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Originally Posted by Berserker
Doesn't it make you wonder how they can put IFF on a fighter plane but they can't have the subs and torpedoes with the same?? Fighters and bomber cost millions but a sub costs billions and a lot more lives are at risk on a sub..  |
IFF is radio-based, and radio waves don't travel very well underwater. Not to mention a submarine emitting signals makes it easier to detect, as well. It'd also give decoys another tool to spoof your torpedoes with.
EDIT: Damn, ninja'd.
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Originally Posted by Shadriss
No, they wouldn't. ACR (Anti-Circular Run) was made part of torpedo targeting logic a long time ago to prevent this very thing. USS TANG (IIRC) was a victim of her own torpedo during WWII with a dumb fire torpedo that had another issue, and she wasn't the only one. The ACR isn't wire-guide dependent, it's built into the torpedo's targeting and gyro logic. The 60* wire guide cone is another issue I have with the game, as it's far more restrictive than RL, though I won't go into that here for what I hope are obvious reasons.
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Thing is, wouldn't ACR make a torpedo far easier to evade? All the target would have to do is force the fish to do more than a 180-degree turn, and then bam.