Drills from now on !

Lzs von swe · 08-06-06, 04:55 PM

West off Casablanca, 7 Dec. 1943, 0800.
U77, a VIIc from the 7th, lost 2 officers and 1 petty officer plus the starboard diesel, radio and radar antennas and half off the diesel fuel. Why? Because kapitänleutnant Neuner did not run a full set off tests on the boat before leaving in patrol

He tested all speed settings, rudder, crash dived, dived to 275m and he found the attack scope to be blurry. But when he got attacked by 2 Catalina's the flack gunners took down 1 with their Flakvierling only to find the reload mechanism to be broken. 4 more Catalina's joined the party and no maneuvering could save the boat from being hit. U77 made it back to St Nazaire the 18 Dec with 23% hi and only 1 Catalina downed. After all repairs and fitting the boat with the latest technical achievments its now Mar 13 -44 and U77 is going for her 21st patrol and Neuner will now run a complete sea trial on the boat to see what sh3 com has thrown at him this time

08-07-06, 01:56 AM

you couldnt crash dive :hmm:

P_Funk · 08-07-06, 02:03 AM

Those damned planes are fast! Even a crash dive isn't gonna save you necessarily from some bad damage.

08-06-06, 04:55 PM	#1
Lzs von swe Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norrkoping, Sweden Posts: 1,074 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Drills from now on ! West off Casablanca, 7 Dec. 1943, 0800. U77, a VIIc from the 7th, lost 2 officers and 1 petty officer plus the starboard diesel, radio and radar antennas and half off the diesel fuel. Why? Because kapitänleutnant Neuner did not run a full set off tests on the boat before leaving in patrol He tested all speed settings, rudder, crash dived, dived to 275m and he found the attack scope to be blurry. But when he got attacked by 2 Catalina's the flack gunners took down 1 with their Flakvierling only to find the reload mechanism to be broken. 4 more Catalina's joined the party and no maneuvering could save the boat from being hit. U77 made it back to St Nazaire the 18 Dec with 23% hi and only 1 Catalina downed. After all repairs and fitting the boat with the latest technical achievments its now Mar 13 -44 and U77 is going for her 21st patrol and Neuner will now run a complete sea trial on the boat to see what sh3 com has thrown at him this time __________________

08-07-06, 02:03 AM	#3
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	Those damned planes are fast! Even a crash dive isn't gonna save you necessarily from some bad damage. __________________

08-07-06, 01:56 AM	#2
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	you couldnt crash dive :hmm: