Yeah, contact or proximity DCs are far more effective than "normal" DCs going off at set depth.
In testing DC mods, I have watched... way way too many DC attacks.
In many cases, I was looking for what would happen with a near contact hit, and they'd sink right past and blow well beneath the boat. Basically, with the way the AI treats depth error on DCs, ~1/3 blow above you, about 1/3 below, and the remaining 1/3 at around your depth. A 5m proximity DC would result in 3 times as many hits, since ALL of the above thirds would actually have hit your sub.
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