How good are you with the flak gun?

The_Blockade_Runner · 08-31-07, 05:19 PM

Because Im terrible. In career mode, I cant even come close to hitting the Hurricanes, they move too fast, you have to lead them forever. The aiming device is usless. And going after the Swordfish is risky. Even though they fly slow they are stiill hard to hit, and if you let them get too close they can end you career.

When my flak gunner Wolf Degen finally shot down a hurricane, I put The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter' over the gramaphone. Adolf Conrad came up to me and said

"Kaleun, where did you get this magnecifient music?"

to which I replied "Im from the future"

VolvicCH · 08-31-07, 05:27 PM

same here.....absolutely god-awful.......these days i tend to dive rather than take on any planes....

Have a nice day

siber · 08-31-07, 05:29 PM

The only aircraft I've ever shot at were the ones in the training mission. "Aircraft spotted" "ALAAAARM!!!!"

madmike81 · 08-31-07, 06:02 PM

Depends what it is and what gun im on. Swordfish fall like leaves from a tree...but i run like a wuss when it comes to the bigger bombers later in the war.

They travel packs...like wild dogs.

nikbear · 08-31-07, 06:10 PM

Shot down a Wellington the other day,the AA crew have an annoying habit of targeting one plane even if there are two until one is destroyed,leaving one bandit to do you loads of damage,hence them flying in pairs:hmm:so I manned the other AA gun and give him what for

copied how far the other crew were shooting in front and.........result

one dead wellie

at medium range as well

wouldn't try it with a mozzie though

headcase · 08-31-07, 06:43 PM

Lousy. And the Only thing it's ever used for is to hole the occasional schooner. I see aircraft, I run for 60m.

Lafferty · 08-31-07, 06:48 PM

I'm pretty good with the flak gun. Yes i'm bored and have a lot of pratice also.

Spruence M · 08-31-07, 10:19 PM

I use the flak guns for putting down merchants after running out of eels and deck gun ammo. If they are still and helpless, parking next to them and using the flak guns for a while, will wear them out. Some pesky ships that refuse to sink will go down this way.

papa_smurf · 09-01-07, 04:55 AM

I too am also a poor shot when it comes to the flak gun - anything that flies faster than a Waldo, I cannot shoot down

However im sure things will improve once I get a quad flak for my U-boat

Jimbuna · 09-01-07, 08:48 AM

Learn from an early part of your career.....DIVE!!....they get rockets eventually

Packerton · 09-01-07, 09:17 AM

I probly could not hit a bowing 747 flying over me at 50 meters

Klaus_Doldinger · 09-01-07, 09:17 AM

The Fatherland pays me for sinking ships, not for shooting down RAF machines. For me aircraft is sinonymous of crash dive. Never stop even to see which aircraft type.

Brag · 09-01-07, 10:24 AM

I'm too busy diving to learn how good or bad my flack crew is.

sunvalleyslim · 09-01-07, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Brag

I'm too busy diving to learn how good or bad my flack crew is.

Me too, early in the war if it's one plane, I'll let my flak gunner try. But two or more planes, it's crash dive!!!!!!

Jay · 09-03-07, 10:44 AM

I'm reading Michael Gannon's Operation Drumbeat (which I highly recommend, BTW). He quotes from an "admonition" message (no date given) from BdU concerning the appropriate response of a U-boat to a surprise attack by aircraft.

"For the boat to dive safely in an aircraft situation, the plane must be at least 8,000 meters distant. If in doubt remain surfaced. During a recent surprise attack on a group of three U-boats, one boat made the mistake of submerging, It was bombed while diving and lost. The surface defense of the others was successful. Moral: When surprised stay above and shoot. Diving is death."

08-31-07, 05:19 PM	#1
The_Blockade_Runner Sparky Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 156 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How good are you with the flak gun? Because Im terrible. In career mode, I cant even come close to hitting the Hurricanes, they move too fast, you have to lead them forever. The aiming device is usless. And going after the Swordfish is risky. Even though they fly slow they are stiill hard to hit, and if you let them get too close they can end you career. When my flak gunner Wolf Degen finally shot down a hurricane, I put The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter' over the gramaphone. Adolf Conrad came up to me and said "Kaleun, where did you get this magnecifient music?" to which I replied "Im from the future" __________________ U boat warfare, Product of German Engineering. German Engineering in da house

