Late 43 - What a pain

Reece · 09-09-08, 10:58 PM

Hi all, well life on a U-boat is starting to suck big time!!

Trying to get to my patrol area & even with my radar off planes still seem to hone in on me, I'm able to get to dive in time but what a pain, I wait till they are well & truly gone & raise the snorkel, hit TC to 64, next thing I'm getting damaged!

I eventually get through that & radar detector picks up a destroyer moving across my path, I setup for a shot, running silent & just peeking everynow & then to get TDC settings, he closes to around 800 meters, slows down & starts pinging, my hands are shaking & make a quick adjustment to speed, he is still on the same course, I decide to fire 2 shots, the first misses & the second hits & bounces off!!

Gee I hate that, the distance was around 500 meters, I should have used impact pistol!

Well I dived deep & the fun begins!

I'd wait for him to drop DC's & hedgehogs, then speed up for awhile then back to 2 knots, deploy decoys & change course, then in comes his buddies overhead, bombs dropping everywhere:

Finally escape with only minor damage, came across 2 more air patrols before my final patrol grid! whew, I'm still alive!

GoldenRivet · 09-09-08, 11:15 PM

keep your head down Reece but give em hell!

Sailor Steve · 09-09-08, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

...he is still on the same course, I decide to fire 2 shots...

Back when I played Silent Service I would shoot at destroyers from 200 feet down, because you could do that and you could see them on the map all the time. With Silent Hunter I would put my periscope up and dogfight with them. Aces Of The Deep made it a little harder, but it took SH3 with nasty mods to teach me to never, ever take on a sonar-pinging can-dropping destroyer! They call them that for a reason.

I'm glad you're alright.

UnderseaLcpl · 09-09-08, 11:26 PM

Ick.

I've had 2 careers destroyed by snorting. Never even knew what hit me.

Stick to the batteries and only surface at night for short periods to refresh air and recharge batteries once you are in your chosen patrol area. Late 43 and early 44 are lean years.

Hang on till' you get that type XXI

Reece · 09-09-08, 11:40 PM

Actually I forgot to mention that when the destroyer finally gave up, he was around 3kms away & I decided to rise from 130 meters to around 100m, still on silent running when he turned and came straight for me I went back down and he started pinging at around 300m dropped some more cans, gave up and left! Wonder what happened!

Smarty pants probably made out he lost contact, but then turned & rushed at me!

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Hang on till' you get that type XXI

If my renown allows it, slim pickings now so renown is scarce!

kylania · 09-09-08, 11:48 PM

We're in Sep '43 in Wolves@War right now too. Basically I cruise with my finger on Crash Dive and the first hint of aircraft or radar contact and I dive!

I actually almost crashed into the bottom when I was returning to port since I heard 'Radar contact detected!' and it was a friendly destroyer near port in shallow waters. heh

headcase · 09-10-08, 12:00 AM

The way I look at it is that it is that much more of a challenge to bring my crew and boat home alive than ever. I don't schnorkel. I'll run decks awash when I can. Otherwise I pop up every three hours Ahead Standard.A/C spotted and I order Dive Ahead Flank. Can't count on the seafloor being shallow enough for a CD. And if a DD/DE gets wind of me I don't head to the surface until She's out of my range for at least half an hour on a contrary heading. And even then it's a very dicey proposition. Even bad weather isn't a good insurance policy. And even when you do every little thing right, a stray bit of a hedgehog run catches you at 260m. The Challenge in '43 onwards isn't getting tonnage. It's surviving till you get back to port.

nikbear · 09-10-08, 01:09 AM

1 career of mine is in late43',and to be honest its getting tedious,surfaced,dive,surface,dive,I'm up and down like a whore's draw's on a friday night

no way to fight a war

TarJak · 09-10-08, 03:05 AM

Ahhh you are experiencing the pain of late war on a losing side. This is what SHIII is all about, the longer you go on the less chance of surviving the war.

HunterICX · 09-10-08, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Ahhh you are experiencing the pain of late war on a losing side. This is what SHIII is all about, the longer you go on the less chance of surviving the war.

but nonetheless things start to get very interesting and you'll going to have to use clever tactics to sink ships and get away with little dificulty as possible but in late war it will be hard and its just holding your fingers crossed and hope the damage is minor.

HunterICX

Sub146 · 09-10-08, 03:43 AM

Good luck out there captain , looks like you need it

i'm currently in 41 and i've already had two close shaves with depth charges , looks like it's going to get harder

Hitman · 09-10-08, 04:49 AM

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1 career of mine is in late43',and to be honest its getting tedious,surfaced,dive,surface,dive,I'm up and down like a whore's draw's on a friday night

no way to fight a war

When you have the snorkel the best tactic is to snort at night and then cruise at 50 m depth during daytime slowly and listening to your hydrophones.

There are tactics to intercept targets even if using the slow submerged speed, and of course you won't get the success of early war careers, but somehow the challenge of surviving and even scoring some hit is worth it

Kielhauler1961 · 09-10-08, 05:43 AM

I rarely play late war now, mainly because of the tedious nature of it. But I did find that by reversing the early-war tactics of 'submerged by day, surfaced at night' gave my watch crew a better chance of spotting the enemy in time to dive to safety. Even if they've got you on radar and are coming straight at you, you can still see them coming in daylight whereas at night you are totally blind.

