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Dron22 · 05-12-12, 01:29 PM

Thanks, by the under the layer do you mean the thermal layer? How can you find out where the thermal layer is then?
And what is convergence zone? Is it a sonar function to detect ships at 30nm or 60nm?
Is still have not understood how to make use of the narrow band sonar yet, I thought it's for detecting submarines that are travelling on silent running at less than 5 knots.
I was just playing the campaign today, and in the mission where you have to torpedo the Indian Hermes class air craft carrier as a Chinese Kilo Improved sub, I could not hear the air craft carrier from even 15 nm, although the sea was calm and I was only 90 meters deep. I had to use the periscope to find the position of the air craft carrier in the end.

05-12-12, 01:29 PM	#3
Dron22 Swabbie Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks, by the under the layer do you mean the thermal layer? How can you find out where the thermal layer is then? And what is convergence zone? Is it a sonar function to detect ships at 30nm or 60nm? Is still have not understood how to make use of the narrow band sonar yet, I thought it's for detecting submarines that are travelling on silent running at less than 5 knots. I was just playing the campaign today, and in the mission where you have to torpedo the Indian Hermes class air craft carrier as a Chinese Kilo Improved sub, I could not hear the air craft carrier from even 15 nm, although the sea was calm and I was only 90 meters deep. I had to use the periscope to find the position of the air craft carrier in the end.