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SuperEtendard

07-12-12 05:17 PM

Fake periscope decoy

I know that there are more than just one decoy in SH4, besides the
"sound-generator metal can", there is some kind of fake scope, but i dont know how to deploy it. is there any special key or i just have to deploy decoys in some special circumstance?

Ducimus

07-12-12 05:41 PM

Unfinished feature. Still resides in the game files, but was never finished by the developers. Kinda like the FM sonar.

merc4ulfate

07-12-12 08:34 PM

fake scope wha??? LOL

Tempest555

07-12-12 11:39 PM

What did it look like in real life? I know about balloons with reflectors and the decoys used in game-but fake periscope?

doulos05

07-13-12 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tempest555 (Post 1908850)

What did it look like in real life? I know about balloons with reflectors and the decoys used in game-but fake periscope?

I found a news article from Australia from 1915 citing decoy periscopes in use. They are described as lengths of pipe attached to a buoy that floats under the water. It's not described how they are deployed, but they are released to drift with the currents while the submarine approaches from another direction.

boonie

07-13-12 09:55 AM

wtb styrofoam fake sharkfins to be released underneath the escaping lifeboat to scare the bejeezus out of the survivors.:rotfl2:

Char	07-13-12 12:39 PM

oh boonie that is soooo wrong. I'll take 40.:haha:

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