What's your weapon of choice? - Page 4

FIREWALL · 11-07-07, 02:08 AM

Steam T-1

I like watching the wake in F12

Monty9 · 11-07-07, 02:57 AM

Deck gun AP all the way it is so fun to rip through the water line

Thniper · 11-07-07, 09:42 AM

Stealth is the way you go!

So I choose electric torpedoes as often as I can.

Happy hunting!

FIREWALL · 11-07-07, 10:03 AM

When we run out of torps and ammo,

We throw empty beer bottles and hurl obcenities at em. :p

floundericiousWA · 11-07-07, 01:08 PM

I shoot them up with...a TOMMY GUN :rotfl:

Deck gun HE all the way... torps for the escorts, of course

PavelKirilovich · 11-07-07, 02:00 PM

88mm deck gun, firing HE. Very, very good at naval gunnery now.

Torpedo wise I always brought all gas/steam torpedoes until 1942, then I started carrying a mix, initially gas/steam heavy and then even. In 1945, now, I tend to carry a electric-heavy mix of torpedoes, carrying the gas-steam torpedoes for valuable targets in low light conditions.

Though I am a big fan of my C/38 20mm Flakzweiling guns as well; I tend not to submerge under air attack as if I do that I stand a pretty good chance of eating a few Wabos as I go under, whereas if I stand on the surface at ahead flank making radical turns and directing my gunner's fire, I can shoot down literally dozens of enemy aircraft. Especially now that I've upgraded U568 to the mod three type tower with the two light single heavy emplacement.

Iron Budokan · 11-07-07, 02:53 PM

Steamers. They're more reliable.

PavelKirilovich · 11-07-07, 05:18 PM

I've yet to have an electric torpedo fail me, but I only started using them once they became the later-generation weapons past 1942 or so. I'm also not running GWX at the moment, so that probably has a large part in it.

floundericiousWA · 11-07-07, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

Steamers. They're more reliable.

Whoa...don't fire a steamer at me, buddy boy

Avatar · 11-08-07, 02:22 PM

I load T2 electrics. Though, the 3k meter range is a bummer. Keep in mind the ranges of your targets and they wont have any time to react. I used to keep nothing but acoustics in the stern, but I'm not getting the time to swing to use those anymore.
wait, I just thought of something. If I did carry all acoustics in the stern, I could go to flank after firing my bow torps, then swing the stern to the nearest escort, fire the acoustic at him, launch a Bold, dive to 150m(Type VIIB) and maybe have a good chance to evade, perhaps hitting the nearest escort..... hmmmmm... gotta try that one.
The only thing I could see wrong in the above attack, is that the escorts would hear me, warning the flock of merchants, giving them time to change course and ruining my initial salvo of torpedoes.
Do the escorts warn the merchants if they hear you?(GWX and SH3cmdr)

edit: lol, keep those steamers away from me too, esp. the cleveland type!

sasquatch · 11-20-07, 04:13 PM

T-1s because I can't stand the slow speed and low range of the electrics. I would have chosen deck gun excpet that the weather is almost always bad near Ireland...

Schwuppes · 12-14-07, 06:40 PM

I always have my 4 bow tubes full of T2 or T3s...
Especially early in the war I might stumble across the odd enemy taskforce where I have to shoot from great range, so a trail of bubbles is a real problem. But most of the time I miss anyway...

Btw were the Captains able to choose which torpedos their boat got, or did BDU assign them to each boat?

Mush Martin · 12-14-07, 07:26 PM

Regarding the poll my answer is

"Yes"

Blacklight · 12-14-07, 10:06 PM

I'm all electric. I like the stealthiness of the electrics. I can't hit anything with a steam torpedo. The targets always spot them and avoid them.

Monica Lewinsky · 12-14-07, 11:10 PM

My weapon of choice:

http://learnabit.net/BurglaryCommercial.wmv

If you buy it from me, no free rock.

