Otto Kretschmer tactics

Maverick30 · 05-26-08, 06:41 PM

Have someone tried to perform a surface attack at night inside of the convoy? The distance between ships is very short and the length of the convoy too. In GWX 2.1 would be a suicide?

headcase · 05-26-08, 06:56 PM

I've never gotten away with it from inside a convoy. Just too dense in there. In good weather I do perfer going in decks awash and doing the shoot and scoot thing. Works great. Start on one side of the Convoy and see how close you can get to the other side.

Whiskey T. Foxtrot · 05-26-08, 08:43 PM

I did a surface attack last night in a convoy in Feb. 1939 using GWX 2.1. No escorts!!! I bagged almost 40,000 tons of Brit and Canadian ships. The escort appeared as "nuetral" on the map. But all I could find was on small Norwegian freighter. The rest were legit targets.

Yorktown_Class · 05-27-08, 12:28 AM

I did it last night after my topedeos accidently hit the only DD in the group,it was early in the war BE 55 and the only other ship with firepower was an OT Tender,I sank 5 before I took a direct hit from the OT Tender,damage was repairable so I submerged and got two more with all the confusion,ships was going in all directions

Vacillator · 05-27-08, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Whiskey T. Foxtrot

a convoy in Feb. 1939 using GWX 2.1. No escorts!!! I bagged almost 40,000 tons of Brit and Canadian ships. The escort appeared as "nuetral" on the map.

The war doesn't start until September 1939, although your attack may have started things a bit early

Whiskey T. Foxtrot · 05-27-08, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Vacillator

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Originally Posted by Whiskey T. Foxtrot

a convoy in Feb. 1939 using GWX 2.1. No escorts!!! I bagged almost 40,000 tons of Brit and Canadian ships. The escort appeared as "nuetral" on the map.

The war doesn't start until September 1939, although your attack may have started things a bit early

So that's why there were no escorts!!! (It was a typo actually.)

danurve · 05-28-08, 09:30 AM

In the documentary "Battle of the Atlantic" I think it was his WO interviewed.
He said something along the lines of 'My captain Otto Kretschmer was a very intelligent man, and very cold blodded."
Ok well Otto Kretschmer was the Man.

Just thinkiing the whole Das Boot ram & jam deal doesn't gear well in the game. Past `40 at least. It's fun though, watching merchants scatter & try to ram. Untill they start shooting back.

05-26-08, 06:41 PM	#1
Maverick30 Watch Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 27 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Otto Kretschmer tactics Have someone tried to perform a surface attack at night inside of the convoy? The distance between ships is very short and the length of the convoy too. In GWX 2.1 would be a suicide? __________________ GWX 2.1 OLC GUI 1.2.6 SH3 Commander 100% Realism Manual targeting Manual Navigation

05-26-08, 06:56 PM	#2
headcase Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks, Neverland Posts: 157 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I've never gotten away with it from inside a convoy. Just too dense in there. In good weather I do perfer going in decks awash and doing the shoot and scoot thing. Works great. Start on one side of the Convoy and see how close you can get to the other side. __________________ It's like the Blues. You can't play em if you haven't lived em. GWX 3.0 DID

05-27-08, 12:28 AM	#4
Yorktown_Class Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Michigan USA Posts: 263 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 0	I did it last night after my topedeos accidently hit the only DD in the group,it was early in the war BE 55 and the only other ship with firepower was an OT Tender,I sank 5 before I took a direct hit from the OT Tender,damage was repairable so I submerged and got two more with all the confusion,ships was going in all directions __________________ David

05-28-08, 09:30 AM	#7
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	In the documentary "Battle of the Atlantic" I think it was his WO interviewed. He said something along the lines of 'My captain Otto Kretschmer was a very intelligent man, and very cold blodded." Ok well Otto Kretschmer was the Man. Just thinkiing the whole Das Boot ram & jam deal doesn't gear well in the game. Past `40 at least. It's fun though, watching merchants scatter & try to ram. Untill they start shooting back. __________________

05-26-08, 08:43 PM	#3
Whiskey T. Foxtrot Watch Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 18 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I did a surface attack last night in a convoy in Feb. 1939 using GWX 2.1. No escorts!!! I bagged almost 40,000 tons of Brit and Canadian ships. The escort appeared as "nuetral" on the map. But all I could find was on small Norwegian freighter. The rest were legit targets.