The Unofficial "Official" SH3 screenshot thread! - Page 683

Kafka BC · 03-06-12, 11:41 PM

Boompus' Gibralter thread inspired me to try the mission again. The last time was long ago when I first installed the game, I didn't get far then since I had no clue what I was doing.

This time I thought I would try to see how far I could make it on the surface at night since I didn't want to spend hours trying to creep through. I loaded the mission and laid course for the African coast of Spanish Morocco at ahead full. Avoiding two destroyers on the way I arrived as dusk was setting in. Hugging the shallow waters near the coast, I entered the strait when darkness fell.

It got quite shallow in a few places, eleven meters once. Many patrols came close but only twice did I have to dive to periscope depth to avoid them. I made it nearly half way when...

...I got ambushed by two MTBs that got close enough without being seen. Letting my crew duke it out with them I tried to make a dash for deeper water, weaving left and right to try and keep those speedy little demons within the deck gun's firing arc. It took about twenty shots, but three hits each finished them.

It wasn't long before their big brothers showed up and were all over me worse than my cats when I open a can of tuna.

I could only safely dive to forty five meters at that point, so it got pretty hairy. In the course of their hunt a couple of funny things happened to distract me.

This guy ran aground at full speed.

And this fellow dropped a string nearly on top of me, stopped, backed up and the exploding depth charges blew off his DC Racks, maybe his propellers too, I didn't check. Wish I had gotten the shot when it happened.

Hard turns and short bursts of flank speed finally allowed me to get away into deeper water with relatively minor damage and flooding, except for completely destroyed stern dive planes. The rest of the trip I crept.

La Spezia at last. Italy sure looks pretty.

andwii · 03-06-12, 11:46 PM

Congrats on surviving such a bold move!

VonApist · 03-07-12, 03:16 AM

My New Emblem on U-33

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One Shot Kill of Large Merchant with magnetic

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Attacking a Task Force

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u crank · 03-07-12, 06:50 AM

@ Kafka BC and VonApist.

Very nice shots gentlemen!

Kafka, looks like you had a 'nice' little adventure there. That's what I love about this game. Nothing is ever easy.

fitzcarraldo · 03-07-12, 07:14 AM

@ VonApist: nice images!!!

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo

Jimbuna · 03-07-12, 07:19 AM

fitzcarraldo · 03-07-12, 08:04 AM

As ever, the epic Jimbuna.

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo

VONHARRIS · 03-07-12, 08:14 AM

Great shots everybody
Congartulations to all.

Jimbuna · 03-07-12, 08:15 AM

Danke Kaleun

VonApist · 03-07-12, 09:08 AM

Some more from my patrol

Convoy Attack AM 46

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Result: Dido class, Large Cargo, Small Merchant for a total 40k+ patrol - just putting the page as evidence

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VonApist · 03-07-12, 09:11 AM

this is a great forum guys, really takes all the day's pressure off

VonApist · 03-07-12, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzcarraldo

@ VonApist: nice images!!!

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo

Thank you!

Fubar2Niner · 03-07-12, 03:18 PM

@Kafka

Outstanding shots mate, especially love the widescreen movie feel

@VonApist

Congrats mate, nice tonnage, there will be some schnapps waiting when you get home

@Jim

Excellent as always mate, love the PBY

It's shots like this that makes me soo envious of you guys

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Fubar2Niner · 03-07-12, 03:27 PM

@IABL

Class kaleun, sheer class

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

VonApist · 03-07-12, 04:40 PM

And a small tribute to my Gunner, Stabbootsman Eckerman

He sent a Whale factory ship to the bottom with 30x88mm rounds from a distance of 4km!

