PT/MTB effectiveness

[Bella]

Not sure what I’m doing wrong but any PT group I create always gets wiped out, even if it is just up against PB and transports. They never do any damage. Any advice?

[Admiral DadMan]

Run them in circles for 8 months to train them up until you invade the Solomons

[dcpollay]

There's not a lot you can do with these, strategy-wise. Check your commanders and make sure they have at least decent leadership. I wouldn't put Halsey or Nimitz in charge, but high aggression and naval skills.

[Sardaukar]

They are pretty good "plywood shields" against bombardments.

And yes, they die easily, but sometimes they put torpedo or 2 into capital ships.

[RangerJoe]

Use the weather and the moonlight to your advantage.

[Yaab]

What RangerJoe said. Watch weather/moonlight and check the range of your torpedo device. Some torpedo devices have very short ranges (2000 yards?) which require very bad weater/low moonlight for successful attacks.

[RangerJoe]

What RangerJoe said. Watch weather/moonlight and check the range of your torpedo device. Some torpedo devices have very short ranges (2000 yards?) which require very bad weater/low moonlight for successful attacks.

The British MTBs have a range of 2K while the American PT Boats have a range of 6K. I don't remember what the Dutch boats have but I think that they are 6k as well.

[Axe1999]

In my last 3 PBEMs I've sank dozens of transports and freighters in the early war Philippines, sometimes full of troops. Just pick a leader with high aggression, high-ish naval skill and use zero moonlight to your advantage. They died in droves but at least they made it worth it