Attacking a convoy in Sea State 0?

Avatar · 01-30-08, 02:48 PM

Hey,
I dont dive deep to avoid the lead escort. Instead, I plot his course and watch where he makes his searching turns. Where he turns is the farthest distance that he will come off the original convoy course. Then I plot a course that is parallel to the lead escort turn location and the convoy course.
If you stay about 1.5-2km away from that point you should be ok and he wont detect you when he makes his sweep, and if youre lucky he'll be on the far side of the convoy course.
Once he passes you by, you'll be effectively out of his detection cone and you can speed up to 3knots or maybe 4 knots, depending on what type of escorts are out there.
The only problem that I have now is the columns of the convoy. If theyre about 1km apart, then you may have a problem with overlapping of the nearest column to you and the middle convoy column. But if you turn towards the convoys course early enough, you may not have this problem.
Of course this works better early in the war, but I have still had success with this on my first career, which was with GWX1.03. Now I'm playing GWX2.0 and in my second career.
Just make sure youre at 2kts and silent running and keep your periscope observations to an absolute minimum. Dont raise the scope up too high either, just enough so that you can make out the blur of your targets, which you should have marked before you get in too close.
Once you shhot your torps, see if you can get a stern shot off, and make way to the opposite direction of the convoy and dive deep. You may even be able to go to 3-4knots because the convoy will mask you own ship noise, getting you deep quicker. Now use the hydrophone to find the rear and flank escorts and plot a path between them and go real quiet once youre deep enough.
I have much success with this and most of the time they dont ever detect me.
Sorry for how long this read is, but it is a very complicated task.

ps, when making an attack on a Bogue H/K group, fire from the outer limits of your torpedo range and make haste getting outta dodge, because those are the hardest times to evade.

01-30-08, 02:48 PM	#9
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Hey, I dont dive deep to avoid the lead escort. Instead, I plot his course and watch where he makes his searching turns. Where he turns is the farthest distance that he will come off the original convoy course. Then I plot a course that is parallel to the lead escort turn location and the convoy course. If you stay about 1.5-2km away from that point you should be ok and he wont detect you when he makes his sweep, and if youre lucky he'll be on the far side of the convoy course. Once he passes you by, you'll be effectively out of his detection cone and you can speed up to 3knots or maybe 4 knots, depending on what type of escorts are out there. The only problem that I have now is the columns of the convoy. If theyre about 1km apart, then you may have a problem with overlapping of the nearest column to you and the middle convoy column. But if you turn towards the convoys course early enough, you may not have this problem. Of course this works better early in the war, but I have still had success with this on my first career, which was with GWX1.03. Now I'm playing GWX2.0 and in my second career. Just make sure youre at 2kts and silent running and keep your periscope observations to an absolute minimum. Dont raise the scope up too high either, just enough so that you can make out the blur of your targets, which you should have marked before you get in too close. Once you shhot your torps, see if you can get a stern shot off, and make way to the opposite direction of the convoy and dive deep. You may even be able to go to 3-4knots because the convoy will mask you own ship noise, getting you deep quicker. Now use the hydrophone to find the rear and flank escorts and plot a path between them and go real quiet once youre deep enough. I have much success with this and most of the time they dont ever detect me. Sorry for how long this read is, but it is a very complicated task. ps, when making an attack on a Bogue H/K group, fire from the outer limits of your torpedo range and make haste getting outta dodge, because those are the hardest times to evade.