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Kpt. Weyprecht · 05-26-23, 02:03 PM

I think to an extent all the S-boat campaigns are too easy, they performe ingame as if they were brand new (and equipped with a TDC), in real life it seems like something broke every time they met a wave... But it's still challenging.
I really like the Salmon, for some reason I've always been more successful in the Salmon than in the Tambor (and never went far enough to have any achevement in the Gato).

I was thinking of following all the contacts, either on the map or mentally, but not getting fixated on that one ship I'm targetting, understanding rapidly what the enemy formation is, how much space I have between the escorts and the escorted, or between columns, not getting confused between logging the own sub positions, visual observations, sonar...

I remember the old BBC series about the Perisher course (the one filmed in an Oberon), where the candidate is taking ranges and juggling three or four stopwatches... and he is not alone in his sub.

I have to check Sea Wolves, I read Ben Bryant's Submarine Commander (I heard it used to be required reading for Perisher candidates), clearly one of my very favourite submarine accounts.

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Kpt. Weyprecht Gunner Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Paris, France Posts: 97 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I think to an extent all the S-boat campaigns are too easy, they performe ingame as if they were brand new (and equipped with a TDC), in real life it seems like something broke every time they met a wave... But it's still challenging. I really like the Salmon, for some reason I've always been more successful in the Salmon than in the Tambor (and never went far enough to have any achevement in the Gato). I was thinking of following all the contacts, either on the map or mentally, but not getting fixated on that one ship I'm targetting, understanding rapidly what the enemy formation is, how much space I have between the escorts and the escorted, or between columns, not getting confused between logging the own sub positions, visual observations, sonar... I remember the old BBC series about the Perisher course (the one filmed in an Oberon), where the candidate is taking ranges and juggling three or four stopwatches... and he is not alone in his sub. I have to check Sea Wolves, I read Ben Bryant's Submarine Commander (I heard it used to be required reading for Perisher candidates), clearly one of my very favourite submarine accounts.