08-31-07, 05:27 PM	#2
VolvicCH Bosun Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Guadiaro, Spain Posts: 65 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	same here.....absolutely god-awful.......these days i tend to dive rather than take on any planes.... Have a nice day __________________ “Oh God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small” “As we sail thru life, don't avoid rough waters, sail on because calm waters won't make a skillful sailor”

08-31-07, 05:29 PM	#3
siber Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Salford, Manchester, UK Posts: 182 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	The only aircraft I've ever shot at were the ones in the training mission. "Aircraft spotted" "ALAAAARM!!!!" __________________ Using GWX 3.0 at 100% realism, OLC's 'Ubermod' & Torpdamagefinal

08-31-07, 06:02 PM	#4
madmike81 Sparky Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Johnson City TN Posts: 155 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Depends what it is and what gun im on. Swordfish fall like leaves from a tree...but i run like a wuss when it comes to the bigger bombers later in the war. They travel packs...like wild dogs. __________________ "We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go."

08-31-07, 06:10 PM	#5
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Shot down a Wellington the other day,the AA crew have an annoying habit of targeting one plane even if there are two until one is destroyed,leaving one bandit to do you loads of damage,hence them flying in pairs:hmm:so I manned the other AA gun and give him what forcopied how far the other crew were shooting in front and.........resultone dead wellieat medium range as wellwouldn't try it with a mozzie though __________________ 'It is not surely known when the grey wolf shall come upon the seat of the gods' Ericksmal.

08-31-07, 06:43 PM	#6
headcase Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks, Neverland Posts: 157 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Lousy. And the Only thing it's ever used for is to hole the occasional schooner. I see aircraft, I run for 60m. __________________ It's like the Blues. You can't play em if you haven't lived em. GWX 3.0 DID

08-31-07, 06:48 PM	#7
Lafferty Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hot Springs Arkansas Posts: 245 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I'm pretty good with the flak gun. Yes i'm bored and have a lot of pratice also.

08-31-07, 10:19 PM	#8
Spruence M Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 14 Meters Posts: 394 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I use the flak guns for putting down merchants after running out of eels and deck gun ammo. If they are still and helpless, parking next to them and using the flak guns for a while, will wear them out. Some pesky ships that refuse to sink will go down this way.

09-01-07, 04:55 AM	#9
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I too am also a poor shot when it comes to the flak gun - anything that flies faster than a Waldo, I cannot shoot down However im sure things will improve once I get a quad flak for my U-boat

09-01-07, 08:48 AM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Learn from an early part of your career.....DIVE!!....they get rockets eventually __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-01-07, 09:17 AM	#11
Packerton Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newfoundland,Canada Posts: 398 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I probly could not hit a bowing 747 flying over me at 50 meters

09-01-07, 09:17 AM	#12
Klaus_Doldinger Planesman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Madrid, España Posts: 198 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	The Fatherland pays me for sinking ships, not for shooting down RAF machines. For me aircraft is sinonymous of crash dive. Never stop even to see which aircraft type. __________________ OL zS. Siegfried Rollmann, U 108 in WaW IV, 6th war patrol with GWX 3.0 Gold (111.829 BRT) Lt zS Klaus Doldinger (U 36), 4th war patrol with GWX 3.0 Gold (50.713 BRT) SH3 Cmdr 3.1 GWX 3.0 GWX 16 Km atmosphere GWX no medals on crew GWX open hatch GWX Saint Nazaire, Schleuse and units OLC GUI 1.2.7 Thomsen´s sound Torpedo damage final Rubini´s lifeboats and debris D.i.D.

09-01-07, 10:24 AM	#13
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I'm too busy diving to learn how good or bad my flack crew is. __________________ 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/

09-03-07, 10:44 AM	#15
Jay Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 56 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I'm reading Michael Gannon's Operation Drumbeat (which I highly recommend, BTW). He quotes from an "admonition" message (no date given) from BdU concerning the appropriate response of a U-boat to a surprise attack by aircraft. "For the boat to dive safely in an aircraft situation, the plane must be at least 8,000 meters distant. If in doubt remain surfaced. During a recent surprise attack on a group of three U-boats, one boat made the mistake of submerging, It was bombed while diving and lost. The surface defense of the others was successful. Moral: When surprised stay above and shoot. Diving is death." __________________ Jay Floggings will continue until morale improves. GWX 3 & SH3 Commander 3.1