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OHII - The Black Pit
« on: June 10, 2012, 12:46:18 PM »
Triumph of the Wolfpack

Leaving Brest to join a wolfpack

 
Time to show the Royal Navy - they have met their match

 
Look Out Reporting - Incoming air attack -DIVE!

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Re: OHII - The Black Pit
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2012, 12:47:39 PM »
Torpedo run

 
Torp away

 

 
Running straight at me. Set depth 70m ahead flank

 
Passed well astern

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Re: OHII - The Black Pit
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2012, 12:48:48 PM »
WolfPack forming - Plotting to catch up

 
OHII has a wolfpack layer that will ensure u-boat numbers and wolfpack match WW2
 
Forming a 7 boat pack

 

 

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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2012, 12:49:49 PM »
Convoy spotted - dead ahead

 
15 cargo and 3 escorts. Easy pickings:D
Move in for the attack

 
Unleash the Dogs of War

 
The pray has been spooked

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« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2012, 12:50:55 PM »
Hell has been unleashed on those souls in the form of 28 torps speeding directly at them.
 

 
As our torps rip into them - they feebly try and return fire.

 
This first volley fired is like shooting fish in a barrel.

 
As this first salvo tears through them our pack dives deep to reload for then next devastating attack.

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« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2012, 12:51:46 PM »
Wolves now surface to scope depth and fire at will.
Escorts seem to be clueless on how to deal with this new tactic as the battle for the Atlantic evolves.

 
Escorts finally decide to converge on one contact

 
Ships continue to explode everywhere

 
At the end os the second round of 28 torps, a juicy target is spotted

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Re: OHII - The Black Pit
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2012, 12:52:38 PM »
Wounded - it is trying to leave the scene

 
Other targets are finished off

 

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« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2012, 12:53:41 PM »
As day breaks the impact of the wolfpack is clear.

 
I now have only 2 torps left. Who to kill:hmmm:
 
 
First hit

 
Second and final torp

 
Hmm that is one tough ship. (escaped)

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« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2012, 12:54:32 PM »
Battle over - we count up our tonnage

 
With only a handfull of ships surviving - They carry a message back to Churchill.
The kriegsmarine now has the upperhand in the Atlantic and Britain will surly starve.

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Re: OHII - The Black Pit
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2012, 03:24:32 PM »

Move in for the attack



Didn't the wolfpacks attack from each side? I see 7 uboats, including the player uboat, attacking from the south and none from north.
Is it possible to have them attack from each side? Just curious. I haven't modded such stuff for years, so I don't know anymore.

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Re: OHII - The Black Pit
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2012, 04:03:56 PM »
Hi Carotio tiphat

Yes you are correct here - this is an old set of pics using the stock game formation for wolfpacks.
From v1.7 onwards - I have coded in new formations and when you select wolfpack from the missions, they will now attack from all sides and this will be staggered with time.  Some attacks in the new versions can last as long as a whole day as boats break off and re-attack the convoy again and again j12

When I am finished playing through Monsun Gruppe (still testing for bugs), I will do a pic set showing the new coded attacks - together with TDWs IRAIv0.37 - it is worth seeing beatnik