How good are you with the flak gun? - Page 2

Dowly · 09-03-07, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Blockade_Runner

....flak gunner Wolf Degen finally shot down a hurricane....

Good ol' Degen.

Used that name during WaW I.

Lafferty · 09-03-07, 11:03 AM

Yeah some of the planes just seem to never go down.

danurve · 09-03-07, 11:32 AM

If it's a bi-plane or maybe like a pby I let highly qualified flakgunner deal with it, because I suck at the flak gun. Better then 80% of the time it's a quick dive to 25m at flank. Any type of fighter plane - forget about it.

filefool · 09-04-07, 12:33 AM

I tried to shoot a Wellington down all by myself. Result was a boat with 4 destroyed bow tubes, an angry crew and the laughter of the other kaleuns back in the nightclub in st. nazaire when U-45 came back after 3 days at sea.

3 years later i got my revenge. Did 2 patrols with an u-flak and took down 23 aircraft.

Raptor_341 · 10-12-07, 02:57 AM

>> Me, I'm a U-Flak kaptain. Downing aircraft is my best role.. hell, i can down aircraft in a submarine better than i can sink a ship. Guess its because i'm a pilot in RL, and a flight sim pilot too. Oh well, just those dam DD's that manage to wreak my day.

GWX

And who else found SH4 so eazy that they came back to the good side. Sink them all!

Kaleu. Jochen Mohr · 10-12-07, 03:28 AM

the only plane i ever shot down myselve was.... did i shot one ? :hmm:

i know i have shot some on fire.... but never shot one down.
that i leave to my gunner

Huskalar · 10-12-07, 03:41 AM

Whenever I hear "Flugzeug gesichtet!" it is always followed by "Jawohl, Herr Kaleun!..............ALLLLLAAAARRRRM!!!"

Sailor Steve · 10-12-07, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raptor_341

>> Me, I'm a U-Flak kaptain. Downing aircraft is my best role.. hell, i can down aircraft in a submarine better than i can sink a ship. Guess its because i'm a pilot in RL, and a flight sim pilot too. Oh well, just those dam DD's that manage to wreak my day.

Or maybe it's because the game makes it far easier than it was in real life. The real U-Flak boats were a dismal failure:
http://www.uboat.net/types/u-flak.htm

STEED · 10-12-07, 11:42 AM

I only take aircraft on once I got twin AA guns and only if I must.

U49 · 10-12-07, 11:45 AM

Since I installed GWX 1.03 1 week after release , I shot down (3!) planes in total. 2 Swordfish and 1 Anson if I remember it right.
Not necessary to say that I tried many more... but I learned the hard way the meaning of

DIVE!!!!!

Jimbuna · 10-12-07, 12:34 PM

IRL the odds were heavily stacked in favour of the aircraft.
Usually the best the Uboat could hope to achieve was to keep the aircraft at arms length until the sub got the chance to dive.
Often, the aircraft would call in assistance from surface or other airborne assets.
Remember, once the pressure hull was pierced, the sub was no longer capable of diving.
Over 250 Uboats were lost to aircraft during the war.

GreyBeard · 10-12-07, 12:43 PM

I have a near 100% success rate with the flak gun...........against small boats/ships that is!:p Only if I run out of ammo does the ship not sink. Aircraft I never bother with. Alarrrmmmm! Crash dive!

09-03-07, 11:32 AM	#18
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	If it's a bi-plane or maybe like a pby I let highly qualified flakgunner deal with it, because I suck at the flak gun. Better then 80% of the time it's a quick dive to 25m at flank. Any type of fighter plane - forget about it. __________________

09-04-07, 12:33 AM	#19
filefool Loader Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Austria. Far away from any port or shore. Posts: 87 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I tried to shoot a Wellington down all by myself. Result was a boat with 4 destroyed bow tubes, an angry crew and the laughter of the other kaleuns back in the nightclub in st. nazaire when U-45 came back after 3 days at sea. 3 years later i got my revenge. Did 2 patrols with an u-flak and took down 23 aircraft. __________________

10-12-07, 03:28 AM	#21
Kaleu. Jochen Mohr Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: in my sub Posts: 2,741 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	the only plane i ever shot down myselve was.... did i shot one ? :hmm: i know i have shot some on fire.... but never shot one down. that i leave to my gunner __________________ Gruß

10-12-07, 11:42 AM	#24
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I only take aircraft on once I got twin AA guns and only if I must. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

10-12-07, 11:45 AM	#25
U49 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: D/Niedersachsen Posts: 777 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Since I installed GWX 1.03 1 week after release , I shot down (3!) planes in total. 2 Swordfish and 1 Anson if I remember it right. Not necessary to say that I tried many more... but I learned the hard way the meaning of DIVE!!!!! __________________ SH3 battle capability upgrades: GWX2.0, JSGME2.0, SH3Commander 2.7, SH3Gen 0.8.2, TorpDamageMod 2.0, OLC GUI 1.1.5 Awaiting combat readiness for GWX2.0: SH4 effetcs for SH3, SH3Weather 1.5 Following development of: www.subwolves.com Realism: 90%

09-03-07, 11:03 AM	#17
Lafferty Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hot Springs Arkansas Posts: 245 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Yeah some of the planes just seem to never go down.

10-12-07, 02:57 AM	#20
Raptor_341 Loader Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 89 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	>> Me, I'm a U-Flak kaptain. Downing aircraft is my best role.. hell, i can down aircraft in a submarine better than i can sink a ship. Guess its because i'm a pilot in RL, and a flight sim pilot too. Oh well, just those dam DD's that manage to wreak my day. GWX And who else found SH4 so eazy that they came back to the good side. Sink them all!

10-12-07, 03:41 AM	#22
Huskalar Ensign Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 221 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 0	Whenever I hear "Flugzeug gesichtet!" it is always followed by "Jawohl, Herr Kaleun!..............ALLLLLAAAARRRRM!!!"

10-12-07, 12:34 PM	#26
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,380 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	IRL the odds were heavily stacked in favour of the aircraft. Usually the best the Uboat could hope to achieve was to keep the aircraft at arms length until the sub got the chance to dive. Often, the aircraft would call in assistance from surface or other airborne assets. Remember, once the pressure hull was pierced, the sub was no longer capable of diving. Over 250 Uboats were lost to aircraft during the war. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-12-07, 12:43 PM	#27
GreyBeard Engineer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LI, NY Posts: 209 Downloads: 257 Uploads: 2	I have a near 100% success rate with the flak gun...........against small boats/ships that is!:p Only if I run out of ammo does the ship not sink. Aircraft I never bother with. Alarrrmmmm! Crash dive!