Observation scope can save yr life?

[FRANZ U-45]

hi ya all. i'm a newbie and haven't found any comments on this before, and probably couldn't be done in rl, but i've noticed that during
a destroyer attack, if you raise yr obs 'scope, you can actually see her coming and the depthcans as they sink towards you, then it's not too difficult to evade them. i usually do this between 40-80 mts depth.
works best in daylight but even at night, if they use their
searchlights, you know where they'll come from. i guess in rl pressure
and darkness prevented this practice.

rgds,
FRANZ U-45

[Brag]

Welcome aboard, Franz :salute:

[psykopatsak]

yup, saved my life many times. it gets a little boring doing it for three hours straigt in 43, after i sunk all the escorts had to protect, so i guess they had no reason to return...

[SteamWake]

Welcome abord.

This topic has been discussed at quite some length. The common agreement seems to have been that it wasent done.

Its been my experience that if you see a can comming its usually too late to 'evade' because your submerged and the turn rate and acceleration rate is just too slow.

[psykopatsak]

i play(ed) an IXB and i found that it was just enough to get unharmed at some depth, so unless they came from behind you, you were fine...