1944 convoy attacks

Detritus · 01-01-06, 02:53 AM

I've decided to scratch my current career and start a new one with all the mods I've been saving for it, partially since I'm bored with the on going one but also because it's 1944 and just can't deal with convoys anymore

Largely this has to do with abnormal amount of premature detonations. Since it's practically impossible to get close to them, I've had to resort to long range shots up to 4km distance but during the last three attacks I fired a total of 11 torps (T I's and T III's) set on slow, wind 5 m/s and had 5 of them go off prematurely. The ships started to maneuver, of course, and hit only with 2, no sinkings. Either my tactics are bollocks or something weird is going on. At first I thought to get rid off the escorts on one side with acoustics for entering/exiting but usually either the leading or trailing escorts nevertheless finds us and quite frankly, clearing out the warships first seems a bit lame: it wouldn't happen in real life.
So for future refence: how do you deal with convoys in 1944 and onwards?

01-01-06, 02:53 AM	#1
Detritus Navy Dude Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 177 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	1944 convoy attacks I've decided to scratch my current career and start a new one with all the mods I've been saving for it, partially since I'm bored with the on going one but also because it's 1944 and just can't deal with convoys anymore Largely this has to do with abnormal amount of premature detonations. Since it's practically impossible to get close to them, I've had to resort to long range shots up to 4km distance but during the last three attacks I fired a total of 11 torps (T I's and T III's) set on slow, wind 5 m/s and had 5 of them go off prematurely. The ships started to maneuver, of course, and hit only with 2, no sinkings. Either my tactics are bollocks or something weird is going on. At first I thought to get rid off the escorts on one side with acoustics for entering/exiting but usually either the leading or trailing escorts nevertheless finds us and quite frankly, clearing out the warships first seems a bit lame: it wouldn't happen in real life. So for future refence: how do you deal with convoys in 1944 and onwards?