Are we ever gonna get depth setting for the Mk16

Bungo_Pete · 09-10-17, 07:32 PM

Just asking.

-Pv- · 09-10-17, 08:52 PM

Does it need it? You're likely to only fire it shallow at surface targets at close range.
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Bungo_Pete · 09-10-17, 09:52 PM

Yeah I was thinking that too,but I do remember reading in one of these threads that some mk 16's were going under ships.Also when I hit f5 I get a good idea (some what) of how deep a submarine is.I wish I could find out more info on the mk16 in relation to what extent their use was,just ships I guess.

SiegDerMaus · 09-11-17, 04:24 PM

I'd also like to get search patterns for the Mk 16. I know they were unguided, but they could run in patterns for dealing with convoys. I feel like having pattern running on them would make them actually not completely useless.

-Pv- · 09-11-17, 05:10 PM

I supposed they might have a use in a convoy of un-escorted merchants, but getting close enough and shallow enough to fire them is almost a death sentence with escorts. Hard to imagine pattern running would improve that.
This isn't WWII adversaries any more.
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SiegDerMaus · 09-11-17, 10:32 PM

I understand that. But they did have pattern running in real life, and pattern running would make it so they weren't utterly useless the moment a target made a course change. And it would still be good for a group of ships relatively close together.

09-10-17, 07:32 PM	#1
Bungo_Pete Medic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara,calif Posts: 159 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Are we ever gonna get depth setting for the Mk16 Just asking.

09-10-17, 08:52 PM	#2
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Does it need it? You're likely to only fire it shallow at surface targets at close range. -Pv-

09-10-17, 09:52 PM	#3
Bungo_Pete Medic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara,calif Posts: 159 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Yeah I was thinking that too,but I do remember reading in one of these threads that some mk 16's were going under ships.Also when I hit f5 I get a good idea (some what) of how deep a submarine is.I wish I could find out more info on the mk16 in relation to what extent their use was,just ships I guess.

09-11-17, 04:24 PM	#4
SiegDerMaus Edgerunner Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: United States Posts: 32 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I'd also like to get search patterns for the Mk 16. I know they were unguided, but they could run in patterns for dealing with convoys. I feel like having pattern running on them would make them actually not completely useless.

09-11-17, 05:10 PM	#5
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I supposed they might have a use in a convoy of un-escorted merchants, but getting close enough and shallow enough to fire them is almost a death sentence with escorts. Hard to imagine pattern running would improve that. This isn't WWII adversaries any more. -Pv-

09-11-17, 10:32 PM	#6
SiegDerMaus Edgerunner Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: United States Posts: 32 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I understand that. But they did have pattern running in real life, and pattern running would make it so they weren't utterly useless the moment a target made a course change. And it would still be good for a group of ships relatively close together.