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Originally Posted by SeaQueen
I use it on the FFG at least as much as I use the passive sonar, probably more. With surface ships stealth is not so much of an issue and there's a lot of advantages to going faster, so I tend to go active. Particularly against a quiet diesel electric it's probably the best way to go. I also usually use active sonobuoys against diesel electric submarines.
With submarines the advantages are less clear. I can't think of any time I've used active sonar in a submarine.
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I recently played with a 19 year old teen he was controlling the helo and in the second scenario a DDG. I advised him to use active sonar but he stubbornly told me that it's not wise to use the active sonar. It's as if it was a heresy for skimmer to use active sonar to hunt for submarines but to me active sonar perhaps is the primary means of locating subs for surface ships especially when the skimmer is sure of the presence of subs in game.
In the first scenario I was driving the 688i and he couldn't find me inside this bay. In our second game I was driving Type 212A and he was controlling a DDG backed by couple friendy ships and planes.
He got me in less than an hour into the game?? Wtf? No active pinging and I was driving at 7 knots and the non nuclear subs in DWX is a hell lot quieter than their nuclear counterparts and subs in DWX are substantially quieter than in stock or LWAMI.
Anyway he proved to me that he was able to find me passively in our second game though I have my suspicion as the show truth on wasn't locked
or maybe he was not. Anyway it was just game for me.
Somebody needs to tell kids these day that going active for skimmer is not a heresy. Kids these days won't listen to anybody.