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Originally Posted by Osmium Steele
You may be entirely correct as I am 20 years out of the service, but I'd hate to think that I'm so far out of touch with current technology that I wouldn't be at least peripherally aware of something which has eliminated hydrophones altogether.
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Well in 20 years can happen a lot of progress. Submarines can stay up to three weeks submerged without exhaust heat because of the two fuel cell propulsion system (212A submarine). But as i have seen it is using a WASS Hydrophone. But i can't imagine that it is still the same as in 20 or like in the year 1939-1945.
But just look at how many Sensors a new submarine has.
Sensors:
- STN Atlas DBQS40 sonar suite:
- TAS-3 passive low-frequency towed array sonar (deployed from sail)
- FAS-3 passive low-, and medium-frequency hull-mounted flank array sonar
- MOA 3070 mine detection sonar
- Periscopes:
- Carl Zeiss SERO 14, with FLIR and optical rangefinder
- Carl Zeiss SERO 15, with laser rangefinder
- Riva Calzoni periscope masts and snorkeling systems
- Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I band navigation radar
- EADS FL 1800U ESM suite
- WASS hydrophones
- Avio GAUDI autopilot and hydraulic systems
- Kongsberg MSI-91 combat system
I can just tell about german submarines, since i don't know anything about american or russian subs.
And no just think you had all these things in Silent Hunter 3
