Attacking a Convoy Tip please

[Thilo]

I just experianced my first career convoy (yea sorry I know) and here what I did: I set a intercept coarse to the convoy while trying to achieve a good 90 degree angle on them. Seas were kinda heavy with light fog so I thought I'd try and get in close before going to PD. Dumb idea becuase a black swan spotted me and when I saw him coming torwards me I dove to 120 and started doing evasive manuevers. 10 min later my boat goes down with all hands lost What could I do better next time?

[kiwi_2005]

What year was it? early yrs you can pretty much attack on the surface providing its dark that is. Otherwise try to get in front of the convoy with them just in site as your speeding ahead to your course - keeping an eye on the escorts, be just out of there range so they dont detect you. Then once your in position lay in wait like a wolf ready to pounce!

[Thilo]

year was 1940

[MobyGrape]

"Press the Attack."

Think you were unlucky 1940..destroyers weren't to good..tho in my first 2 career campaigns with greywolves mod..I was sunk in my 2 and 3rd missions..I was surprised at the new damage model..excuses..
When attacking a convoy i like to approach from there sides..unless i can get in early and fairly deep,and remain patient and very quite.. right in their path.i love storms and night attacks..helps to hide periscope from radar..I think also sonar should have a little more trouble detecting you..The main key is don't get seem or heard, have your repair crew refreshed and ready, get repair qualified Petty officers asap especially a officer..I also like to have my best sonar man reporting nearest warship when at periscope debth, and setting my shots on merchies.
i am now in my 3rd career, 13 mission 250k at present..good luck..

[Qairyl]

Convoys are pretty much the bane of my existence. Whenever I attack them, no matter what I do, the destroyers always know exactly where I am at all times, stormy or not, even in the dead of night. Complete with anti-sonar coatings and dummies. It's for that reason that I never touch a convoy 40-nm stick unless it's a small one in 39-40.

-Qairyl

[P_Funk]

One of SH3's big drawbacks is that the way that escorts detect your boat isn't as accurate to historical standards and there isn't much that the modders can do without a dev released tool. So its not very easy to do what Kretchmer did, zipping in and out of convoys though getting close can be done, however it does require about as much attention to your position as the real kaleuns needed. Just keep plodding on. The benefits of being an armchair Kaleun is that there's always next time.

when weather is good and early in the war try sinking destroyers first with torpedoes.after you can surface and sink the defenceless merchants with the deck gun.i had great tonnage sum using this strategy.

[P_Funk]

Originally Posted by mortakos

when weather is good and early in the war try sinking destroyers first with torpedoes.after you can surface and sink the defenceless merchants with the deck gun.i had great tonnage sum using this strategy.

That only really works with the stock deck gun settings. The GW and NYGM mods make the deck gun do more realistic damage meaning that you might use up all your ammo on a few ships.

[Thilo]

Originally Posted by P_Funk

That only really works with the stock deck gun settings. The GW and NYGM mods make the deck gun do more realistic damage meaning that you might use up all your ammo on a few ships.

yea in NYGM deck guns only have HE.