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PAU - WELCOME TO OPERATION PAUKENSCHLAG
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|DEF| - DOENITZ ELITE FLOTILLA



Operation Paukenschlag
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Offline Viktor Schuetze

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PAU - WELCOME TO OPERATION PAUKENSCHLAG
« Reply #1 on: 20210518, 09:20:48 »
[CREDiTS]
       Historically of course the Kriegsmarine, but many years later came some DEF-developers and made it a playable set of orders:

       Campaign-concept and texts: GD
       System and software for reporting, scoring, statistics: BK
       Graphics: RF

[HiSTORiC BACKGROUND]
       Operation Paukenschlag, very often also called Unternehmen Paukenschlag, was one of the most devastating endeavours
       of the German WWII Kriegsmarine against the U.S., after the US Navy had been playing a false game:

       On paper they pretended to be neutral, but it was long known that their escorts protected British convoys more than often,
       while the German U-Boote were to follow their strict orders to not attack any US-flagged shipping at all to avoid having the
       U.S. enter the war - which had already turned the tide in the first part of this war...

       But this was to change after the Japanese conducted their air raid on Pearl Harbor and caused unbelievable havoc...
       ...and their twofaced game cost the U.S. approximately 400 ships and 5000 sailors with more than 2.000.000 tons lost!

       On 19411211 at approximately 04:00 the announcement carried throughout the sub pens and docks at Lorient:
       "Achtung! Alle U-Boot-Kommandanten are to personally report to the 2.U-Flottillenchef to pick up their orders
       for Operation Paukenschlag. Be prepared to get underway at the earliest opportunity. Gute Jagd!"

       The base was alive with activity as the crews of the U-Boote hustled about making preparations for getting underway.

       

[HiSTORiC KOMMANDANT]
       Korvettenkapitaen Victor Schuetze portrays the historic "Kommandant der 2. U-Flottille.

[HiSTORiC PAUKENSCHLAG-BOOTE]
       
"       The Paukenschlag-Boote were": show

U-64 - IXb
U-65 - IXb
U-103 - IXb
U-104 - IXb
U-105 - IXb
U-106 - IXb
U-107 - IXb
U-108 - IXb
U-109 - IXb
U-110 - IXb
U-111 - IXb
U-122 - IXb
U-123 - IXb
U-124 - IXb
U-66 - IXc
U-67 - IXc
U-68 - IXc
U-69 - VIIc - exceptionally far in St. Lorenz (Zahn)
U-125 - IXc
U-126 - IXc
U-127 - IXc
U-128 - IXc
U-129 - IXc
U-130 - IXc
U-131 - IXc
U-153 - IXc
U-154 - IXc
U-156 - IXc
U-157 - IXc
U-161 - IXc
U-162 - IXc
U-173 - IXc
U-501 - IXc
U-502 - IXc
U-503 - IXc
U-504 - IXc
U-505 - IXc
U-507 - IXc
U-518 - IXc
U-519 - IXc
U-520 - IXc
U-521 - IXc
U-522 - IXc
U-168 - IXc/40
U-183 - IXc/40
U-184 - IXc/40
U-189 - IXc/40
U-190 - IXc/40
U-191 - IXc/40
U-193 - IXc/40
U-531 - IXc/40
U-532 - IXc/40
U-534 - IXc/40
U-536 - IXc/40
U-538 - IXc/40
U-545 - IXc/40
U-547 - IXc/40
U-548 - IXc/40
U-801 - IXc/40
U-802 - IXc/40
U-841 - IXc/40
U-842 - IXc/40
U-843 - IXc/40
U-856 - IXc/40
U-868 - IXc/40
U-1223 - IXc/40
U-1225 - IXc/40
U-1226 - IXc/40
U-1227 - IXc/40
U-1228 - IXc/40
       U-116, U-117, U-118 and U-119 are of course NOT available for playing, those were Versorgungs-Boote Typ Xb and we
       deploy them historically correct for refuelling.
       The list of available Paukenschlag-U-Boote assigned is controlled and made available by DAPP - THE DEF APPLICATOR,
       it makes sure that only the free and currently unused U-Boote are available for registration and so none of the U-Boote
       can be played by two players at the same time.

