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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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On a dark, foggy night, you can get within a few feet of them without them reacting, but of course you don't see them either until it is almost too late. I've been within 15 meters of a Dido (it looks like a very high wall) and, frankly, that was more than close enough. In fact, I didn't know what it was until I got on the UZO and it was Dido for about 100 degrees. I carefully drifted past, stayed surfaced, fired a torpedo from the stern, but no one ever noticed.... had to use the hydrophone to shoot and I had a weak signal, so I probably didn't come close.
But the next five minutes was living hell, merchants, tankers, freighters coming out of the gloom, nearly cutting me in half, vanishing. But I didn't want to dive, because I didn't want an escort to pick me up. Finally, they all disappeared.
And I had a beer.