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Originally Posted by Manock
Well - its 1943 & have the 360 degree radar, and I use it mostly defensively when Im in a hurry to get to my hunting grounds by traveling surfaced at night. It will pick up planes at around the 15,000 meter or 5nm giving me time to submerge.
Plus so far, unescorted merchants dont seem to have radar detectors yet so I use it to walk up to merchants, and sink them. Hurts my hand though.
About radar. Radar detecting works on the X2 principle. Since a radar beam has to have the strength to bounce off a target, & return to the transmitter. Radar strength is x2 its range. So if your radar unit has a range as here of 15k meters, its detectability is x2 or 30km or 10nms. Which really isnt all that much to worry about as far as concerning yourself as being a BEACON SHOUTING out your location.
Destroyers all ready know your out there. Giving them 10 mile notice isnt that great of a vulnerability. Plus once they get close enough at around 4500meters you can just dive out of there.
Plus their undetectable centrimetric radar has long since found your boat outside your meager units detection.
SO WHAT IM SAYING IS - You might as well use it.
Manock
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That's some good, sober talk. Does the crew pick up aircraft contacts on radar and break time compression?
Kb