View Poll Results: What is your favorite weapon?
Steam Torpedos	122	55.71%
Electric Torpedos	71	32.42%
Deck Gun HE	21	9.59%
Deck Gun AP	3	1.37%
AA Guns	2	0.91%
Voters: 219. You may not vote on this poll

11-07-07, 02:08 AM	#46
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Steam T-1 I like watching the wake in F12 __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

11-07-07, 02:57 AM	#47
Monty9 Seaman Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 32 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Deck gun AP all the way it is so fun to rip through the water line __________________ "ALL HANDS TO ACTION STATIONS"

11-07-07, 09:42 AM	#48
Thniper Planesman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Niedersachsen, Germany Posts: 186 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Stealth is the way you go! So I choose electric torpedoes as often as I can. Happy hunting! __________________ "I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." ------------------------------- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726)

11-07-07, 10:03 AM	#49
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	When we run out of torps and ammo, We throw empty beer bottles and hurl obcenities at em. :p __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

11-07-07, 01:08 PM	#50
floundericiousWA Medic Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I shoot them up with...a TOMMY GUN :rotfl: Deck gun HE all the way... torps for the escorts, of course

11-07-07, 02:00 PM	#51
PavelKirilovich Machinist's Mate Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canadian Coast Posts: 123 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	88mm deck gun, firing HE. Very, very good at naval gunnery now. Torpedo wise I always brought all gas/steam torpedoes until 1942, then I started carrying a mix, initially gas/steam heavy and then even. In 1945, now, I tend to carry a electric-heavy mix of torpedoes, carrying the gas-steam torpedoes for valuable targets in low light conditions. Though I am a big fan of my C/38 20mm Flakzweiling guns as well; I tend not to submerge under air attack as if I do that I stand a pretty good chance of eating a few Wabos as I go under, whereas if I stand on the surface at ahead flank making radical turns and directing my gunner's fire, I can shoot down literally dozens of enemy aircraft. Especially now that I've upgraded U568 to the mod three type tower with the two light single heavy emplacement. __________________ Winter Garden on the North Atlantic Currently: U128 (Type IXC), U180 (Type IXD2), U198 (Type IXD2) operating in the I.O. Previously: U48 (Type VIIB), U568 (Type VIIC) [Completed 1940-1945 career in Type VIIs, in the Atlantic] Running: SH3 v1.4b w/ GWX 2.1

11-07-07, 02:53 PM	#52
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Steamers. They're more reliable. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

11-07-07, 05:18 PM	#53
PavelKirilovich Machinist's Mate Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canadian Coast Posts: 123 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	I've yet to have an electric torpedo fail me, but I only started using them once they became the later-generation weapons past 1942 or so. I'm also not running GWX at the moment, so that probably has a large part in it. __________________ Winter Garden on the North Atlantic Currently: U128 (Type IXC), U180 (Type IXD2), U198 (Type IXD2) operating in the I.O. Previously: U48 (Type VIIB), U568 (Type VIIC) [Completed 1940-1945 career in Type VIIs, in the Atlantic] Running: SH3 v1.4b w/ GWX 2.1

11-08-07, 02:22 PM	#55
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I load T2 electrics. Though, the 3k meter range is a bummer. Keep in mind the ranges of your targets and they wont have any time to react. I used to keep nothing but acoustics in the stern, but I'm not getting the time to swing to use those anymore. wait, I just thought of something. If I did carry all acoustics in the stern, I could go to flank after firing my bow torps, then swing the stern to the nearest escort, fire the acoustic at him, launch a Bold, dive to 150m(Type VIIB) and maybe have a good chance to evade, perhaps hitting the nearest escort..... hmmmmm... gotta try that one. The only thing I could see wrong in the above attack, is that the escorts would hear me, warning the flock of merchants, giving them time to change course and ruining my initial salvo of torpedoes. Do the escorts warn the merchants if they hear you?(GWX and SH3cmdr) edit: lol, keep those steamers away from me too, esp. the cleveland type!

11-20-07, 04:13 PM	#56
sasquatch Medic Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 160 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	T-1s because I can't stand the slow speed and low range of the electrics. I would have chosen deck gun excpet that the weather is almost always bad near Ireland...

12-14-07, 06:40 PM	#57
Schwuppes 中国水兵 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 279 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I always have my 4 bow tubes full of T2 or T3s... Especially early in the war I might stumble across the odd enemy taskforce where I have to shoot from great range, so a trail of bubbles is a real problem. But most of the time I miss anyway... Btw were the Captains able to choose which torpedos their boat got, or did BDU assign them to each boat?

12-14-07, 07:26 PM	#58
Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Regarding the poll my answer is "Yes" __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

12-14-07, 10:06 PM	#59
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I'm all electric. I like the stealthiness of the electrics. I can't hit anything with a steam torpedo. The targets always spot them and avoid them. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

12-14-07, 11:10 PM	#60
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	My weapon of choice: http://learnabit.net/BurglaryCommercial.wmv If you buy it from me, no free rock. __________________ Sink them all!