to move into a good strike position when you are hidden! Or worse, fire your torpedo and then be spotted, causing your targets to start zig-zagging and your torpedo to miss. Sure, you have better speed and maneuverability on the surface, but if you've made a good approach, what good is it? With a good approach, you've got 4 or 5 torpedoes and then you get to cool your heels while they reload - you might as well be submerged then anyway. I make every attack approach submerged, unless it's an unarmed ship with seas calm enough for the deck gun.