Fun with Deck Guns

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I find myself constantly watching my deck icon on the left of my screen to see if the weather is good enough to use it. This is for fun, not necessarily for realism, since I beleive that I can be much more interactive with the game than merely depressing a "Fire" button to launch a torpedo, although that is fun also.

If I catch a really small boat (fishing boat, small coastal vessel) I will use my light flak gun to destroy them. Takes a while, but it is big fun. This helps me conserve my deck gun ammo which must be used for Coastal Merchants and larger vessels.

In early 1941, some merchants are armed. They are a real challenge! I have 3 strategies:

1. Position my Uboat at 90 degress to the target with my Uboat speed at zero, and within 200 m range, blow ballast, double click on deck gun quarters, with my 3 experienced Gunner Petty Officers, aim for the gun on the merchant, after destroying the merchant gun(s), shoot at the waterline as the merchant moves across my bow. I may or may not try to kill the merchant machine gunners.

2. For a merchant with a forward gun only I will surface at the aft of the merchant and just try to shoot its a@@ off!

3. Lieberty Cargoes and Victory Cargoes are too heavily armed so as not to be worth the risk, but I have had some success by aproaching from the rear, and within 100 m range kill the rear gun, then shoot the a@@ end of the merchant off!

Would like to hear other strategies!

Best regards,