[commandosolo2009]

I did a really successful sonar only attack once. Hit five of six torpedoes.......on the USS Essex.

That really cracked me up


[QUOTE]WernerSobe's sonar only technique in the Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks thread works masterfully, as it would have in real life.

I have a sonar only Dick O'Kane technique in that thread also, which is a bit more relaxed in execution but maybe a bit more deadly.

So there is two of them? Off to thread then

All the sonar only techniques work better in the game than they would in real life because we know that the return sound from the target is an exact (I think it's four degrees) number of degrees wide, where in real life that would vary with conditions. That would result in a bit more bearing error than we have. It still would have worked in real life.

Well, RR, the game actually depicts the discrepancy, in the form of "loudest screw sound".. Of course you have to have a real good headset to hear the loudest of screws, then ping in that bearing. Yet the risk of sonar exposure is far more worse. I could use it in daylight, but at night? No, it's definitely AP.

Originally Posted by razark

I'd prefer sitting in Lockwood's office, explaining why my patrol wasn't so great; rather than sitting in Nimitz's office, explaining why CV-6 hasn't answered the phone since entering my patrol area.


I recall reading that the early skippers tried sonar only attacks at the beginning of the war. It's what they practiced before the war. Having an exposed periscope spotted during a training exercise was likely to result in a bad career path for the skipper.

They quickly learned that the sonar only method wasn't working, and moved to other methods that did.

So, should I refrain from using the sonar? I mean c'mon!!! Ze Germans are HERE!!!