Do you select your targets in a convoy?

GibsonSG · 06-18-07, 08:47 PM

I definitely try to pick my prime targets too. I just finished mission 5 in my IIA, and found a convoy headed to Scapa...I got out in front of them and waited at 14-15m depth, dead stop, until the lead DD was right in front of me. I popped up my scope and shot 1 from 400m, set at 2m deep. Direct hit, and he sank almost on top of me.
Then I accelerated to 2 knots, and targeted the biggest merchant, and shot my other 2 tubes at him. Dove to 20m while my crew reloaded (sucks to have only 3 tubes and 6 fish onboard). Once tube 1 was reload, I went to Pericope depth(2 meters lower to cover the low speed bouyancy). By then, tube 2 was ready also, I targeted 2 tramp steamers with 1 each, then had a merchant lined up by the time my last fish was ready. Shot at him and went to Silent Running, and dropped to 55m (was only 60m of water there off Scapa).
Apparently one of the tramps survived , but the other 2 sank, along with the merchant and the destroyer. Then I spent 3 hours evading the 2 DD's that came after me, one of which gave up once he was out of depth charges, the other stayed til I outfoxed him. I kept going fast while in his baffles, then silent run when he could hear me, with lots of course changes to the south and east. Was a fun time, much better challenge with GWX than the stock SH3 was.

06-18-07, 08:47 PM	#13
GibsonSG Watch Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 18 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I definitely try to pick my prime targets too. I just finished mission 5 in my IIA, and found a convoy headed to Scapa...I got out in front of them and waited at 14-15m depth, dead stop, until the lead DD was right in front of me. I popped up my scope and shot 1 from 400m, set at 2m deep. Direct hit, and he sank almost on top of me. Then I accelerated to 2 knots, and targeted the biggest merchant, and shot my other 2 tubes at him. Dove to 20m while my crew reloaded (sucks to have only 3 tubes and 6 fish onboard). Once tube 1 was reload, I went to Pericope depth(2 meters lower to cover the low speed bouyancy). By then, tube 2 was ready also, I targeted 2 tramp steamers with 1 each, then had a merchant lined up by the time my last fish was ready. Shot at him and went to Silent Running, and dropped to 55m (was only 60m of water there off Scapa). Apparently one of the tramps survived , but the other 2 sank, along with the merchant and the destroyer. Then I spent 3 hours evading the 2 DD's that came after me, one of which gave up once he was out of depth charges, the other stayed til I outfoxed him. I kept going fast while in his baffles, then silent run when he could hear me, with lots of course changes to the south and east. Was a fun time, much better challenge with GWX than the stock SH3 was.