TC and calculations question

PapaG39 · 11-16-07, 03:50 PM

I gave up trying to find the first convoy and started for the SW tip of Ireland when Bdu gave me another convoy sighting...this time I found the dang thing. It was only an 188km intercept distance this time.
It is big & has two flowers aft & a Black Swan leading the way.

I'm in a IID and only had four torpedos left so I let the Swan pass & went in to shoot my three torps. I shot at a large cargo & a Whale ship & then another ship went right in front of my next shot & he was only 250m away so I got all screwed Up and spent to long trying to get off my third shot & that dang Flower on my side of the convoy picked me up. I waited to long & then wasted my third shot..Don't know if it glanced/missed altogether or was a dud...
Anyway I spent from 0700 until 1000 gettiing away from those rascals.. They just wouldn't go away..

I'm not much good at this convoy attack thing. To many ships. I get all confused & flustered trying to get the best shots.

Now it's bright & sunny & I am trailing the convoy at 20km hoping that damn airplane doesn't come back. I was thinking to trail it until dark & then close in from the rear & try a shot under the last large cargo in line...somewhere between those flowers who are bring up the rear.

I know a mag shot much over 1000m is prone to fail so.....
Would I be able to get that close for a tail shot or should I just try & overtake them & go in from the front?

11-16-07, 03:50 PM	#1
PapaG39 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 297 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I gave up trying to find the first convoy and started for the SW tip of Ireland when Bdu gave me another convoy sighting...this time I found the dang thing. It was only an 188km intercept distance this time. It is big & has two flowers aft & a Black Swan leading the way. I'm in a IID and only had four torpedos left so I let the Swan pass & went in to shoot my three torps. I shot at a large cargo & a Whale ship & then another ship went right in front of my next shot & he was only 250m away so I got all screwed Up and spent to long trying to get off my third shot & that dang Flower on my side of the convoy picked me up. I waited to long & then wasted my third shot..Don't know if it glanced/missed altogether or was a dud... Anyway I spent from 0700 until 1000 gettiing away from those rascals.. They just wouldn't go away.. I'm not much good at this convoy attack thing. To many ships. I get all confused & flustered trying to get the best shots. Now it's bright & sunny & I am trailing the convoy at 20km hoping that damn airplane doesn't come back. I was thinking to trail it until dark & then close in from the rear & try a shot under the last large cargo in line...somewhere between those flowers who are bring up the rear. I know a mag shot much over 1000m is prone to fail so..... Would I be able to get that close for a tail shot or should I just try & overtake them & go in from the front? Last edited by PapaG39; 11-16-07 at 05:53 PM.