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Stealhead · 06-26-13, 09:45 PM

Another tactic that will go a country mile is beginning your dive as soon as you fire your last torpedo of the attack.This helps a lot because by the time the fish hopefully hit and raise Cain you will likely already be over 100ft down or more.

It takes time for the escorts to get to you so the more depth and distance you place between you and your attacking position(enemy estimation of it).Do not go too fast though as you descend stay below 3knots ideally go only 0.5kts.

In the control room in front of the map table you will see several gauges on the starboard side of this cluster you will see a set of tachometers usually four unless you are in a sugar boat.You want these tachs to read 50 RPM or lower when trying to be silent.

I also as I dive after my final fish is loosed I order the boat to turn 90 degrees away from the convoy at low speeds it wont get you turned around very fast but it will get you headed away from the convoy.

One thing you should never do is sit all stop without momentum for any length of time this is pure suicide and usually they will manage to find by active sonar and nail you.I have seen escorts use trickery and make it appear that they are off only to have one escort have my fix all along and wait for right moment and wham.

You need to be careful when going ahead flank when you hear a run because sometimes they will be off by a few hundred feet and if you run full out to early you might give away your position.Always have an idea where each escort is and use this information to time when and how long you run at high speed.The reason I say this is because someone can be in position to hear you the most highly skilled escorts are very good at this.

You will be able to tell to some extent by how loud the splash sounds if it is very loud it is danger close and perhaps right on you if the splash sounds dull it may be far off and you might actually give away your position by over reacting.Also listen for the number of splashes this can be a clue rapid ones usually means they have a good fix if you hear only one or two they may not be certain.In my experience they seem to use the Y-throwers more to scare you if you only hear them do not over react if you hear both normal splashes and Y-throwers that usually means that they really have you pegged and they are tossing to cover any route you might take if you hear that depth is your only real option as no matter how you turn you may get hit if they have your depth.

Again as I said begin your dive and slink away right away resist the urge to watch the ship get hit or sink as this greatly reduces you slink away chances.Using my quick slink way method I have more often than not managed to avoid a prolonged escort encounter.Prudence is the better part of valor.you can always pull and end around a make a second attack later so do not get greedy target two to three ships dive slink away rinse wash repeat.

06-26-13, 09:45 PM	#9
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Another tactic that will go a country mile is beginning your dive as soon as you fire your last torpedo of the attack.This helps a lot because by the time the fish hopefully hit and raise Cain you will likely already be over 100ft down or more. It takes time for the escorts to get to you so the more depth and distance you place between you and your attacking position(enemy estimation of it).Do not go too fast though as you descend stay below 3knots ideally go only 0.5kts. In the control room in front of the map table you will see several gauges on the starboard side of this cluster you will see a set of tachometers usually four unless you are in a sugar boat.You want these tachs to read 50 RPM or lower when trying to be silent. I also as I dive after my final fish is loosed I order the boat to turn 90 degrees away from the convoy at low speeds it wont get you turned around very fast but it will get you headed away from the convoy. One thing you should never do is sit all stop without momentum for any length of time this is pure suicide and usually they will manage to find by active sonar and nail you.I have seen escorts use trickery and make it appear that they are off only to have one escort have my fix all along and wait for right moment and wham. You need to be careful when going ahead flank when you hear a run because sometimes they will be off by a few hundred feet and if you run full out to early you might give away your position.Always have an idea where each escort is and use this information to time when and how long you run at high speed.The reason I say this is because someone can be in position to hear you the most highly skilled escorts are very good at this. You will be able to tell to some extent by how loud the splash sounds if it is very loud it is danger close and perhaps right on you if the splash sounds dull it may be far off and you might actually give away your position by over reacting.Also listen for the number of splashes this can be a clue rapid ones usually means they have a good fix if you hear only one or two they may not be certain.In my experience they seem to use the Y-throwers more to scare you if you only hear them do not over react if you hear both normal splashes and Y-throwers that usually means that they really have you pegged and they are tossing to cover any route you might take if you hear that depth is your only real option as no matter how you turn you may get hit if they have your depth. Again as I said begin your dive and slink away right away resist the urge to watch the ship get hit or sink as this greatly reduces you slink away chances.Using my quick slink way method I have more often than not managed to avoid a prolonged escort encounter.Prudence is the better part of valor.you can always pull and end around a make a second attack later so do not get greedy target two to three ships dive slink away rinse wash repeat.