Forget the DD's....watch out for the Fast Freighters!

snordin · 12-07-08, 07:03 PM

I've just completed my fifth patrol with the U-31, and on two of those I've encountered some nastiness I never thought I'd see. On three separate occasions, I've run into a "fast freighter", all between 12k and 14k tons, and all three have taken a full salvo of fish from my bow tubes and not sunk. Not just not sunk, but not even slowed down. Well, until I surfaced for 2 of the 3 (the third was in the middle of a convoy), and they turned and opened fire on me.

Now, this is barely December 1939, so I really wasn't expecting to be shot back at by two deck guns and several smaller guns. Interestingly, the two ships succumbed rapidly to my 8.8cm deck gun (one was sunk by a shot I heaved off as the crew was scrambling to get back in the boat for the crash dive I ordered after those big guns came to bear on me).

Now, as I'm still just fresh out of Command School, is this something I should anticipate seeing often? Or am I seeing a fluke? Or maybe a bug?

Since I know it'll be asked, I'm running GWX 2.1, with a bunch of mods (mostly the standard ones you see).

12-07-08, 07:03 PM	#1
snordin Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The upper colon of America Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Forget the DD's....watch out for the Fast Freighters! I've just completed my fifth patrol with the U-31, and on two of those I've encountered some nastiness I never thought I'd see. On three separate occasions, I've run into a "fast freighter", all between 12k and 14k tons, and all three have taken a full salvo of fish from my bow tubes and not sunk. Not just not sunk, but not even slowed down. Well, until I surfaced for 2 of the 3 (the third was in the middle of a convoy), and they turned and opened fire on me. Now, this is barely December 1939, so I really wasn't expecting to be shot back at by two deck guns and several smaller guns. Interestingly, the two ships succumbed rapidly to my 8.8cm deck gun (one was sunk by a shot I heaved off as the crew was scrambling to get back in the boat for the crash dive I ordered after those big guns came to bear on me). Now, as I'm still just fresh out of Command School, is this something I should anticipate seeing often? Or am I seeing a fluke? Or maybe a bug? Since I know it'll be asked, I'm running GWX 2.1, with a bunch of mods (mostly the standard ones you see).