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Halcyon · 08-30-17, 10:33 PM

I engaged a surface group that had 4 merchants and 4 escorts (Kara, 2 Kashins and an Udaloy).
The layer was about 200 feet and strong, with a very strong surface duct, so I went to 900 feet and ran at flank speed to try and close the distance to the group so I could shoot my torps.

I barely went 4,000 yards before I got ranged by an active sonar and then torps and later the depth charges started raining down. When they first shot at me, they were at least 10,000 yards away.

I thought a strong layer means all the sound bounces back down?
How are you supposed to use strong or higher layers if surface ships can hear you through it?

08-30-17, 10:33 PM	#1
Halcyon Helmsman Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Coast, USA Posts: 106 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 3	Flank speed below the layer I engaged a surface group that had 4 merchants and 4 escorts (Kara, 2 Kashins and an Udaloy). The layer was about 200 feet and strong, with a very strong surface duct, so I went to 900 feet and ran at flank speed to try and close the distance to the group so I could shoot my torps. I barely went 4,000 yards before I got ranged by an active sonar and then torps and later the depth charges started raining down. When they first shot at me, they were at least 10,000 yards away. I thought a strong layer means all the sound bounces back down? How are you supposed to use strong or higher layers if surface ships can hear you through it?