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Originally Posted by LukeFF
Japanese surface search radar (Type 22) was only good to about 7000 meters (a shade under 4 miles) against submarines and was blind under 1500 meters, not to mention it had only about an 80% reliability rate (all of this is modeled in RFB, except for the reliability part). That, and the radar fitted to their ASW aircraft was generally deemed by the pilots to be practically worthless. All said, the picture one gets is that radar was only a minor annoyance to American sub crews in the last months of the war (with notable exceptions, of course).
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wow might as well use the old MK 1. eyeball!!