Battleships attacking subs?

[shake118118]

Can battleships attack/defend against subs? My understanding is that subs and destroyers can. If not, can you just bring one sub against a fleet of battleships and continue to roll till you knock out all battleships? Seems wrong. Thanks.

[Panther]

@shake118118 Welcome to the forum. Which game are you referring to? Please ask your questions in the respective forum category. I will move this topic to the correct one, once you indicated the game in question. For now I have parked it in “Player Help”.

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@shake118118 said in Battleships attacking subs?:

Can battleships attack/defend against subs?

Yes.

[shake118118]

This is specifically regarding Axis & Allies 1941.

[Panther]

@shake118118 Moved there. Thank you.
Don’t hesitate to ask further questions. Have fun :slightly_smiling_face:

[Private-Panic]

@shake118118 said in Battleships attacking subs?:

Can battleships attack/defend against subs? My understanding is that subs and destroyers can. If not, can you just bring one sub against a fleet of battleships and continue to roll till you knock out all battleships? Seems wrong. Thanks.

Welcome to the forum @shake118118 . I think Panther may already answered you with his “Yes”, but to expand on that any naval unit can attack/defend against subs. If a sub submerges, which it can do if there is no enemy destroyer present, then that sub is not involved in the battle, so no attack/defend against that sub is relevant. If the sub does not submerge and so is part of a battle then it can be hit by any naval unit.

The exception is planes, which cannot hit a sub unless they are accompanied by a destroyer.

I hope that is clear.