U-48 Transits the Channel! || Uboat

[@LeemanJ]

The cargo hold search being interrupted made me believe Indiana Jones was on board.

[@jeffreyestahl]

One thing to remember is that searches go faster the more people you assign to the boarding party.

[@ForestBlue7]

Straight up! I was lookin for capt Mboso and that white turtleneck of his!

[@RyderBeckett1903]

One of the most militarily accurate parts of this is the officers dismissing the enlisted mens' safety concerns with a "bah, take Motrin and drink water", and then *surprised Pikachu face* when it results in a potentially serious injury lol. 10/10- I love this series!

[@joelv4495]

Also, heavy seas are no joke, even on a modern Arleigh Burke that has 10x the tonnage of a type VII U-boat. Imagine trying to stand up and walk around on rollercoaster with no outside windows. Breaking a leg under those conditions is entirely plausible.

[@Kaarl_Mills]

@@joelv4495 If the Atlantic was as calm as the Pacific on average then I wouldnt be surprised if Europe disovered the Americas much sooner

[@bobkile9734]

Wolfpack345 finally realized that a navy runs on coffee, no matter the era, no matter the nation

[@gascan]

Modern submarines may be nuclear powered, but they are fueled by coffee...

[@juanjo55lol]

or tea

[@PahaLukki]

They even had coffee in Avatar

[@gascan]

Modern submarines may be nuclear powered, but they are fueled by coffee, so that hasn't changed. However, you chose to stay on the surface despite sailors getting seasick! As a submariner who gets seasick, I would like to express my dissatisfaction. Once you start getting seasick, its too late for medication. I have found that lying down is the only way to ease the symptoms. Doing detailed, up close tasks like reading can make it worse, as does smells like diesel exhaust.

[@jeffreyestahl]

I got incredibly lucky in my playthrough with officers. My initial radioman had the linguist skill, and my XO had the navigator skill. Those 2 always were on boarding parties that first couple of months.

[@ALMuyeed-330]

Do u have subsim radio room account??

[@二コラス_カラス]

Thank you for continuing the Uboat and SH3 series.

[@ALMuyeed-330]

Do u play SH5??

[@JustPeasant]

When performing crash dive, the boat's engines continue to chug at already established RPMs. IRL, when emergency dive order was given, diesels would rev up to maximum (all ahead flank). When going below the waves, electric motors would be engaged in their maximum RPMs until captain would give the order to slow down. The devs should fix that.

[@pikke2010]

"oh, one crew member is seasick. Let's stay on the surface and make things worse!" + "oh, now more crew members are seasick. Let's take care of one of them!" + "oh, he has a broken leg! I do ENJOY it!" = @wolfpack345, the ruthless Kaleun! 😆Looking forward to next episode and mods list. Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@colindouglas7769]

Yeah, I bet Herr Vogel was having a barrel of laughs at his skipper's indifference to his plight! 🤣

[@sovereign20]

This series got me back into uboat, which I haven't played in many years

[@Fresh442]

Hey wolfpack, thanks for continuing your Uboat series - I picked this up around 4 years ago after finding one of your earlier videos and have been hooked ever since. I recently started a full campaign playthrough and have made this transit three times now in U-47 at 96% realism. Granted its Christmas 1939 and Im currently attacking scapa flow, I think I'll wait until I get snorkels before pushing my luck too far haha

[@kristianklitgaard5298]

Looks good. Now, next get a diving suit. It will be needed for later missions, and if a wreck sinks on a shallow, there might be nice pickings!

[@Little1-1]

Can't wait to see your next uboat video now that they have implemented realistic flooding simulation and ship damage model

[@scottayres2719]

Wolfpack345: You need to get helmets for all of your crew when they man the deck gun or anti-aircraft gun, or when you board a vessel to increase their chances of survival. mybe you can purchase them some rifles at some point as well.

[@wedgetailleather]

Ooooh scary… the last time I transited a uboat through the channel in SH3, it was nearly a career ending disaster. I was running through at night time, no moon, clear conditions. Racing the channel on the surface to get through the danger zone as quickly as possible. The crew spotted a patrol boat. No problem, dived quickly and ordered silent running. Waters were shallow, around 25m max at this section of the channel. Once under, the hydrophone operator detected 2 contacts nearby. Over a nervous 20mins or so, and very few periscope checks that all was well, the patrol boat had passed by and was moving away at a normal speed, and consistent heading… Suddenly, the call “we may have been detected, sir!” rang out from the hydrophone operators room. A quick pop up of the periscope confirmed, as the patrol boats lights had switched on and she was performing a turn, coming about to our position. Here I faced an impossible decision: surface and face a gun duel with a patrol boat; OR risk being depth charged by two nearby patrol boats in shallow waters. I chose to duke it out on the surface, because the latter was a death sentence. Thankfully the second contact was not close enough to be engaged. But the first contact was on our case rapidly. Within a few shots however, my gunner managed to score a lucky hit on the bow gun of the patrol boat, taking it out and igniting the magazine. She sunk quickly and explosively with all hands. We were able to run on the surface to escape the area, and after a change of underpants were capable of resuming our orders to patrol the Celtic sea.

