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Originally Posted by LukeFF
That's the correct passive range for WCA. Of course, targets were picked up at longer ranges than that, but on the whole, from reading a variety of sources (Norman Friedman's book, the patrol reports, to name a few), 8500 yards was the median range at which targets were picked up. You need to remember that WCA was designed to pick up supersonic frequencies; these sounds travel a lot less distance than sonic frequencies. More on this here:
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So if it's a median range then would a suggested 6 mile circle.... OMG, I'm such a douche.
I'm thinkin'; your answer makes perfect sense and it's backed up, why is it that I seem to be picking up sh!t further away.
My math:
"Ok... so 8500yds times 3 is 25500ft. So 25500 divided by 8500 is 3 miles. 3 miles is a median range ergo draw a 6 mile circle." But I know I'm pickin' stuff up further out than that.
Then I put DOWN the crack pipe...
...and realize I might want to divide 25500 / 5280 in order to get a median range of approx 5 miles and draw a 10 mile circle on my plot map.
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Originally Posted by LukeFF
The submarine damage model is working like it should. As of right now, the destroyer (and all warships, for that matter) damage modeling is still undergoing conversion to match the sinking characteristics of the merchant shipping.
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Oh right I forgot the damage model wasn't applied for the warships yet. I remember reading that in the manual now I think. That will be interesting.
I ran into a Task Force out of Camranh the other day and as I was plopping off shots at the 2 Kongos one of the Maya Heavy Cruisers T-boned an Asashio DD at about 16knts. It was hilarious to watch and painful to listen to as the grinding of metal went on and on. The DD finally got pushed out of the way after almost being rolled over and then it (the DD) carried on it's merry way.
Thanks Luke, sorry for wastin' your time with my busted brain.
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