Do you use a deck gun?

[SandyCaesar]

Originally Posted by GreyFox

I like the deck gun and have become fairly decent with it in vanilla SH3 (don't use mods yet). I took on a convoy and sank 2 destroyers, an armed trawler, a T2 tanker and a C3 cargo with it a couple of weeks ago when my cousin asked me to see if I could do it in late 1940. I lost 2 officers and 5 men, but I managed to do it. Of course I didn't save it though.

You took on a pair of destroyers with your deck gun? And you won!?
You crazy, crazy...I mean, corvettes, yeah, all the time, armed trawlers, yeah, but...but...even in vanilla, on low difficulties...

You should receive an Iron Cross, a summons to the asylum, or both.

[Task Force]

I may sound like the most dumest person on the Atlanic ocean but yes I do use my deckgun during the entire war. Ive engaged the small armed trawlers and won, Blasted merchents away. Ive gotten pretty good at it.

[GreyFox]

Originally Posted by SandyCaesar

You took on a pair of destroyers with your deck gun? And you won!?
You crazy, crazy...I mean, corvettes, yeah, all the time, armed trawlers, yeah, but...but...even in vanilla, on low difficulties...

You should receive an Iron Cross, a summons to the asylum, or both.

I was fortunate in that the armed trawler and the 2 destroyers were arrayed in such a fashion that they could only come at me one at a time - I was in a stern chase with the convoy. My cousin came in and said 'wow, what an epic game, do something cool' so I went to flank speed and started firing. Was only for fun, I wanted to get it over and done with quickly so we could start watching the Stargate films. I expected to sink, but was pleasantly surprised when I survived with 10% hull integrity.

I like to raid Hartlepool, that's where I learned to fight with the deck gun against docked merchants and the escorts. It's rather easy to fight ships in there since you are close enough to be able to hit their gun turrets with relative ease. That and the AI likes to drive it's big ships into the harbour walls if you fight them there.

I really do hate Elco torpedo boats, they're too small to waste a torpedo and too fast and too low in the water to hit them with the deck gun. Out of sheer frustration I used my 20mm double-barreled flak gun and I was surprised when she sank.

However, I'm only playing on the default 27% realism, which I imagine would have something to do with my constant survival.

[Murr44]

I will use it on lightly armed/unarmed ships & I always keep a fair distance away from the target ship (at least 1800-2,000 metres) if it's armed. I never engage MTB's (nasty little things ) as they're just too fast & the risk of casualties and damage far outweighs the renown that I might gain by sinking them. Empire-type freighters & large merchants can be extremely dangerous so I never attack them while surfaced.

[Ivan Putski]

I use my deck gun early in the war to finish off stricken vessels, but recently I was surprised by a coastal tanker I had hit with an eel. She was still afloat, and I surfaced to finish her off with the deck gun. She opened fire on me, this was in Sept. 1940, I went to periscope depth, and put another eel in her. Puts

[Penelope_Grey]

Install the Q ship mod guys... I dare ya! You may reconsider.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

Install the Q ship mod guys... I dare ya! You may reconsider.

You tell em Pen.....some invalids have pointy/sharpened walking sticks