SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - Slight Realism Question (Navmap)

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Originally Posted by Momar69

During a campaign mission I am tasked with providing forward ASW support for an Indian Carrier group that has a Tico and Sprunence along with it. Now when you look on the Navmap you do not see them, only after you track them with your sensors can you pick them up on the nav. Now my question is wouldnt it be much more realistic if you could actually see them on your navmap in real time? I mean the Tico and Sprunence and your Perry would obviously be in contact with each other, no one is going to send a ship forward to do ASW and have them be on their own with no Link info on the Convoy they are supposed to be protecting? Or am I missing something?

In real life you would know where they were from the get go. At some point you would rendezvous with the group. You would be included in the operational briefing as well. Rarely on the Archerfish we participated in war games with our surface fleet. We also used what is called an underwater telephone (not kidding) to communicate with them and we also would get a fix on them at PD with the esm mast.