I did it again....... - Page 2

Teho · 01-08-07, 02:22 PM

Russia? don't go there. They're so hungry that they kill and eat you. Rabota motora! (gold teeth flashing)

AVGWarhawk · 01-08-07, 02:26 PM

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Actually my last patrol was number 2 and I was putting together a table while submerged under a convoy loading torpedos. I had three DD and a corvette all over me. I was busy and not really paying attention. I guess about 125m down and one very accurate ash can. Flooding was to great and I was crushed like an ant ....

Yeah well a real U-boat kaleun doesn't put together tables while submerged under a convoy loading torpedoes, no wonder you became DD food.

Nippelspanner: So you think they'll kill me in '43, well I just have to stay submerged and put up the airtube now and then, and let it take the time it needs.

Yeah, well most Kaleuns did not have a wife tapping her foot waiting on a table to be put together either :rotfl::rotfl:. If I wanted to eat dinner I know what the best route to take is:rotfl:. One table put together and working, one dinner served, one uboat sunk

Not a bad trade off.....

Brag · 01-08-07, 03:28 PM

I'm on my 3rd. GWX patrol. Bloody awful weather. So far been lucky, had one batch of ash cans dropped on me, but got away at flank speed then, shhhhhhhh. I don't plan to mess with wives or tables. The secret of surviving is being a meek, sneaky coward

AVGWarhawk · 01-08-07, 03:36 PM

I think I need to start a 'I'm a GWX Loser Kaleun' thread. As usual, I will be the head loser

SilverGhost · 01-08-07, 03:45 PM

Hawk...

The answer is somewhere between skill and luck. Early war, you develop the skills, only to watch your "perfect theory" become total crap by summer of 1940!

I have gotten better at getting the jump on DD's. An electric set on 3 , takes them right out...I hit a Tribal midships and he drove himself right under the waves after a very nice explosion.

AVGWarhawk · 01-08-07, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverGhost

Hawk...

The answer is somewhere between skill and luck. Early war, you develop the skills, only to watch your "perfect theory" become total crap by summer of 1940!

I have gotten better at getting the jump on DD's. An electric set on 3 , takes them right out...I hit a Tribal midships and he drove himself right under the waves after a very nice explosion.

Silver, this sinking was credited to my wife and a table

. The others were, shall we say, a test and tune of GWX

. I started another last night. Sunk 4 in a convoy and went on home. Escaped three DD and corvette. I got a handle on it but darn after 5 patrols and sinking after 2 outing each....one gets a complex

I'm a firm believer in submerging at my home port for two weeks and then surface like I just arrived back

. I just need to explain why I have a full load of torpedos:hmm: Bernard maybe.....:hmm:

Biggles · 01-08-07, 04:08 PM

Since GWX is out, then I'm doing a cowardly convoy-attack tactic: I fire all aft. torpedos (silent running) and then dive under the convoy. Worked for me this far, started september -39, am now in november -40. Hit and run tactics is the thing now mates! If I can survive this long, then YOU can!

01-08-07, 05:40 PM

nearly sunk again on patrol nr.4

sunk a merchant with DG. destroyer surprised and attacked me -> crash dive (merchant destroyed...)
later, i thought i was save, danger is gone... no sound contacts etc. i surfaced (without checking the horizon with the periscope)

suddenly, instantly, damage reports, pipes breaking, water´s coming in. "ship spotted!"

oops

surived with 48% hull, periscopes destroyed, antenna too...
canceled the patrol due to eavy damage and returned to kiel. ALL torpedoes still with me... but 4 ships sunk with DG...

with SH3 ive learned "no need to be careful, they cant harm you anyway..."
with GWX ive learned "every small mistake may be the last..."

Corsair · 01-08-07, 05:59 PM

I'm on my second patrol from Salamis, trying out manual navigation. Had fantastic weather patrolling my grid and trawling between Alexandria and Tobruk, didn't pick up a contact either visual or hydrophone (and I do checks every 3 hours with my own ears) A couple task forces reported on radio but way too far to catch up.
Headed for south of Malta then plan to ambush in the bottleneck between Sicily and Tunisia. And guess what : as soon as I got close to Malta, rain, wind and heavy fog... Might ride it out in port in Lampedusa if it lasts... Sounds like this patrol is not going the right way so far.

Funny thing, I received a radio message from BdU around Nov 10th telling me Salamis was now open for operations.

AVGWarhawk · 01-08-07, 06:50 PM

@ Nippel :rotfl: :rotfl:

Looks like one of my second patrols

. My patrols are like my sex life....I'm a two pump(patrol) chump

Trygvasson · 01-08-07, 06:55 PM

Port attacks still seem to pay off in a big way, at least early in the war. Jan '40 I enter Dunkirk, and after taking out the five docked or anchored Polish V&W destroyers(who furiously pinged me but never moved), I surfaced inside the harbour, putting a total of 57000 tons of shipping to the bottoms with torps, deck gun and flak, ranging from a 24000 ton liner to a 17 ton sloop. All in the glare of the searchlights of every ship in the harbour. Gung-ho? Hell, if they can see my scope but aren't firing, might as well surface and make it all go down quickly. I was out of the harbour after two hours, leaving not a single ship afloat. /brag

Corsair · 01-08-07, 07:12 PM

Shooting non moving ships in harbours is no sport and it was not done during WW2

I just don't see the interest of doing this

01-08-07, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Corsair

Shooting non moving ships in harbours is no sport and it was not done during WW2

I just don't see the interest of doing this

The HMS Royal Oak wasnt moving as Prien hit and sank her...

