Best deck gunner ever (in my experience)

Warren Peace · 03-29-14, 11:25 PM

So, I've been away on shore-leave for quite some time, but got the bug to play some more SH III. Figured I'd better take a Type VII boat out to get reacquainted, since they are much more forgiving than the Type II's I typically captain. First pre-war patrol went fine, so I picked up a few raw recruits to fill out the ranks and went back out.

Coming down the western coast of Ireland to my assigned patrol grid and I get a contact. Go check it out, and I find an unescorted tanker trundling along at a leisurely 6 knots, good times! Come up beside him and surface for a deck-gun attack, get the boys on-station and tell 'em to fire for the waterline. What I hadn't realized is the guy on the gun is one of my rookies, fresh out of the naval academy and on his first cruise. Great, this'll take half my ammo. Now, I've come to expect the first few shots to be fairly horrible, until the boys get their eye in, but he surprised me - hit just above the waterline almost dead amidship, not bad. Smoke starts billowing, so I know something's on fire, took a few seconds before I knew just how badly that fire actually was. Before the second shot was fired, she blew. Massive fireball, pieces of ship flying everywhere, and she split clean in half.

That man will never buy his own beer again as long as I live, what a shot!

03-29-14, 11:25 PM	#1
Warren Peace Loader Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 89 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Best deck gunner ever (in my experience) So, I've been away on shore-leave for quite some time, but got the bug to play some more SH III. Figured I'd better take a Type VII boat out to get reacquainted, since they are much more forgiving than the Type II's I typically captain. First pre-war patrol went fine, so I picked up a few raw recruits to fill out the ranks and went back out. Coming down the western coast of Ireland to my assigned patrol grid and I get a contact. Go check it out, and I find an unescorted tanker trundling along at a leisurely 6 knots, good times! Come up beside him and surface for a deck-gun attack, get the boys on-station and tell 'em to fire for the waterline. What I hadn't realized is the guy on the gun is one of my rookies, fresh out of the naval academy and on his first cruise. Great, this'll take half my ammo. Now, I've come to expect the first few shots to be fairly horrible, until the boys get their eye in, but he surprised me - hit just above the waterline almost dead amidship, not bad. Smoke starts billowing, so I know something's on fire, took a few seconds before I knew just how badly that fire actually was. Before the second shot was fired, she blew. Massive fireball, pieces of ship flying everywhere, and she split clean in half. That man will never buy his own beer again as long as I live, what a shot! __________________ The only sound that still scares me to this day... The silence when the pinging stops.