Snorkel detection

pythos · 09-14-08, 07:38 PM

I am thoroughly confused.

July 1943, Bay of Biscay, night time. Cruising under snorkel.

I get nailed by an aircraft. Boat ends up venting all fuel to sea, but the boat is pretty much a gonner any how.

The sea state was not smooth at all but not so rough to show the tower of the sub.

How in the hell did an aircraft see my snorkel, in the pitch black of night?

I didn't think the aircraft had the radar capable of detecting a snorkel mask until much later in the war. Despite that the radar gave only a rough idea of wear the boat was, it was the pilot's eyes that found the target, and on a semi stormy sea, I would think this would not be possible.

So far it has been more hazardous to snorkel than to cruise on the surface with the radar on, which just seems backwards.

Running OM 4, patch 2, with the om damage mod.

09-14-08, 07:38 PM	#1
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Snorkel detection I am thoroughly confused. July 1943, Bay of Biscay, night time. Cruising under snorkel. I get nailed by an aircraft. Boat ends up venting all fuel to sea, but the boat is pretty much a gonner any how. The sea state was not smooth at all but not so rough to show the tower of the sub. How in the hell did an aircraft see my snorkel, in the pitch black of night? I didn't think the aircraft had the radar capable of detecting a snorkel mask until much later in the war. Despite that the radar gave only a rough idea of wear the boat was, it was the pilot's eyes that found the target, and on a semi stormy sea, I would think this would not be possible. So far it has been more hazardous to snorkel than to cruise on the surface with the radar on, which just seems backwards. Running OM 4, patch 2, with the om damage mod.