[@emilrydstrm3944]

Great story telling!

[@wedgetailleather]

@ thankyou :) I was sure to take note of the crew members manning the gun for awards and promotions; the gunner in particular was awarded a medal when we returned to port. I am sure he received a round of drinks from the boys too!

[@ShoGunGrebby]

First time I ever seen sea sickness break someone's leg... I guess he slipped in his own puke lmao...

[@TheSchultinator]

Head, shoulders, a$s-over-kettle, a$s-over-kettle!

[@davidsmith8997]

The war at sea is starting to heat up! Looking forward to some of this early war action.

[@jameswg13]

Ooh new wolfpack video and interesting little run down the channel there

[@SueBobChicVid]

Rough sea states really made this a thrilling episode of Candy Crush, U-Boat edition.

[@jeffreyestahl]

I've come to really appreciate using the Observation scope in rough seas. Stabilization is really nice. I'm playing vanilla though, so obviously mileage may vary.

[@mustang7272]

10:48 "Let’s increase speed here. Make it even worse for 'em" Oh brother 😅 have you ever been seasick inside a rocking, pitching tube? 😂

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Imagine the smells.

[@shinkicker404]

Huzzah for the mod compilation! Good episode, couldn't you have gotten closer to that last target for easier shots though?

[@ScarciaJasburgia]

Nice. New Wolfpack vid! Keep up the amazing work. The SH3 Music sure is nostalgic! Nice job man keeping the old guard nostalgic. Danke, Herr Kaleun!

[@ijnfleetadmiral]

You'd think they'd try and make the ports a little more lifelike, such as adding some random ships docked in the port. Maybe have Tirpitz fitting out at a pier or something like SH3's GWX did.

[@Doomguy-777]

But then performance will be impacted.

[@ijnfleetadmiral]

@@Doomguy-777 How would background items affect the performance of the game? It's just adding to the scenery.

[@Doomguy-777]

@@ijnfleetadmiral Not if it's dynamic like vehicles and so on. There is a reason why the ports are basically jpegs while simulating water, your uboat, your crew, the AI, air raids and explosions happening, various other things.

[@Elsprichts]

Love your videos! Thank you for showcasing Sea Power, I would have missed it if not for you!

[@MagnumGreenPanther]

Excellent Uboat videos! Always love these and love to watch all the way through

[@soupwizard]

14:12 Did anyone else hear "Run Away!" from Monty Python's Holy Grail movie?

[@Tuning3434]

Always, every single time!

[@jarebellum]

binge watching wolfpack videos in search of new early access games has been my new years resolution

[@tobiasengstrom8061]

Damn I looked up U-48, what a beast and the most successful of the war..

[@gabrielneves6602]

10:50 gets advised that the crew is not feeling good due to rough seas One crewman falls sick (broke his leg because of said rouhg seas) *Shocked pikachu face*

[@JDKempton]

"I'm sure you're fine" 🤔😉👍

[@t.r.4496]

I avoid the Channel like the plague after 1940. Not wide enough and not deep enough. I took a few chances early in the war and scored a few ships, but it got way too dangerous later on in the war.

[@jasond130]

in WW2 American subs would sometimes raise the periscope while on the surface to give a bit of a "crows next" view over the horizon. Is that possible in this game?

[@STG42_44]

ive seen that done in sh3

[@Atesz222]

Totally possible, I do this often myself

[@chessell256]

Love this content WP! Good squeeze through the English Channel! And always enjoy seeing a deck gun kill! 🍻

[@zhicaofang2354]

I am going to some sea shore birdwatching this weekend and I will be sure to be on the lookout for the periscope feather of U-48 :)

[@maxvenkov1757]

good think you listened to us that we need more u-boat

[@scarletkinkajou1]

Always great watching a Wolfpack video.

[@jamiefranks3174]

Sweet vid!Thanks!!!

[@beardedphobos5211]

Great episode my friend that's cool you different filters for night viewing also the crew is happy you brought the coffee

[@soupwizard]

10:36 "The captain's indifference towards the crew's suffering led to low morale and further injuries from accidents."

