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cgjimeneza · 07-19-09, 08:08 AM

while under TMO 1.7, has anyone done testing to find out how sensitive the escorts sonar is.

what I mean, if you are lying in ambush perpendicular to the estimated track of a convoy, how far off this track do you have to be to avoid being pinged back by the DD, DE`s sonar, 2500 yds?, 3000 yds? more?

answers would be most welcome.

EDIT 1: just how many Depth Charges do escots carry???? I mean, this small DE has dropped easily at least 55 on me and has not run out

EDIT 2: now over 105 charges by count, slight damage to compressor and aft tubes, over 1:40 of real time evasion

EDIT 3: my damage control crews didnt repair the compressor (something bad in the game or mods), the DE dropped a bit over 120 DC and went away, put two more torps into Hakusika Maru and got me another 8000 tons... my crew died suffocated midway between Bali Island (to the left of Java en Indonesia) and the advanced base in Exmouth bay.

EDIT 4: a restart and fresh reload did ventilate the boat... those squids didnt think of opening the hatches to ventilate, got back to Exmouth bay and my tubes are all loaded and heading back to the approaches of Surabaya...

07-19-09, 08:08 AM	#1292
cgjimeneza Captain Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 527 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	IJN Sonar while under TMO 1.7, has anyone done testing to find out how sensitive the escorts sonar is. what I mean, if you are lying in ambush perpendicular to the estimated track of a convoy, how far off this track do you have to be to avoid being pinged back by the DD, DE`s sonar, 2500 yds?, 3000 yds? more? answers would be most welcome. EDIT 1: just how many Depth Charges do escots carry???? I mean, this small DE has dropped easily at least 55 on me and has not run out EDIT 2: now over 105 charges by count, slight damage to compressor and aft tubes, over 1:40 of real time evasion EDIT 3: my damage control crews didnt repair the compressor (something bad in the game or mods), the DE dropped a bit over 120 DC and went away, put two more torps into Hakusika Maru and got me another 8000 tons... my crew died suffocated midway between Bali Island (to the left of Java en Indonesia) and the advanced base in Exmouth bay. EDIT 4: a restart and fresh reload did ventilate the boat... those squids didnt think of opening the hatches to ventilate, got back to Exmouth bay and my tubes are all loaded and heading back to the approaches of Surabaya... __________________ Pacific Thunder Campaing VIII-Retired www.subsowespac.org "Left on their own, engineers can be dangerous" Last edited by cgjimeneza; 07-20-09 at 01:12 PM.