Armed merchants in Sept. 39' ?

SabreHawk · 03-17-10, 09:35 AM

I thought they didn't start arming the merchant vessels till later on, not sure just how later but I certainly didn't expect it out on our very first patrol.
Yes our first kill on this first patrol was a tanker, I pumped three fish into it but still wasn't enough and by this time he was still steaming away at 8knts. Well I wasnt gonna let him get away and couldnt stay with him submerged so I surfaced to get some speed and get another shot. Couldnt use the deck gun as the sea was far too rough so it was gonna take another fish to do it. Well then he started really pelting us, and not with just one gun but several from every part of the ship, we even took some damage(knocked out our radio).
Well had to dive again to avoid any fruther damage cause his shots were getting better and so I did get him finally. But man, I didn't expect them to be armed this early on.

Also I didn't think the tracers from his shells were not nearly was realistic as they are in SH3, looked more like Star Wars laser blasts.

03-17-10, 09:35 AM	#1
SabreHawk Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, Wa. USA Posts: 530 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Armed merchants in Sept. 39' ? I thought they didn't start arming the merchant vessels till later on, not sure just how later but I certainly didn't expect it out on our very first patrol. Yes our first kill on this first patrol was a tanker, I pumped three fish into it but still wasn't enough and by this time he was still steaming away at 8knts. Well I wasnt gonna let him get away and couldnt stay with him submerged so I surfaced to get some speed and get another shot. Couldnt use the deck gun as the sea was far too rough so it was gonna take another fish to do it. Well then he started really pelting us, and not with just one gun but several from every part of the ship, we even took some damage(knocked out our radio). Well had to dive again to avoid any fruther damage cause his shots were getting better and so I did get him finally. But man, I didn't expect them to be armed this early on. Also I didn't think the tracers from his shells were not nearly was realistic as they are in SH3, looked more like Star Wars laser blasts. __________________ "Chance favors the prepared mind"