Hi, I would like to know what is the best way to sink a sub? There are no depth charges in the game, so what to do? Can you sink it with bombs? Are you able to hit it? And with torpedoes? And what if it is submerged?? Thank for your advice and suggestions. It is very important for me to know it.
By far the best method to sink a sub ( surfaced ) is by rockets, in real life and in the sim, deniing the AA gunners a close in attack. This is the main reason that the Coastal Command put rockets even in a B-24( GR Mk IV and subsequents marks ) and the venerable Fairey Swordfish ( the only Biplane to fire Air-to-surface missiles ).
During the early 3 years of war Coastal Command + USSAF / USN rely exclusively in non-propeled weapons. A realy tough job, going over 2 or 3 QF 20 mm and 1 or 2 QF 37mm automatic cannons, dependin on the Mark of a sub.
Aero torpedos was seldom used, but work very well. In MTO 1941 3 Swordfishes attack Suba Bay and sunk 2 submarines + a Destroyer + a Sub-Tender with 3 torpedos, with one of the submarines been hit while on the move in the Port entrance. ( the Sub-tender and the other submarine were sunk with just one torpedo, what have passed under the sub and detonated betwen the ships )
Cheers.
skip bombing is effective but you run the risk of the bombs bouncing over the sub....
best to be as low as possible to keep the skip height down.
But yes.. you do have to risk those cannons up close.
... those all work great when the sub is surfaced... but what about when it underwater
Bomb it with the B-29 Silverplate!!!! :twisted:
I want to be historical. Shame no one has made depth charges or rockets for bombers yet... From my experience I know that it is possible to hit a surfaced U-boot with a torpedo, but it is very hard with bombs.
P52 with 2 1000 p bombs and 3 sec delay. dive toward the sub in a 45-60 degree angle and aim just in front of tower. sub gows down every time..
The spped of the sub also comes in to factor but then you only have to aim a little more forward. as long as the bombs explode on the side of the sub when passing its done.
