I can't test the mission ATM as I don't have access to my dektop PC.
However, I want to express my viow on the mentioned Silent Hunter section.
When Silent Hunter III was released quite a few of the FIs bought the game and we were doing some COOPs online from time to time.Online attack on convoys was really cool, but somehow we got bored after some time.The best one can get from the Silent Hunter series is single player campaign, as nobody hurries you up, the player can do manual/automated/whatever targetting he desires,etc, take his time, and so on. As Il-2 is a much faster game, even if these planes are just these putt-putt ones, it has more action and so on. I believe these were the reasonbs thet the Fighting Irish Flotilla has never been established. If you browse some of the Silent Hunter III threads on FIS or FIP boards you will even see proposed emblem for the Flotilla.
Really, I think best way to experience SH is single player and it is fantastic what Rabitski is doing - his After Action Reports are very enjoyable reads IMHO and show how cool this games are. Anyone who wants to start with SH series can ask him or Gen or any of the lads who are playing it. I reckon that there is no enough interes in plauing the game among the FI community to create such section. If someone needs some serious SH support -
http://www.subsim.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; , which is absolutely wonderful and you know this website well.
My 5 cents.
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