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Originally Posted by Vince82
As far as I know there is only one setting which has to represent all types of charges (except for hedgehogs, they are set to 7). The MK 6 is an early type of charge. So 2.4 might be realistic for 1939 to late 1940 after that 5 is probably 'best'.
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My older brother followed in our uncle's footsteps by attending the US Coast Guard Academy, after he got to accompany Uncle Jim as a supernumerary on a cruise from New Jersey to Bermuda when he (my brother Jim) was 14 years old. After my brother graduated in 1967 (valedictorian -- perpetual overachiever) one of his first postings as a junior officer was aboard a US Navy destroyer that was primarily tasked with "air-sea rescue", largely picking up pilots who'd had to punch out over water. My brother also rotated through several departments, including as an ASW fire director (or whatever it was called), typically recommending action to the "real" Weps guy, who'd approve or change the order, then allow Jim to give the order. They also spent a little time shelling the North's coastline with their li'l 5-incher.
Turns out that the North Vietnamese had *very few* subs (D'oh!) so they just burned up a few salvos as training.
Their ship had hedgehogs, which I'd never heard of at the time. He described their function, and also that their shape was more nearly teardrop than barrel-like, which kept their downward path more "true" and also allowed them to drop faster. He said the idea was to be able to drop them in a pattern very close to where a suspected submarine lay (or was moving) to increase their chance that one or more would directly impact the target.
I, like the OP in this thread, had often wondered what the rate of descent was for regular ash cans and hedgehogs, and I see from this quoted post that the latter are given a greater speed. It's neat to see the level of detail in this sim; every day I find something else that's new (to me, anyway) and way cool.
BTW, sorry I've been gone so long. It took me awhile to rebuild my main PC that could run GWX with a frame rate greater than 0.2 FPS....
73,
-- Zygoma --