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Bosje · 05-27-10, 03:43 AM

ideally, i want the DD to come at me from behind, slightly off to one side
say, bearing 160. only possible if you already turned away from him after the previous attack.
sonar guy tracks him when he comes back, as he starts to close in i order a turn the other way (in this case to starboard) and change depth at least 20m
all this still on silent running so the changes will not have much effect yet but they are 'pre-ordered'

then, when i am pretty sure that he has me (the ping-ping or i made a lot of noise earlier) i'll start speeding up when i can hear him from inside the boat
when the depthcharges fall i'll get to flank speed and that means my 'pre-ordered' evasion manouvre is executed swiftly

then silent again

the important thing is to only actually do this to avoid being blasted to shreds, so only use flank speed if the depthcharges are about to nail you (as far as you know).
if there's more than one escort, you will give yourself away and you'll have to keep playing that little game over and over

i often find that escorts (even multiple, even in 1943) will spend a long time blasting a certain spot where you were some time ago. if they didn't actually nail you with ping-ping and if you think you didnt make enough noise to be picked up passively... they may not actually have you and they may simply do an attackrun on your last known location from the previous run. it will appear as if they are coming right at you but in fact they're not

if they trick you into using flank speed without good cause, they'll re-acquire

at some point, they WILL temporarily lose you. the trick is to figure out when that is

steel nerves and a good sonar guy are required

god how i love that cat and mouse game

05-27-10, 03:43 AM	#6
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	ideally, i want the DD to come at me from behind, slightly off to one side say, bearing 160. only possible if you already turned away from him after the previous attack. sonar guy tracks him when he comes back, as he starts to close in i order a turn the other way (in this case to starboard) and change depth at least 20m all this still on silent running so the changes will not have much effect yet but they are 'pre-ordered' then, when i am pretty sure that he has me (the ping-ping or i made a lot of noise earlier) i'll start speeding up when i can hear him from inside the boat when the depthcharges fall i'll get to flank speed and that means my 'pre-ordered' evasion manouvre is executed swiftly then silent again the important thing is to only actually do this to avoid being blasted to shreds, so only use flank speed if the depthcharges are about to nail you (as far as you know). if there's more than one escort, you will give yourself away and you'll have to keep playing that little game over and over i often find that escorts (even multiple, even in 1943) will spend a long time blasting a certain spot where you were some time ago. if they didn't actually nail you with ping-ping and if you think you didnt make enough noise to be picked up passively... they may not actually have you and they may simply do an attackrun on your last known location from the previous run. it will appear as if they are coming right at you but in fact they're not if they trick you into using flank speed without good cause, they'll re-acquire at some point, they WILL temporarily lose you. the trick is to figure out when that is steel nerves and a good sonar guy are required god how i love that cat and mouse game __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!