[@emperorSbraz]

in the last pre release version when they upped the patrols in the channel I ran always submerged on a very specific route to protect the boat for saving a lot of time on a dangerous shortcut. one day I was coming back to port, West to East, and i encountered some veeery thicc fog so I decided to just dash on the surface using the advantage of the cover of the fog. well the answer to "what are the chances?" is "chances." so if course I got straight spotted by a destroyer off 20 degrees to starboard at about I think 200-400 meters which immediately opened fire and charged in even before anyone could reach the valves. played cat and mouse hugging the bottom for about an hour irl where every maneuver and crew ability counted, got dropped charges a million times and damaged with crew wounded. even just repairs took some time to figure out. while I was equipped for even this scenario YEAH not gonna do that again. :)

[@Gentleman...Driver]

No hydrophone and no periscope check before surfacing?

[@emperorSbraz]

@Gentleman...Driver Umm of course I have 24/7 hydrophone while submerged but no i dashed surfaced for maybe 1 or 2 hours prior to the ordeal :)

[@Baerchenization]

It does not make sense for the entire boot to have red light. The point is for the eyes to be adjusted to the dark, which would only concern the people looking through the telescope or getting out on the tower... the torpedo crew etc does not need to work in red light ever.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Indeed. Historically there was no such lights on German u-boats. They just had indicator lights. The deck crew wore at night red goggles while inside the U-Boat. However, in pop culture the red lighting was implemented for dramaturgic reasons. Modern CICs have blue lights, as it is easier for the eyes to adapt for constant starring at a monitor, and also keep you awake.

[@brianhnatiak7134]

New theory: Wolfpack and Spookston are the same person.

[@Gigi-ik3br]

Another very enjoyable adventure! And I just want to observe that although you really enjoyed the mod, I am not so sure that Herr Vogel enjoyed it so much with his broken leg.

[@scarletkinkajou1]

When the conning tower side dropped back in I thought it was a depth charge . 😳

[@deck1017]

absolutley love this stuff, keep it up :)

[@ericstearns170]

Two quick searches, two airplane evades and a course change. All in all a pretty uneventful channel crossing

[@BsgRacetrack]

Hallo, nice video! How can you make the free camera NOT moving with the UBoat while moving near it?

[@jameswg13]

So the guy that broke his leg. He was either thrown around while seasick or he slipped on his own sick in the Vessel etc

[@FBI_Informant]

Hey Wolfpack, I would love to see a list of the mods you have enabled today. I have a lot of mods that say "outdated" some work, some don't.

[@peoplemeater]

Laughing at poor Vogel, he got up to puke and proceeded to slip in it, and fractured his leg

Looking forward to the steam compilation! Will it be available as a separate download too for those of us that hate steam ? :)

[@DavidNeiraSilva]

Got so anxious I just bought Uboat today

[@michaelbourgeault9409]

nice job sinking the freighter :)

[@kaltonian]

i think the narrowest point between the British isles & France is apex 25 miles or so....., apparently.....? but yeah during bad weather because of the shallowness can become increasingly treacherous, that would be great to view the type of mods you have used & currently use for this game,

[@MC-nt3wm]

Great Wolpack345!

[@andrews2990]

How do you make the water more transparent? It’s always pitch black for me as soon as I dive.

[@moniekmartin8449]

Nice video! Really enjoy your submarine content

[@michaelbourgeault9409]

The S in Calais is silent - pronunciation is (Ka LAY)

[@MrRespectable-gw2xd]

Here's a comment, because it helps the channel and I love Uboat and Silent Hunter content.

[@Zadlo14]

20:50 Empire Pennant - built in 1942

[@paulmurray7117]

Just a thought.. As per 'The Man in The High Castle'? ... Would it be possible to ask the mods to create a campaign where Germany wins WWII..? Specifically 'if' Germany defeated Russia along with the Nordic/Atlantic convoy's..?? And even introducing the XXI into the Atlantic/Pacific Theatre??? I think it would be terrific if some of the advanced German Technology was introduced...the game could be endless👌👍 I'm sure this would be a game changer.😎😁

[@doomhippie6673]

cool one. Like it a lot.

[@genji9191]

How do you move the periskop so fast it .mine is so Slow (move Speed while looking truh them)

[@danuke1489]

crazy channel dash XD

[@Paajtor]

I don't like Uboat's harbour graphics. Its as if I'm watching SH3. But once the uboat clears coast, everything's fine.

[@Doomguy-777]

Yeah well the devs just optimized the game, now if they have to use 4K textures on everything, lot more things going on on screen, that's going to be hellish to run.

[@thomasthedankengine1624]

Are you still running on the unstable version? The food and coffee icons are different and it just accrued to me that maybe the unstable isnt the one to select

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Another Great video.

