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Originally Posted by ETAIPOS
Ha, I was considering that I just sunk too few troop transports but wasn't sure what is more important in the order - "large" or "Troop Transport" and as I had problems with proper aiming I wasted a too many torps to attack another one. Unfortunately by night of 23/24th when I arrived there most were probably unloaded already...
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Ahoy, ETAIPOS...
1 thing to never forget is... although NOT 100% accurate, there is your having crew that can man the deck gun, as well... & to NOT forget that it is there, for those instances when torps are not 100% effective in taking down a target.
1 thing to keep in mind, though.. when utilizing the deck gun.. always make sure that using it, doesn't put your sub in danger though.
Check to see that there are NO escorts around, check that the target or in a few cases, targets.. are NOT armed with their own deck guns.
If this has been met, as it were, then surface if you're not already on the surface.. & have them man the gun.
Utilizing it, helps to cut down on having to use so many torps, if you've gotten past the trying time of torps dudding out, that is.. if you are running your career with that option turned on.. & Yes, even the U.S. arm of the sub fleet.. had their own issues with bad batch of torps..
it wasn't relegated to the Germans having issues with them.. iirc, even the IJN, had their own problem with torps.. though iirc not near as much or as long as either the Germans or the U.S., if memory serves Me right...
Any way, hope this info helps...
Fair winds, smooth seas & Good huntin'...
M. M.
p.s.
Even if they were or not, is not a sticking point.. that you sank them, thereby depriving the enemy those ships... puts the stress of having to use up resources to replace them... after enough of them being sunk, begins to take its toll on their ability to field units & as such begins to put them in a vulnerable position... hence, making it easier to defeat them, in the long view...
which is the key point, make it invariably costly for them to continue...