[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Notewire

Sailor Steve, 99% of the time, your comments are right on the money, not sure you have this one right though - just my opinion. I am a soldier, not a sailor, and on the ground anyway, have two guys do ANYTHINg is better than one. An example, for me, would be going on a long car trip. Only one guy can drive, but two guys are much better - someone to talk to, keep you awake, switch the headphones out every 15 mins, etc.

Anyway, cheers, and happy holidays. I just wanted to answer because I thought this was odd - but when I think about it now, just having two guys in the compartment might be more efficient, for focusing on the hydro or the radio scanner.

Where lookouts are concerned you are absolutely right. The problem with the radio and hydrophones is that they are two different compartments, plus the fact that when submerged the radio doesn't work (well, below 25 meters anyway), and the hydrophones don't work when surfaced, so having them manned in those conditions is next to useless. The way it is in the game is nothing like the way it was in real life, hence my comments.