Your procedure for when the convoy scatters?

hachiman · 10-16-19, 03:32 AM

So you've made your first attack. You've had a couple of hits. The escorts are turning in towards your suspected position, but will take a long time to reach there. However the ships in the convoy are now moving independently and turning away in different directions and also different speeds.

I'll admit probably illogically that although turning, I assume the merchants are still travelling at the same speed as before the attack. At this point I am heading into the convoy at periscope depth at fast speed and trying to get much closer shots in. I'm gauging distance by eye. Sometimes I hit and sometimes I miss.

What is your procedure for follow up attacks? Do you do accurate range and speed checks again or like myself, using the speed reading taken before and guess range?
Thanks

10-16-19, 03:32 AM	#1
hachiman Planesman Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Edinburgh Jockland Posts: 199 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Your procedure for when the convoy scatters? So you've made your first attack. You've had a couple of hits. The escorts are turning in towards your suspected position, but will take a long time to reach there. However the ships in the convoy are now moving independently and turning away in different directions and also different speeds. I'll admit probably illogically that although turning, I assume the merchants are still travelling at the same speed as before the attack. At this point I am heading into the convoy at periscope depth at fast speed and trying to get much closer shots in. I'm gauging distance by eye. Sometimes I hit and sometimes I miss. What is your procedure for follow up attacks? Do you do accurate range and speed checks again or like myself, using the speed reading taken before and guess range? Thanks __________________ Whats not to love about Submarines? Long'Hard and full of Seamen!!