STEED · 09-10-08, 06:28 AM

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Late 43 - What a pain

Stop complaining try Jan45.

nirwana · 09-10-08, 07:03 AM

I feel ure pain ..... im approaching New York spring 43 to intercept the convoy before it gets into the safe harbor right now in a type IXC still 130km to go. With only 50m depth below me the last 100km and patrolling destroyers with radar everywhere i had to run submerged the last 12 hrs with 3 knts. The only advantage i have atm is that im in a hurricane which allows me to recharge the battery and tank oxygen full stop deck awash. Any attempt to run that way to my destination was answered by an alert of the WA "Schiff gesichtet....bla bla bla". If there is only a slight change of weather im convinced im screwed and processed to dogfood.

09-09-08, 10:58 PM	#1
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,693 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Late 43 - What a pain Hi all, well life on a U-boat is starting to suck big time!! Trying to get to my patrol area & even with my radar off planes still seem to hone in on me, I'm able to get to dive in time but what a pain, I wait till they are well & truly gone & raise the snorkel, hit TC to 64, next thing I'm getting damaged! I eventually get through that & radar detector picks up a destroyer moving across my path, I setup for a shot, running silent & just peeking everynow & then to get TDC settings, he closes to around 800 meters, slows down & starts pinging, my hands are shaking & make a quick adjustment to speed, he is still on the same course, I decide to fire 2 shots, the first misses & the second hits & bounces off!! Gee I hate that, the distance was around 500 meters, I should have used impact pistol! Well I dived deep & the fun begins! I'd wait for him to drop DC's & hedgehogs, then speed up for awhile then back to 2 knots, deploy decoys & change course, then in comes his buddies overhead, bombs dropping everywhere: Finally escape with only minor damage, came across 2 more air patrols before my final patrol grid! whew, I'm still alive! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

09-09-08, 11:15 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	keep your head down Reece but give em hell! __________________

09-09-08, 11:26 PM	#4
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ick. I've had 2 careers destroyed by snorting. Never even knew what hit me. Stick to the batteries and only surface at night for short periods to refresh air and recharge batteries once you are in your chosen patrol area. Late 43 and early 44 are lean years. Hang on till' you get that type XXI __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

09-09-08, 11:48 PM	#6
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	We're in Sep '43 in Wolves@War right now too. Basically I cruise with my finger on Crash Dive and the first hint of aircraft or radar contact and I dive! I actually almost crashed into the bottom when I was returning to port since I heard 'Radar contact detected!' and it was a friendly destroyer near port in shallow waters. heh __________________

09-10-08, 12:00 AM	#7
headcase Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks, Neverland Posts: 157 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	The way I look at it is that it is that much more of a challenge to bring my crew and boat home alive than ever. I don't schnorkel. I'll run decks awash when I can. Otherwise I pop up every three hours Ahead Standard.A/C spotted and I order Dive Ahead Flank. Can't count on the seafloor being shallow enough for a CD. And if a DD/DE gets wind of me I don't head to the surface until She's out of my range for at least half an hour on a contrary heading. And even then it's a very dicey proposition. Even bad weather isn't a good insurance policy. And even when you do every little thing right, a stray bit of a hedgehog run catches you at 260m. The Challenge in '43 onwards isn't getting tonnage. It's surviving till you get back to port. __________________ It's like the Blues. You can't play em if you haven't lived em. GWX 3.0 DID

09-10-08, 01:09 AM	#8
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	1 career of mine is in late43',and to be honest its getting tedious,surfaced,dive,surface,dive,I'm up and down like a whore's draw's on a friday nightno way to fight a war __________________ 'It is not surely known when the grey wolf shall come upon the seat of the gods' Ericksmal.

09-10-08, 03:05 AM	#9
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Ahhh you are experiencing the pain of late war on a losing side. This is what SHIII is all about, the longer you go on the less chance of surviving the war.

09-10-08, 03:43 AM	#11
Sub146 Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Essex , England. Posts: 53 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Good luck out there captain , looks like you need it i'm currently in 41 and i've already had two close shaves with depth charges , looks like it's going to get harder

09-10-08, 05:43 AM	#13
Kielhauler1961 中国水兵 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: East of the Firth of Forth Posts: 273 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I rarely play late war now, mainly because of the tedious nature of it. But I did find that by reversing the early-war tactics of 'submerged by day, surfaced at night' gave my watch crew a better chance of spotting the enemy in time to dive to safety. Even if they've got you on radar and are coming straight at you, you can still see them coming in daylight whereas at night you are totally blind.

09-10-08, 07:03 AM	#15
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I feel ure pain ..... im approaching New York spring 43 to intercept the convoy before it gets into the safe harbor right now in a type IXC still 130km to go. With only 50m depth below me the last 100km and patrolling destroyers with radar everywhere i had to run submerged the last 12 hrs with 3 knts. The only advantage i have atm is that im in a hurricane which allows me to recharge the battery and tank oxygen full stop deck awash. Any attempt to run that way to my destination was answered by an alert of the WA "Schiff gesichtet....bla bla bla". If there is only a slight change of weather im convinced im screwed and processed to dogfood.