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CaptainNemo12 · 04-02-10, 01:38 PM

I was approaching a convoy head on at periscope depth at ahead slow, silent running, with the leading frigate approaching at about 8000m - 9000m off my bow. Decided to dive to 40m and ordered all engines stop. At this point the frigate is about 20 degrees off my starboard bow.

After a few minutes, my boat was dead in the water and not making a sound. As I watched through the external camera, the leading frigate continued on its course for another 5 mins as if it no one was there. Suddenly, at about a 1000m away from my U-boat, the damn thing veered off course and started pinging away at me!

How this this happen? I thought that warships only started pinging after they had detected propeller noises? How could they detect an object underwater that is not making a single sound?

I'm playing GWX 3 and this is not the first time this had happened, I once tried to pass below the keel of a merchant at about 50m underwater when the merchant somehow detected me (underwater!) and turned to avoid...

Any ideas?

04-02-10, 01:38 PM	#1
CaptainNemo12 Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 307 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	How the hell did this happen?? I was approaching a convoy head on at periscope depth at ahead slow, silent running, with the leading frigate approaching at about 8000m - 9000m off my bow. Decided to dive to 40m and ordered all engines stop. At this point the frigate is about 20 degrees off my starboard bow. After a few minutes, my boat was dead in the water and not making a sound. As I watched through the external camera, the leading frigate continued on its course for another 5 mins as if it no one was there. Suddenly, at about a 1000m away from my U-boat, the damn thing veered off course and started pinging away at me! How this this happen? I thought that warships only started pinging after they had detected propeller noises? How could they detect an object underwater that is not making a single sound? I'm playing GWX 3 and this is not the first time this had happened, I once tried to pass below the keel of a merchant at about 50m underwater when the merchant somehow detected me (underwater!) and turned to avoid... Any ideas?