Hats off, hope that he wont be transferred soon

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03-06-12, 11:41 PM	#10231
Kafka BC Planesman Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 197 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 0	Boompus' Gibralter thread inspired me to try the mission again. The last time was long ago when I first installed the game, I didn't get far then since I had no clue what I was doing. This time I thought I would try to see how far I could make it on the surface at night since I didn't want to spend hours trying to creep through. I loaded the mission and laid course for the African coast of Spanish Morocco at ahead full. Avoiding two destroyers on the way I arrived as dusk was setting in. Hugging the shallow waters near the coast, I entered the strait when darkness fell. It got quite shallow in a few places, eleven meters once. Many patrols came close but only twice did I have to dive to periscope depth to avoid them. I made it nearly half way when... ...I got ambushed by two MTBs that got close enough without being seen. Letting my crew duke it out with them I tried to make a dash for deeper water, weaving left and right to try and keep those speedy little demons within the deck gun's firing arc. It took about twenty shots, but three hits each finished them. It wasn't long before their big brothers showed up and were all over me worse than my cats when I open a can of tuna. I could only safely dive to forty five meters at that point, so it got pretty hairy. In the course of their hunt a couple of funny things happened to distract me. This guy ran aground at full speed. And this fellow dropped a string nearly on top of me, stopped, backed up and the exploding depth charges blew off his DC Racks, maybe his propellers too, I didn't check. Wish I had gotten the shot when it happened. Hard turns and short bursts of flank speed finally allowed me to get away into deeper water with relatively minor damage and flooding, except for completely destroyed stern dive planes. The rest of the trip I crept. La Spezia at last. Italy sure looks pretty. __________________ Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea. - Stan Rogers (1949-1983)

03-07-12, 03:16 AM	#10233
VonApist Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Posts: 175 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	New Emblem (Black Swan) and one shot kill of Large Merchant My New Emblem on U-33 Uploaded with ImageShack.us One Shot Kill of Large Merchant with magnetic Uploaded with ImageShack.us Attacking a Task Force Uploaded with ImageShack.us __________________ "Submariners are a special brotherhood, either all come to the surface or no one does. On a submarine, the phrase all for one and one for all is not just a slogan, but reality.” -- VADM Rudolf Golosov

03-07-12, 06:50 AM	#10234
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,560 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	@ Kafka BC and VonApist. Very nice shots gentlemen! Kafka, looks like you had a 'nice' little adventure there. That's what I love about this game. Nothing is ever easy. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

03-07-12, 07:14 AM	#10235
fitzcarraldo Argentinian Skipper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Somewhere between Buenos Aires and the Bungo Suido Posts: 5,131 Downloads: 3219 Uploads: 0	@ VonApist: nice images!!! Regards. Fitzcarraldo __________________ *My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity - Wilfred Owen.*

03-07-12, 07:19 AM	#10236
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,265 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

03-06-12, 11:46 PM	#10232
andwii Frogman Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bridge of U-123 Posts: 300 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Congrats on surviving such a bold move!

03-07-12, 08:04 AM	#10237
fitzcarraldo Argentinian Skipper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Somewhere between Buenos Aires and the Bungo Suido Posts: 5,131 Downloads: 3219 Uploads: 0	As ever, the epic Jimbuna. Regards. Fitzcarraldo __________________ *My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity - Wilfred Owen.*

03-07-12, 08:14 AM	#10238
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Great shots everybody Congartulations to all.

03-07-12, 08:15 AM	#10239
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,265 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Danke Kaleun __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

03-07-12, 09:08 AM	#10240
VonApist Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Posts: 175 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Some more from my patrol Convoy Attack AM 46 Uploaded with ImageShack.us Result: Dido class, Large Cargo, Small Merchant for a total 40k+ patrol - just putting the page as evidence Uploaded with ImageShack.us __________________ "Submariners are a special brotherhood, either all come to the surface or no one does. On a submarine, the phrase all for one and one for all is not just a slogan, but reality.” -- VADM Rudolf Golosov

03-07-12, 09:11 AM	#10241
VonApist Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Posts: 175 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	this is a great forum guys, really takes all the day's pressure off __________________ "Submariners are a special brotherhood, either all come to the surface or no one does. On a submarine, the phrase all for one and one for all is not just a slogan, but reality.” -- VADM Rudolf Golosov

03-07-12, 03:18 PM	#10243
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,139 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 0	@Kafka Outstanding shots mate, especially love the widescreen movie feel @VonApist Congrats mate, nice tonnage, there will be some schnapps waiting when you get home @Jim Excellent as always mate, love the PBY It's shots like this that makes me soo envious of you guys Best regards. Fubar2Niner

03-07-12, 03:27 PM	#10244
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,139 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 0	@IABL Class kaleun, sheer class Best regards. Fubar2Niner

03-07-12, 04:40 PM	#10245
VonApist Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Posts: 175 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	And a small tribute to my Gunner, Stabbootsman Eckerman He sent a Whale factory ship to the bottom with 30x88mm rounds from a distance of 4km! Hats off, hope that he wont be transferred soon Uploaded with ImageShack.us __________________ "Submariners are a special brotherhood, either all come to the surface or no one does. On a submarine, the phrase all for one and one for all is not just a slogan, but reality.” -- VADM Rudolf Golosov