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Originally Posted by Lanzfeld
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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Your best defence (if your deep) is actually to go to emergency back because the hedgehog is a forward throwing device/weapon.
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Jimbuna,
I think you are confused maybe? The "forward throwing" part of the description of the weapon means that it is thrown forward of the attacking ship and NOT thrown forward, always, of the sub being attacked so going emergency back may not always be the answer. It depends on what direction the attacking ship is comming from and where the bombs actually land in relation to the target sub which, in real life, we wouldnt be able to pinpoint so well.
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Apologies I should have said when being prosecuted from aft.
I have carried out extensive tests using external view and observed that under the above conditions, slowing down or reversing your boat means the trajectory (being fired ahead of your expected position) actually ' overshoots.
Naturally, the deeper you are, the longer the time taken for the bomblets to sink and the longer time period you have to affect the manouvre.
Can't advise trying the above without external view though