Corsair · 01-08-07, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

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Originally Posted by Corsair

Shooting non moving ships in harbours is no sport and it was not done during WW2

I just don't see the interest of doing this

The HMS Royal Oak wasnt moving as Prien hit and sank her...

It happened only one time in 1939 after which the port defenses were strongly reinforced, and in the game it's just too easy to raid ports (including replicating Prien's raid in Scapa Flow). I don't understand the reward you get from shooting torps 3 kms away on non-moving targets.
But it's just me ( not exactly, have seen some people sharing the same opinion, including Kapt Lehmann if I'm right)

andy_311 · 01-08-07, 07:39 PM

I just finished my 32nd Patrol in GWX and had the pleasure to do some Island hopping found a few mini convoys, the waters were very shallow on my return home (Penang) found myself a convoy about 20km ahead of me,prepared myself for the attack and out of nowhere came two PBY's I couldn't CD the water was too shallow so I had to shoot it out splashed 2 PBY's and then a V&W doing 35Knts came to join the party I think he hit me twice before I reached pd took the v&w out and 5 Merchants returned home with a hull integrity of 43%.

01-08-07, 03:28 PM	#18
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I'm on my 3rd. GWX patrol. Bloody awful weather. So far been lucky, had one batch of ash cans dropped on me, but got away at flank speed then, shhhhhhhh. I don't plan to mess with wives or tables. The secret of surviving is being a meek, sneaky coward __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

01-08-07, 03:36 PM	#19
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I think I need to start a 'I'm a GWX Loser Kaleun' thread. As usual, I will be the head loser __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-08-07, 04:08 PM	#22
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Since GWX is out, then I'm doing a cowardly convoy-attack tactic: I fire all aft. torpedos (silent running) and then dive under the convoy. Worked for me this far, started september -39, am now in november -40. Hit and run tactics is the thing now mates! If I can survive this long, then YOU can! __________________

01-08-07, 05:59 PM	#24
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I'm on my second patrol from Salamis, trying out manual navigation. Had fantastic weather patrolling my grid and trawling between Alexandria and Tobruk, didn't pick up a contact either visual or hydrophone (and I do checks every 3 hours with my own ears) A couple task forces reported on radio but way too far to catch up. Headed for south of Malta then plan to ambush in the bottleneck between Sicily and Tunisia. And guess what : as soon as I got close to Malta, rain, wind and heavy fog... Might ride it out in port in Lampedusa if it lasts... Sounds like this patrol is not going the right way so far. Funny thing, I received a radio message from BdU around Nov 10th telling me Salamis was now open for operations. __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

01-08-07, 06:50 PM	#25
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	@ Nippel :rotfl: :rotfl: Looks like one of my second patrols . My patrols are like my sex life....I'm a two pump(patrol) chump __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-08-07, 02:22 PM	#16
Teho Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 102 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Russia? don't go there. They're so hungry that they kill and eat you. Rabota motora! (gold teeth flashing)

01-08-07, 03:45 PM	#20
SilverGhost Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 131 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Hawk... The answer is somewhere between skill and luck. Early war, you develop the skills, only to watch your "perfect theory" become total crap by summer of 1940! I have gotten better at getting the jump on DD's. An electric set on 3 , takes them right out...I hit a Tribal midships and he drove himself right under the waves after a very nice explosion.

01-08-07, 05:40 PM	#23
Nippelspanner Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	nearly sunk again on patrol nr.4 sunk a merchant with DG. destroyer surprised and attacked me -> crash dive (merchant destroyed...) later, i thought i was save, danger is gone... no sound contacts etc. i surfaced (without checking the horizon with the periscope) suddenly, instantly, damage reports, pipes breaking, water´s coming in. "ship spotted!" oops surived with 48% hull, periscopes destroyed, antenna too... canceled the patrol due to eavy damage and returned to kiel. ALL torpedoes still with me... but 4 ships sunk with DG... with SH3 ive learned "no need to be careful, they cant harm you anyway..." with GWX ive learned "every small mistake may be the last..."

01-08-07, 06:55 PM	#26
Trygvasson Seaman Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 38 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Port attacks still seem to pay off in a big way, at least early in the war. Jan '40 I enter Dunkirk, and after taking out the five docked or anchored Polish V&W destroyers(who furiously pinged me but never moved), I surfaced inside the harbour, putting a total of 57000 tons of shipping to the bottoms with torps, deck gun and flak, ranging from a 24000 ton liner to a 17 ton sloop. All in the glare of the searchlights of every ship in the harbour. Gung-ho? Hell, if they can see my scope but aren't firing, might as well surface and make it all go down quickly. I was out of the harbour after two hours, leaving not a single ship afloat. /brag

01-08-07, 07:12 PM	#27
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Shooting non moving ships in harbours is no sport and it was not done during WW2 I just don't see the interest of doing this __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

01-08-07, 07:39 PM	#30
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	I just finished my 32nd Patrol in GWX and had the pleasure to do some Island hopping found a few mini convoys, the waters were very shallow on my return home (Penang) found myself a convoy about 20km ahead of me,prepared myself for the attack and out of nowhere came two PBY's I couldn't CD the water was too shallow so I had to shoot it out splashed 2 PBY's and then a V&W doing 35Knts came to join the party I think he hit me twice before I reached pd took the v&w out and 5 Merchants returned home with a hull integrity of 43%.