[@gamingwithegoon]

the smoke on the horizon is just the ship you are sitting next 2.... its a bug

[@arthurcrego8297]

Great video

[@martinsewell4086]

Just picked this game up looking forward to learning how bad of a captain I am lol.

[@charliedevine7731]

This may be going against the grain, I think a late war start/campaign would be fuckin sick.

[@noneyourb2526]

Wheres the rest of it?

[@larryhunzel6889]

I have a question about the mods, I downloaded them all but inside the launcher it tells me that basically all of them are outdated and I had to actually remove some in order for the game to load and run properly. How come your game seems to run perfectly even with all the mods installed?

[@mariozimmermann7307]

Herr Kaleun! Melde mich zum Dienst 💂

[@PM-xt4zi]

Anyone know when the console release is? It's been available for wishlist on psn for ages

[@B_Estes_Undegöetz]

Channel excitement! Play Vera Lynn!!!

[@Doomguy-777]

Where is the spy? Maybe his bunk is the torpedo tube idk

[@MeabyDriver]

What mod do you run that makes it so reports automically become marked on the map like that?- is it safe game compatible? Also is the 2D mod map save game? compatible?

[@The_Engineer_Guy]

How are you able to play with the outdated Mods? Do you use an older Version to play the game? :)

[@thefirebirdflock3440]

It’s a shame there aren’t any WW1 uboat sims. I know Wolfpack would certainly get a kick out of it

[@SpaceDad42]

I wish we had US subs in sim

[@jeffreyestahl]

Give it time. I'm sure somebody'll create a WWI mod or a Pacific mod for Uboat eventually. I'm not - too new to Uboat to be trying to mod it in the first place, but there are people who would.

[@STG42_44]

wwl would be interesting to watch.

[@jeffreyestahl]

@ The tech would be a lot cruder. Definitely no ship positions; everything would have to be triangulated. Torps would all be essentially T1s without gyros, at least early war. (one thing captains in WWI complained about was when they wanted to fire a spread, they had to turn the boat while firing to do it)

[@Tuning3434]

@@SpaceDad42 Careful what you wish for, historical accurate subsim would have the early Mk14 for way too long during WW2, and the USN lost way to many good crews because of it.

[@TheT14General]

Hey Wolfpack345, I think you should try playing Atlantic Fleet! In the game you can play as the Royal Navy or as the German Navy in a historical or semi-historical campaign or play in a custom three v. Three match. You should try it out.

[@christopherbrent5168]

I see why people avoid the Channel, literally where did the plane even come from and more importantly, how and WHY

[@pennsyrailfan8627]

Tubes 1 and 4 are out of service due to the wounded sailor.

[@IshKJ]

What mods are you running ?

[@olivere5497]

kinda sad the deck gun guys arent raining rain macs

[@Zaela_Zhezzaia]

How are you liking the combat update?

[@bldsprt518]

Unreal engine by Chance? Would be insane in vr

[@usmctanker7729]

More british scrap headed to bottom of the channel. Wolfpack345 Thanks for another great episode !!!!!

[@jeffreyestahl]

As an alternative, could've used the demolition charge too. There appears to be a slight bug in British ships which allows them to absorb a lot more shells than they would historically. One player did find that shooting the cargo boxes just behind the forecastle bypasses the normal hit box, allowing fewer shells. I've tried it. Initially, it took typically 15-20 shells to sink a single unarmored freighter, but later only about 5-8.

[@nathantaylor7904]

As eveyone says love the videos and this is another class one for sure just counting down the days until they release this on ps5 still on the store no date :(

[@davidbirt4643]

Please do more tank stuff😊

[@OMG.HopsGnue]

Watched and Liked 👍

[@scarletkinkajou1]

Looks like the sinking graphics are a bit better, is that a mod or an update from the developer?

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

You have to have a lot of balls to golf like me.

[@haydenhoene4124]

Hey WolfPack I will say I decided to buy this game after watching your first series and ill be honest, this game ain't meant for my brain, So I only got a few hours into it but I still enjoy watching you play this. Always excited to see new Videos from ya,

[@JackManiacky]

Same. My buddy has it and we tried to figure it all out. I'll stick to airplanes, but I love watching these vids.

[@BeKindToBirds]

Surcouf would be awesome in this game.

[@mcmain4]

Sucks you dont get a little bonus giving food to abandoned ship sailors.

[@Go4Corvette]

GG👍

[@Paludion]

Perhaps it would have been easier to sink the last ship with the demolition charges you brought with you, given the rough seas...

[@someone45348]

@wolfpack345 you should play squad

[@PahaLukki]

Always give out bread when you sink a boat?