[irish1958]

Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

re: sonar only attack.

In RL, this was the standard pre-war doctrine and was used during the early few months. However, it was quickly abandoned since it turned out to be impossible in practice to hit any ships.

In game, it is possible and there was a thread a while back by a player who used it successfully. Although pinging a target could be deadly in RL, in game I do not believe the enemy AI is programmed to react to it. I never used it myself since it is much harder to do than a periscope attack.

If an enemy DD is spotting your periscope, then you are too close. In daytime, within 1,000 yds of a target, that is always a risk. I have had many attacks spoiled because I waited too long before firing (I like to wait until they are at point blank range before firing).

tip: if you hear the DDs alarm bell go off as it turns towards you, then you are definitely too close...

Maybe they hit the ships but the stupid torpedoes were mostly duds. Since the Navy said the torpedoes were flawless, they might have assumed the Lt CMDRs didn't know what they were doing.