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Originally Posted by kvbrock82
Interesting stuff guys.. any idea what distances you could push in bad weather in the atlantic?
Is it a case of 'if you cant see them they cant see you'?
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My last patrol I intercepted a convoy in really bad weather - middle of the night, driving rain. I was running in on the surface and had no clue I'd gotten closer to them than I expected to be until I submerged and started picking the ships up on the 'phones. I was maybe 2.5 km away from the nearest escort and if I'd ever been any closer than that on the surface they didn't see me. I was about halfway between the outer screen and the starboard column and had already gone past the lead escort and about half the length of the convoy proper. As far as I could tell nobody ever got a visual on me and by the time things started exploding it was too late for that.
In RL a u-boat on the surface would be, in theory, less noticeable from the same distance than a surface ship. Low visibility in general would help with that, as would any sea state that helped conceal its wake. How much the game models this I can't say but, in general, I've always taken the cautious approach of assuming that, if I can see them, they might be able to see me.