Man I need new glasses for these old eyes. The first time I read this, I thought you were referring to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot

(rubbing eyes) Google told you that the Type VII had a leopard on board.:o

I really need to get my eyes checked out. :doh:

yes it would but it was used when you werent around ships to detect you or if they already had you located you might use it to sit on the bottom without "hitting" it and sinking yourself

it wasnt done willy nilly and think of it like surfacing, you make sure its safe before you do it like in setting up an attack, before the enemy is in range, you locate where the bottom is so if you need to go deep to evade after the attack you know your limits

That reminds me... d'you think anyone's made the sonar dude cry yet?

"What's our depth under keel, obersteuermann?"
"Er... uh..."
"The depth under our keel, mensch! What is it?"
"I... uh... well, I'm trying, Herr Kaleun, but the ocelot refuses to go in the water without a fight and the medic's running out of iodine."

I gotta admit, i thought it was ridiculous to have a hydrophone operator that might cry... but now I really can't wait to ruin his day and have him bawling for home. Hope that doesn't make me a bad guy... :D

If they put a soundman on my boat that cant even get a simple depth reading I sure as hell make him cry and send him packin ! :shifty:

:rotfl2:

Stop that! People in the library are looking at me funny!:oops:

I'd think you'd be used to that by now. :O:

Brilliant!

Danke. But I feel I must share some of the credit with the navigator's bum, which I've always considered a source of great inspiration. :O:

Ok. Time to come clean. They modeled the navigator after me.

wtf?! Is SH5 a U-boat sim or a fantasy rpg? :arrgh!:

The instrument you referre to I believe is called the echolot (sp). It is an device that is operated by THE NAVIGATOR, not the hydrophone operator.

On the boat it is located above the navigator's position and looks like a black dial with a white concentric ring.

The device was like a small active sonar set, but pointed down. There was no head set like the ones found on the hydrophone set. Instead the instrument fired a ping straight down, and measure the amount of time it took for a return. Then a pointer in the circle would orient itself to the determined depth under keel.

All U-boats had this.

Key point, it was used by the navigator, not the sound man.

:har:

Haha, thats hilarious!
I for one will add a psychologist with a major in bum-patting to the crew.