[KMPQ]
       Operations will be conducted in the Kriegsmarine-Planquadrate (grids): BB, CA, CB, DB, DC, DL, DM, DN, EB, EC, ED, EE
       Our live-maps on Operation Spinnennetz!

[PHASES OF OPERATiON]
       Patrol WPO dates are:
       194112 - 194201 - 194202 Phase I (including Operation Neuland mid 01/1942 till mid 03/1942)
       194203 - 194204 - 194205 Phase II.1
       194206 - 194207 - 194208 Phase II.2
       194209 - 194210 - 194211 Phase III.1
       194212 - 194301 - 194302 Phase III.2
       194303 - 194304 - 194305 Last Bit
       more orders yet to be written on demand as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Happy_Time#Operation_Drumbeat
       until „Seewolf" 05/1945 (when the last partaking U-Boot was sunk).
[WHAT TO EXPECT]
       We will be assigned to the 2nd Flotilla, operating out of Lorient, France, using long range U-Boote of Typ IX.
       We will travel an extensive distance to reach our objectives with limited resupplies. Other than that, expect
       A LOT OF FUN !!! Especially with our customized orders in a very eye-appealing format.

[WHAT IF I GET BEHIND?]
       No need to worry. Start when you can, there is no pressure to keep up with any other participants. You simply run
       your campaign patrols at your own pace. If you get behind in the schedule, simply keep staff informed and respond to
       PM inquiries. Regardless, complete your patrol as soon as you can. Your next patrol will be whatever your patrol
       period then will be. If a Kommandant is inactive for 30 days without contacting BdU, the U-Boot is declared 'MIA'.
       If a Kommandant is inactive for 60 days without contacting BdU, the U-Boot is declared 'Lost At Sea', and the
       Kommandant is removed from the active roster.

[PATROLS]
       All players will participate at their own pace. Individual Patrol Orders for each U-Boot will be posted in the individual
       thread in our flotilla-members-area which every Kommandant receives upon registration.

[COMMUNICATiONS]
       All communications follow exactly our usual Standard Operation Procedures. Patrol orders may contain more specific
       requirements. Encrypted messages are accepted and highly recommended utilizing the Enigma procedures outlined
       here at "Doenitz Elite Flotilla", refer to OPTiONAL: Encoding with ENiGMA.

[QUESTIONS?]
       Remember that everything is best discussed and solved on DEFTS3.
       We do not and we can not offer email-support!

[AVAILABLE TOOLS]
       All tools are available as free downloads. A summary of the tools needed for adequate SP/CP-reporting is provided
       in 'How to do proper reporting '.

[SiMULATOR-SETUP]
       SH3: We recommend GWX, GWR, NYGM or WAC 4.2 (not 5.0, because it crashes(!), but you may try 5.2 though)
       anyway make sure you have a multiple install – there is potential for multiplayer operations!

[OTHER SiMULATORS AVAILABLE?]
       'PAU' is available for SH3, but can this campaign be played with other simulators as well?
SiMULATOR|Can you play PAU?
AOTD|:haken-klein:
SH2|NO
SH4|:haken-klein:, with UBM addon
SH5|NO
U-BOOT|NO
WOLFPACK|NO

[REGiSTER A U-BOOT].
       You must use DAPP to register your U-Boot and take part.

[SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO START ON SH3]
       SH3 with mods and addons offers much more than any other game, so here are some specific instructions:
       1. Have both JSGME and S3C installed outside your SH3-game-directory
       2. Use S3F, it helps you to have and manage multiple installations easily
       3. Download and activate "Encrusted Grids Mod by REViSi0N" via JSGME
       4. In S3C for month select 12, for year 1941 and follow [HOWTO] - Adjust The Patrol Start Date
       5. select 2.U-Flottille
       6. then enter your Kommandant name and U-Boot number,
       7. and then enter your assigned grid that you have received in your orders (ex. BB46).
       8. Run the game



       Korvkpt. Viktor Schuetze
       2. U-Flottillenchef

       
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