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Lionfish298 · 06-23-10, 07:18 PM

Is it scaled based on range? It's my understanding that they listened for the click before the detonation to tell how close the depth charge was. IIRC, the click was the exploder firing and the WHAM was the shock wave. Much like the old adage 'you never hear the shell that gets you', if you could hear the click, the DC was probably far enough away you'd be okay.

06-23-10, 07:18 PM	#12
Lionfish298 Seaman Join Date: May 2010 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 38 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Is it scaled based on range? It's my understanding that they listened for the click before the detonation to tell how close the depth charge was. IIRC, the click was the exploder firing and the WHAM was the shock wave. Much like the old adage 'you never hear the shell that gets you', if you could hear the click, the DC was probably far enough away you'd be okay. __________________ I'm the galloping ghost of the Japanese coast. You don't hear of me and my crew But just ask any man off the coast of Japan. If he knows of the Trigger Maru. ----------------------------------------- "Oh Lord, your Sea is so big, and my boat is so small."