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Originally Posted by TorpX
What I mean is that the charges explode at the depth you are detected at. If they think you are at 100 ft. they explode at 100 ft. If they think you are at 500 ft. they explode at 500 ft.
The safety comes in because they cannot detect you well in '42, but do a much better job in '44, that's all.
Of course, it takes time for the charges to drop, so there is always some benefit to being deep; you have more time to steer away from the danger zone.
Keep in mind they don't know exactly where you are (at least they shouldn't). There will be lateral error in their patterns.
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I looked at some of the depth charge files. I'm not really sure what I said was true. Maybe there is a limit as to how deep they can go. Someone said there was no limit, but I've never tried to verify this myself. Hmmm..... someone should know about this.
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TorpX, thanks for the information. IAC, the effect is still the same. Going deep is an effective early-war tactic. I haven't looked into the depth charge attack model, but the outcomes seem to be consistent with what I have read.