madkiwi
11-29-12, 02:00 PM
I decided to sniff around the shipping channels west of Gibraltar on my way back from a boring patrol off the coast of Africa. I was loitering (2 knots) at periscope depth when my sonar operator detected a warship at least 10 km to my southeast. I did have my periscope up, but thought nothing of it and hit time compression (256x) to wait for some prey.
A couple seconds later I noticed the sonar track getting much, much shorter and the sonar operator informs that the ship is closing, and increasing speed. I dropped back to normal time and peeked through the periscope at a destroyer now 2800 meters away, bearing straight down on me.
I rigged for silent running, set depth for 120 meters, and stowed the periscope.
The destroyer came right to where I was and started dropping depth charges like a possessed lunatic, Y launchers and all, pinging the crap out of me. After some evasive manouvers and speed runs I was able to get away undamaged.
But my question is- how is this happening? It is December 22nd 1940 and he was at least 8,000 meters away before he started coming in hot. I was at 12 meters in a VIIB, admittedly my periscope was up but visibility was moderate with overcast conditions.
Only mods (presently) GWX 3, Lite Harbor traffic, enhanced damage effects and merchant Fleet Mod 3.2 and skin packs.
Very disturbing that centimetric radar is somehow available much earlier than October 1941.
A couple seconds later I noticed the sonar track getting much, much shorter and the sonar operator informs that the ship is closing, and increasing speed. I dropped back to normal time and peeked through the periscope at a destroyer now 2800 meters away, bearing straight down on me.
I rigged for silent running, set depth for 120 meters, and stowed the periscope.
The destroyer came right to where I was and started dropping depth charges like a possessed lunatic, Y launchers and all, pinging the crap out of me. After some evasive manouvers and speed runs I was able to get away undamaged.
But my question is- how is this happening? It is December 22nd 1940 and he was at least 8,000 meters away before he started coming in hot. I was at 12 meters in a VIIB, admittedly my periscope was up but visibility was moderate with overcast conditions.
Only mods (presently) GWX 3, Lite Harbor traffic, enhanced damage effects and merchant Fleet Mod 3.2 and skin packs.
Very disturbing that centimetric radar is somehow available much earlier than October 1941.