SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - Convoy attack tactics in SH3 vs. tactics of real life U-boats.

TarJak · 02-13-09, 04:22 AM

It can be done if you are careful and only before radar becomes ubiquitous.

Running decks awash is considered as running surfaced as long as you have crew on the tower. If you drop below about 7.8m your crew will button up and you run the risk of being picked up on passive sonar or asdic. On the surface they can't hear you unless you make noise by going too fast or shooting with flak or deck guns.

With OLC's environment it is much easier to run decks awash and make surface attacks as the visibility is closer to real life than in stock SHIII.

02-13-09, 04:22 AM	#9
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	It can be done if you are careful and only before radar becomes ubiquitous. Running decks awash is considered as running surfaced as long as you have crew on the tower. If you drop below about 7.8m your crew will button up and you run the risk of being picked up on passive sonar or asdic. On the surface they can't hear you unless you make noise by going too fast or shooting with flak or deck guns. With OLC's environment it is much easier to run decks awash and make surface attacks as the visibility is closer to real life than in stock SHIII.