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Old 08-21-12, 08:40 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by oppolo View Post
There was one war ship near, but I didn't hear the ping, it's october 1939, so I guess allied didn't still have sonar
The do have it, and they use it. Their problem is, as it was in real life, that they can listen on their hydrophones or ping with the active sonar, but not both at the same time. If they think they know where you are they'll start pinging to get a precise fix. If they're not sure they'll ping sometimes but mostly just listen.

When there are two or more some will ping and some will listen.
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