[caine007]

Originally Posted by Shadow

Hmm. It seems torpedo wrangling isn't all that effective against newer Soviet subs.

In my current '68 campaign, it had worked against older diesels but my last mission was against an SSG wolfpack. Turned out to be a Juliet and, much to my surprise, a Victor I instead of the expected diesel escort. Very silent, and I couldn't detect it so I kept baiting it with active sonar to betray its general location.

Three torpedoes were sent my way, in total. The first one far enough it could be easily dodged. As soon as it was fired, I turned to face its general direction (only had the transient to work with) and my Skipjack steamed ahead at 20 knots. A second torpedo came in, and it was hot on my tail by the time the Victor emerged into view (couldn't fathom playing without reduced underwater visibility). I swirled around it, trying to return the warhead to the owner, but with the Soviet being dead in the water and my boat on flank, the torp just wouldn't pick it up.

The third torp came out, and things started getting hectic. I was an idiot for not being more traditional, try to get a window and fire off a torpedo of my own, but I was rather befuddled the enemy fishes remained zealously loyal to the Soviet Union. In the end one bit into my rudder and that was that. Luckily I was within escape depth, but in retrospective I could've handled it better.

The Victors are lethal in '68. Somehow in my Permit game I didn't see a single one. They're very close to being immune to Mk 37's and if you're in a 25 knot boat and they know where you are, just scare them off and try and leave the area, you won't catch them.