Machine gun on Type II boats very, if not too, powerful

[Blind Faith]

I ran into a convoy last night with five un-escorted vessels, A Dale Class, A War Class and three Freighter. I decided to give the gun a workout and managed to sink all five ships and only used around half of my ammo (my gun storage was full with a 50% HE/AP mix). I think the Dale went down with fewer than 100 rounds into it. If it was more, it wasn't by that many. I run no mods and the sea state was rough.

While it is possible that the machine guns could sink freighters, I think the guns are a bit too powerful. I think it was easier to sink the ships with machine gun than with the deck gun from previous versions of the game. If i had sunk three of the ships and then run out of ammo, fair enough, but to sink five and have enough ammo left for at least another five makes it a bit too easy. One could sail around and pick of single ships and un-escorted ships with the guns while only using torps when there are escorts. It wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility to sink 15 ships plus with a Type II boat.

Maybe the guns could be dialled down a bit.

[kimdownunder]

I agree.
Just my opinion, but I think that being able to sink a freighter or big ship with a 20mm cannon is simply ridiculous. Maybe a small fishing boat, but NO WAY anything bigger.
I’d make it impossible to sink anything bigger than 300-400 tons.