How to sink carrier without any torpedoes

[Majickthyse]

Hi All,

Any suggestions?

[[★] Mopoloπ]

Do you have ammo for the deck gun? it/s the 160mm shells.
If yes, you can get in range and pummel it with that. Missiles and bombs will get shredded by CIWS, if active.

My best approach was to harass/kite it with torps then to get closer to finish it with the deck gun. Be warned that the ENY CV has a deck gun of its own and can devastate you should it use it.

[EFFIN_GODZILLA]

Cruise Missiles will sink Carriers and Barges.
Bombs (Drop Medium or Heavy)

[Catastrophy]

Seals with cannons

[Redpossum]

RAMMING SPEED!
(hammering drums)

[Jagdkartoffel]

Originally posted by WEARING IRONS!:

Cruise Missiles will sink Carriers and Barges.
Bombs (Drop Medium or Heavy)

Attacking the enemy's barges is really a waste of ammo. Just board the enemy CV and trigger the self-destruct mechanism.

[Redpossum]

Originally posted by Jäger:

Originally posted by WEARING IRONS!:

Cruise Missiles will sink Carriers and Barges.
Bombs (Drop Medium or Heavy)

Attacking the enemy's barges is really a waste of ammo. Just board the enemy CV and trigger the self-destruct mechanism.

And HOW would you board the enemy carrier?

[Onza]

Lets break this down. Carriers have 4 point defense guns. That means missiles and aircraft are off the table for the first wave attack. Your only offensive options are in the small ammunition category. 160mm rounds from the carrier gun are the prime choice, but the range finder is broken. Get a spotter aircraft and keep it out of range of the enemy's guns while you spot in the ship gun.

"But I'm out of 160mm rounds!" I hear you cry. Not to worry. There's still a way forward. Your goal is to take out the point defense turrets so that you can ravage the enemy's hull with cruise missiles. To do this you will need a cheeky little seal with a camera and an AA gun. Get close to the enemy carrier, deploy the seal, manually control the turret and mag dump the whole 1000 rounds into its main deck, hosing the corners especially well. This will almost certainly take the defensive guns offline, and you are free to sink it with all the missiles you have on hand. If you have any kind of ammo, there's a way to kill your enemy.

[Bauxite]

In my current game the enemy carrier seems to have run out of AA missiles/broke it's AA launchers(Actually I confirmed his AA launchers are smoking) and maybe even fuel cause I've been sending Mantas to bomb his ass and he still isn't moving.

Higher chance of actually hitting him with manual control going full speed after the AI lines up the bombing run.
AI however attacks at half speed so it doesn't fly into the missiles it launches.

Fortunately I did luck out and get Mantas and a heavy munitions island nearby for light bombs.

Gotta come up with a bunch of options cause not everyone will have the same blueprints available.

[godfather]

drop a 1000 pound bomb on the deck of the a.i carrier it will do huge damage

[Vevvev]

Charge them, unleash the 160mm gun, and once their CIWS are destroyed either continue to shell them with 160mm ammo or begin hitting them with cruise missiles.

Edit: Also it seems 160mm ammo is classified as small munitions so hitting islands with small munitions factories have a chance to drop the blueprint for that ammo type. It is by far the most powerful ammunition you have at your disposal with the exception of the cruise missile which can get the smaller targets in the water.

[EFFIN_GODZILLA]

Testing against MP Carriers:
https://youtu.be/KvjcZK12758

[Leyline]

just put up 8 planes. swarm in the ir missiles. rinse and repeat.

[KDR_11k]

If you want to hit it with missiles I think the best approach is from the side, the CIWS is worst at stopping attacks from those directions.