"Ramming" DDs...

05-01-07, 06:02 PM

You know the moment when the DD is coming your way very very fast to drop depth charges on you. If you are placed toward him or your back is placed toward him then all you have to do is lower your periscope, set the depth to periscope depth +7m (if your periscope depth is 60m then set your depth to 53m) and set full speed toward him. He will ram your tower and mostlikely blow up after that. You will not receive any damaga because...your tower is kinda indestructible (only your AA might be damaged).
The trick doesnt work when you try to ram a ship (your speed could be way to slow) or a bigger ship tries to ram you (they prolly have harder hull...and they dont go as fast as DDs)

perisher · 05-01-07, 06:05 PM

If only the World War Two submarine skippers had know that

FAdmiral · 05-01-07, 06:06 PM

Sadly at the moment, DDs will destroy themselves when they ram your sub.
This will need to be fixed by the devs....

JIM

kakemann · 05-01-07, 06:06 PM

Good one

CaptainHaplo · 05-01-07, 08:43 PM

Odd... I thought this was fixed in 1.2? I seem to recall reading that they beefed up the bow armor on all escorts to keep that from happening. In fact - people were complaining that DD's would take a Down the Throat 0 angle shot and the torp would detonate under the bow - and the DD kept coming. I avoid 0 angle shots whenever possible - but if someone can replicate this with 1.2 the "fix" might not be working. Thanks!
Good Hunting!
Captain Haplo

Fearless · 05-01-07, 09:10 PM

Yep, it still happens in v1.2

05-01-07, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Odd... I thought this was fixed in 1.2? I seem to recall reading that they beefed up the bow armor on all escorts to keep that from happening. In fact - people were complaining that DD's would take a Down the Throat 0 angle shot and the torp would detonate under the bow - and the DD kept coming. I avoid 0 angle shots whenever possible - but if someone can replicate this with 1.2 the "fix" might not be working. Thanks!
Good Hunting!
Captain Haplo

It's not that they die because they received a hit into the bow. From my obserwations they die because:
when they hit me in tower with their bow they are going up and me - down.
then they are falling down and Im comming up hitting them with my tower right in the middle
Thats why they die.

And yes, 0 angle torpedo in a bow do nothing or almoust nothing to ships.

SteamWake · 05-01-07, 10:22 PM

Well just a base observation.

Given the moment of inertia, mass, and other vairables.

The DD's "should" tear you a new butt hole.

Oh well its still a good game.

Dont do that.

stormbird · 05-01-07, 10:54 PM

Does it count towards your tally??

05-01-07, 06:02 PM	#1
Drusek Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	"Ramming" DDs... You know the moment when the DD is coming your way very very fast to drop depth charges on you. If you are placed toward him or your back is placed toward him then all you have to do is lower your periscope, set the depth to periscope depth +7m (if your periscope depth is 60m then set your depth to 53m) and set full speed toward him. He will ram your tower and mostlikely blow up after that. You will not receive any damaga because...your tower is kinda indestructible (only your AA might be damaged). The trick doesnt work when you try to ram a ship (your speed could be way to slow) or a bigger ship tries to ram you (they prolly have harder hull...and they dont go as fast as DDs)

05-01-07, 06:05 PM	#2
perisher Frogman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Posts: 300 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	If only the World War Two submarine skippers had know that __________________ "Pitt was the greatest fool who ever lived to encourage a mode of war which they who commanded the seas did not want, and which, if successful, would deprive them of it." Earl St.Vincent (allegedly)

05-01-07, 06:06 PM	#3
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Sadly at the moment, DDs will destroy themselves when they ram your sub. This will need to be fixed by the devs.... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

05-01-07, 06:06 PM	#4
kakemann Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pretty close to the big german cruiser Blücher in Norway Posts: 568 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Good one __________________ My SH4 releases compatible with SH4 1.5 and earlier: Kakemann and ATR-42's Silent Hunter 4 Music FIX Kakemann and Lurker_hlb3 Destroyer sensors and radar FIX Tutorial: How to add new music tracks to SH4

05-01-07, 08:43 PM	#5
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Odd... I thought this was fixed in 1.2? I seem to recall reading that they beefed up the bow armor on all escorts to keep that from happening. In fact - people were complaining that DD's would take a Down the Throat 0 angle shot and the torp would detonate under the bow - and the DD kept coming. I avoid 0 angle shots whenever possible - but if someone can replicate this with 1.2 the "fix" might not be working. Thanks! Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

05-01-07, 09:10 PM	#6
Fearless Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,046 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 1	Yep, it still happens in v1.2

05-01-07, 10:22 PM	#8
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Well just a base observation. Given the moment of inertia, mass, and other vairables. The DD's "should" tear you a new butt hole. Oh well its still a good game. Dont do that.

05-01-07, 10:54 PM	#9
stormbird Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 19 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Does it count towards your tally??