Anti sonar coating - any good?

[AndyW]

Hey quick question: IIRC, historically the German attempts to coat their u-boats with rubber or similar to absorb enemy ASDIC ("Alberich") and radar ("Tarnmatte") was a failure.

Is this likewise modelled in SH III, i.e. making the investment into anti sonar coating (about 5,000 renown, IIRC) just as "profitable" as investing into Third Reich war bonds in late 1944?

Talking about sheer luxury: Even if it's a useless waste of renown, how does your boat look like in the game after fitting it with ALBERICH or TARNMATTE? Is it shown plastered with the coating? Never tried this, so I have to ask.

Thanks & Cheers,
AndyW

[Mooncatt]

i think it does have an effect but it doesnt make a huge difference. i managed to get it once when i was having a good career.

[melnibonian]

Every little helps. Get the coating, go deep and pray;)

[GoldenRivet]

The USS Texas sub has a similar coating i think :)

[MRV]

Was the Alberich coating the same foamed-plastic thing that came to use on the russian spy-submarine that is now a museum in Hamburg, Germany???

This coating was very effective indeed, from its commission in 1973 till 2002 that submarine never was detected. :D

[GT182]

Worth every bit of renoun it costs you. And helps keep those barnicals off too. ;)

And get tha decoys asap too. They help a great deal also. :yep:

[Brag]

I had it in my stock career. It helped a lot.:up:

[irish1958]

Yes

[AndyW]

Thanks for the replies. Need a snorkle most badly now (April 1944), but after that I'm saving for an anti sub coating, let's see If I will see that coming.

Cheers,
AndyW

[emtmedic005]

Get the coating but conduct evasive moves as if you didnt have the coating.

My thought is that it doesnt work to well.

Back in WW2, BDU was prolly scrambling to find something to combat the new sonar and radar the Allies had. IT prolly had more Psychilogical effects on crew morale. Just think a enlisted man finds out his sub has a new Anti-Sonar coating, he will "forget" about worrying to much and do his job better.

[Jimbuna]

IIRC it adds between 10 and 20% off the chances of you being detected :arrgh!:

[Paajtor]

You'll notice the difference, if you have the stealth-icon enabled.

With the coating present, there will be moments when the icon flashes from green to light-orange, just briefly...then maybe a 2nd time...but return to green again, if you perform the correct evasive procedures.
Or not, lol.
There's a stroke of luck involved.

Without the coating, the icon will flash to orange, green, orange, orange, red, orange, red, red, red, red, red, red, red...enfin, you know the drill.